But I’m pretty sure this isn’t going to work.
I had posted this on MLS - http://forums.mylargescale.com/11-public-forum/32154-potential-trouble-spot.html
Great minds and all that! 
ROFL LMAO
Gee, now there is genius thinking for ya.
It’s the “hop-along Cassidy” ramps.
BTW the picture was shot in Belgium http://wongm.com/2014/04/fire-hose-across-railway-tracks/
The Flemish caption reads: “At the fire early this morning. Our hoses are well protected should a train come along, he”
that’s the gist anyway, my Flemish isn’t all that hot, but close enough.
LOL
I doubt any train would be deterred by those hose protectors.
Funny picture.
we had this pic and another one with the same type of “security” for the hose on another forum.
seemingly that is an area, where trains pass throug an urban area, with many grade crossings.
i personally got the suspiction, that instead of pure stupidity, there might be a mutual understanding between firedepartment and railway company behind these orange hose bridges on the rails. i.e. they might work as a kind of stop signal for the engineers.
Korm, maybe they act like a blue flag here in the states. But the train would have to be going pretty slow for it to stop before slicing and dicing the hose.
For all who enjoyed that picture go have a read and laugh some more http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/22cbfx/meanwhile_in_hungary/
Korm Kormsen said:
we had this pic and another one with the same type of “security” for the hose on another forum.
seemingly that is an area, where trains pass throug an urban area, with many grade crossings.i personally got the suspiction, that instead of pure stupidity, there might be a mutual understanding between firedepartment and railway company behind these orange hose bridges on the rails. i.e. they might work as a kind of stop signal for the engineers.
Of all the postings, yours seems the most logical. Perhaps the idea is to alert the engineers to the fact that a fireman’s hose is across the tracks and please stop your train. Golden rule is, never cross a fireman’s hose. In some states in the US, one can get hammered with fines for that. Not to mention some colorful metaphors from the fireman themselves.
Actually, if you look at the link on HJ’s post and go down the page a bit, it says that it was all a prank, but the link also states that devices like this actually were developed in the late 1800s for use in inner city street cars and trams …
You got it Gregory, that “he” at the end of the Flemish caption is a dead give-away (hehehe). I used Google maps and had a street view look at the location - only one railway line crossing that road.
I’m surprised they didn’t shoot a video and posted in on YouTube (naturally in monetized mode) and clean up.