Train Leak Spotted Today

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  1. chieflongshin

    chieflongshin Well-Known Member

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    Well, with all the leaks going on I've been scouring the Internet for train leaks. Since the weekend I was both conscious I didn't want to be one of these clowns that ruin everything for devs and consumers, but equally I like anyone else is curious.

    So, after some intense, and I mean intense harvesting of various files I think I've found one of the biggest train leaks for sure. You'll hate me for sharing but it's huge!!!!

    I was in a real quandary about sharing this as I didn't want to have one of those posts harvesting attention, constantly trying to get it bumped up with click bait, looking for likes, being the person to share but I feel as a train fan we should know about leaks. Not sure this is one I could drive.

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  2. Tom19721997

    Tom19721997 Active Member

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    Lol
     
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  3. Pipe

    Pipe Well-Known Member

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    Dang .......... your's is bigger...

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  4. aeronautic237

    aeronautic237 Well-Known Member

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    I really looked at that picture and thought, 'why has he put up a picture of firewood in water?'

    I needed a second look!
     
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  5. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Ho, ho. Though I suspect the mood at DTG Towers is still a bit grim to see the funny side…
     
  6. dtg_jan

    dtg_jan Community Manager Staff Member

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    ... Does this count?

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  7. florians#7620

    florians#7620 Well-Known Member

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    These leaks are getting out of control. :o
     
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  8. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    More leaks than Thames Water…
     
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  9. bdlhouston#8691

    bdlhouston#8691 Well-Known Member

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    These leaks are getting bad :o
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  10. bartolomaeusz

    bartolomaeusz Well-Known Member

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    owwee lol
     
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  11. TSW Nathan

    TSW Nathan Well-Known Member

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    West Highland line 156 :love::love:

    My local line. :love::love:
    Why are my fav lines so leaky XD
     
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  12. bdlhouston#8691

    bdlhouston#8691 Well-Known Member

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    Omg, even buses are being leaked
    This is crazy!
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  13. ben#6357

    ben#6357 Active Member

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    Could it be that your profile picture is from the Munich-Augsburg route?

    The electricity pylon always stucks in the middle of the train. :o:D
     
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  14. locobilly

    locobilly Well-Known Member

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    I need a leak.
     
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  15. ben#6357

    ben#6357 Active Member

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  16. OldVern

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    Ah, now we have been misled...

    It's not leak, it's Leek.

    We are getting a Welsh route in TSW5!
     
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  17. Gilly

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    I'm used to them, I live in the flood capital of the north!
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  18. Schmalf

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    :( 415f99db6f87525ec1a76c69cb109e1e.jpg 01pwfx792vc31.jpg
     
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  19. Lamplight

    Lamplight Well-Known Member

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    How about this?

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  20. meridian#2659

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    1 second of excitement. ;)

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  21. grob-e

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    Seems like we 're getting water ICE...

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  22. florians#7620

    florians#7620 Well-Known Member

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    A 141 leak for LFR :D:cool:
     
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  23. ben#6357

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    Be sure to bring a puke bag with you for this ride. :D:D:o
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    [​IMG]
     
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  26. ben#6357

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    "Leek" or "Porree", which type is it? I always mix them up. Or is it the same?
     
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  28. Siminzhou#2794

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    [​IMG]
    The leak that flooded 10 Shinkansen bullet trains.
     
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  29. operator#7940

    operator#7940 Well-Known Member

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    I thought "Porree" was just the German word for "Leek"?
    Could be wrong.
    I always mix them up with scallions too...same family I guess.
     
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  30. phil.elliott

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    Man, so many accounts are gonna get banned. Will be quieter around here, for sure.
     
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  31. devsecops#8603

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    I may as well flood the thread with a 170...
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  32. Blacknred81

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    Where we are going, we don't need land.
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  33. MYG92

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    And now we got an underground leak:
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  34. Wow! So many leaks! I wonder who DTG is going to ban today?
     
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  35. TSW Nathan

    TSW Nathan Well-Known Member

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    Is that Dundee? I think I remember seeing that on the News. :o
     
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    razmatus#2517 Well-Known Member

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    I am surprised this hasnt made an appearance yet, a very big leak :D

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    or this

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    :D
     
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  37. mortal1234

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    This is what happens when JD can’t hold his leak in anymore.
     
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  38. operator#7940

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    [​IMG]
     
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  39. TSW Nathan

    TSW Nathan Well-Known Member

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    Don't start another toilet thread mate. I had had it with hang dryers. XD
     
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  40. chieflongshin

    chieflongshin Well-Known Member

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    Random question to deploy some constructiveness to an initial post. There's some.really good pictures here..

    If DTG could make drepwater scenarios with some of these what would you ask for?
     
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  41. matt#4801

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    Those bloody dodgy curry shops in Glasgow strike again.
     
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  42. bartolomaeusz

    bartolomaeusz Well-Known Member

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    Yes it is :)
     
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  43. Calidore266

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    The Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company got the City of Chicago's permission in 1899 to dig out small tunnels under the Loop for telephone cables. What they didn't get permission to do, but did anyway, was dig large enough tunnels to run a miniature electric railroad that hauled freight between buildings.
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    Eventually the tunnels were no longer needed, and the operation ended in 1959. The tunnels sat mostly forgotten afterward.

    Until one day in 1992 when construction workers installing replacement drawbridge pilings accidentally breached the abandoned tunnels, causing the Chicago River to start draining into the underground Loop like a giant bathtub, to the tune of roughly 250 million gallons and nearly $2 billion in damage.
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  44. devsecops#8603

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    Yes, I believe so.
     
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  45. TrainGeek08

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    Oh dear... :o

    It looks like Perth (Highland Main Line platforms) to me as the platform doesn't look like Dundee P1 or P4 but I could be wrong.
     
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  46. TSW Nathan

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    Lmao yeah. XD
     
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    A steamy leak ;)

    (Photo not mine)
     
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  48. trainguy#6029

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    Now that would be a dream come true! :love::love:
     
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  49. MP600

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    This is what happens when you don't screw the filler cap on correctly.

    Anyway all this talk of leaks not only has me wanting a salad, but I also think that I've figured out what's coming once we finally see the 60s return...
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  50. operator#7940

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    Drepwater?
    Is that a place?
    It really sounds it should be a place in England.
     
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