How close is too close?

One would like to think that the local authorities would have allowed the market to be set up in a safe area.

As a wild guess about the location, I would say one of the S. American countries e.g. Venezuela or similar.
 
Yep, right here in Thailand. You have to understand the Thai way of doing things doesn't make much sense we westerns. I've lived here for just shy of 5 years and there isn't a week that goes by I not left scratching my head wondering what I just experienced.

I love the trains here and although slow they're fun to ride and cheap. The food and beer on board is good and the seats are OK.

I believe the train is passing through Klong Toey in Bangkok. As for officials allowing the people to build so close to the railroad tracks as long as the train is not damaged then there is no problem. Beside axle grease, oil, and diesel just add taste ;)

Dave in the Land of Smiles
 
I rather admire the economy of space represented; not every nation has the luxury of defined areas for certain uses.:)
 
It could be worse...could be a steam engine:hehe: (imagine that, big black smoke-belching engine rolling through the market, dropping soot, graphite grease, steam oil and ashes over the food...YUCK!)
 
sawyer811 said:
It could be worse...could be a steam engine:hehe: (imagine that, big black smoke-belching engine rolling through the market, dropping soot, graphite grease, steam oil and ashes over the food...YUCK!)
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Last year I visited the footplate of Oliver Cromwell where one of my fellow visitors was talking about joining British Railways as an apprentice in the early 60s, and having eaten bacon and eggs that had been fried on a shovel heated in the firebox.

Now, that all sounds very good as an example of the Romance of Steam, but I can't help but wonder how they really tasted!
 
In the West we almost drown in regulations, have innumerable signs with warnings and still people panic and get hurt near trains every year. There, no one was hurt and everyone appeared quite calm. Noted that the awnings were also well coordinated with the passing train. If only we could do it so well. :cool:
 
Hi Everybody
I do not have much time for Trainz or the forum these days due to the amount of work I am getting in health and safety, that is why I did not see the posting before now.

However, I would just love to do a in-depth risk assessment on the market operations if only to see the scores that would be created for such things as " risk of possible injury" and " possible severity of injury" I would not mind betting it would be the highest risk assessment ever written.

Better still, just think of the safe working practices that would have to be written. Such things as, " Ensure worker looks both ways before standing on the track to weigh-up customers onions"

it could be a risk assessment that is absolutely hilarious:hehe:

Bill:D
 
Thai1On said:
Yep, right here in Thailand. You have to understand the Thai way of doing things doesn't make much sense we westerns. I've lived here for just shy of 5 years and there isn't a week that goes by I not left scratching my head wondering what I just experienced.
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The problem with the eastern world, is the lack of space in large cities, which leads to some interesting solutions developed. Japan is a typical example of this (go and look at Toyko) which works well.....

.... until a natural disaster happens.


If I read correctly from a website, the market exists as there isn't many trains that go through that section per given time, I think that is a once a week service and we all known what happens if train services become very infrequent, because preserved railways get it a lot in the UK, some poor sod on a Sunday afternoon, who goes for a walk, gets blasted out by a train.....
 
Hi Everybody
I think from a Western point of view we look at eastern countries (especially developing ones) through rose colored glasses.

The poster from Thailand ended the contribution by referring to it as " the land of smiles" it did not look that way to me in what we witnessed on the global news channels a few months ago.

The above was the Thai military and police tear gassing and shooting protesters in the capital for demonstrating for better living conditions and less corrupt government.
In that the protesters would undoubtedly wish to see an end to such things as the railway market with it being moved to somewhere where better conditions would apply.

Incidentally, having visited the country there is no shortage of space for anything in Thailand if the towns and cities where organized properly and democratically and not just in the hands of a wealthy corrupt hierarchy only interested in themselves as many eastern countries are.

Bill
 
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Ahh. That'll be us in a few years guys ;) We are growing too fast to keep up wuth ourselves.

Fred
 
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