Lurker Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Patna: Hundreds of rail passengers got more than they had bargained for when the driver of their train asked them to get out and push. It took more than half an hour to move the stalled electric train 12 feet (four metres) so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey, officials said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Bihar on Tuesday after a passenger pulled the train's emergency chain and it halted in a "neutral zone", a short length of track where there is no power in the overhead wires. "In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident," said Deepak Kumar Jha, a spokesman for Indian Railways. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/passengers-push-stalled-train/40700-13.html :stickman: An experience that perhaps defines Bihar so very well. On one hand it is a classic case of how Biharis hit the proverbial axe on their own feet by the above-mentioned vaccum-pulling in no-man's land. On the other hand it is also typical of Bihar for the people to get off and do something like pushing a train knowing fully well that they would get no external help so they might as well do the unthinkable. Only in Bihar. :stickman: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhondy Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... Hahahaha, so very true of Bihar! Did the train fail near Barh? :player: Dam lagake, hainsa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... UP, my home state, is pathetic but Bihar really and truly takes the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_South Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... :eew: :biglaff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... lol what a news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holysmoke Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiChap Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Bihar the one and only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... Wow... it was electric indeed. Not the train but the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dada_rocks Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Re: Only in Bihar... Fake encounter leader this year is UP. Crime against women as usual Rajasthan tops the list, starvation death as usual orissa/bengal takes the cake, maoist related crime again chhstisgarh/AP tops the list. Bihar is hardly the way it's painted in media. Yes chain-pulling does happen and I have many an anecdote to share about this Bihar/east-UP phenomena. May be some other time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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