Quake Rocks the Pine Tree Light Railway

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:18 pm

Quake Rocks the Pine Tree Light Railway

The Pine Tree Light Railway has today been hit by an Earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale. Passengers feared for their lives as the ground shook and there was an almighty BANG!

Company Inspectors carried out a thorough survey of the line following the tremor and found little to no signs of any serious damage. Dragley Beck Station Master and Part Time Driver Austin Rea was shocked. " I can Baguley believe it! I felt a funny Sensation, but I thought it was just the Kebab I had for Elevensies!"

Eggperts believe that unexplained tunnelling under Morecambe Bay could be the cause. Mr E Man, of Ulphastone Geological Society states " There has been sightings of a large animal, possibly the size of a large cat burrowing tunnels around the sands of Morecambe Bay. If one of these tunnels has collapsed it could quite easily have caused a tremor of this magnitude!"

DId the Earth Move for you? Post your comments now, we'd love to hear them!

LMS-Jools · Post by **LMS-Jools** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:38 pm

Come on spill the Beans n tell the truth,

Which Boiler blew up ?

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:31 pm

bungle80a wrote:Quake Rocks the Pine Tree Light Railway

Eggperts believe that unexplained tunnelling under Morecambe Bay could be the cause. Mr E Man, of Ulphastone Geological Society states " There has been sightings of a large animal, possibly the size of a large cat burrowing tunnels around the sands of Morecambe Bay. If one of these tunnels has collapsed it could quite easily have caused a tremor of this magnitude!"

It wouldnt have two floppy ears and red eyes by any chance

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:46 pm

I'm in stitches now after reading that

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:23 pm

ROFLMAO. I agree with the red eyes and floppy ears suggestion. IT WAS THE KILLER BUNNY DIGGING IT'S WAY TO ULVERSTON. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.

Ahem. Great article.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:34 pm

Quick set the cat on it quick.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:54 pm

rofllmao brilliant, good to see Austin Rae has not lost any of his sense of houmer whilst he's been away

I belive the killer bunny has been sighted heading north however...

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:24 pm

Blimey, worrying stuff! All we've ad is flooding down here lol!

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:43 pm

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:06 am

You can all laugh but this is a serious story!! The news reports were the best. People can be so mellordramatic! One woman who was interviewed said she was still shaking! I thought, it barely shook anyway! Perhaps she has some medical problem and shaking is what comes natural!

minimans · Post by **minimans** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:10 pm

Sorry to bring back an old subject but I'm catching up! anyway earthquakes are something of a regular occurance in my neck of the wood's and the most damage so far has been a bit of a crack on my embankment!...........The dogs do more damage............Paul

Endless, Nameless · Post by **Endless, Nameless** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:40 pm

I was waiting for that photo to appear

Now lets have one of the culprits so we can all go "aww".

minimans · Post by **minimans** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:18 am

well since you asked so nicely Brian..........Or is it Matt here??

US? we wouldn't dig holes in the railway.........

Tika on the left and Puffy the brainless one to the right.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:14 am

"awwww"
You're lucky, my dog "Eyke of the DVLR" wees on my railway serimonialy each morning! And the birds in the garden use it as a footpath around the garden! They do not help at all not to mention what they leave behind!

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:01 pm

Awwww. I wish I still had my dogs. William & Topsy that were Dandie Dinmont Terriers (click the links for the piccies)

http://aboutpedigreedogs.com/terriers/d ... errier.jpg

http://www.jphpk.gov.my/English/dandie_ ... errier.jpg

Now this isn't them. They are the oldest breed of Scottish terrier & they are very rare. Those are the colours they come in. William & Topsy were Pepper (the dark colour). They have very powerful jaws & for that reason, they were used to hunt badgers (ha Bill Odie), rabbits, rats & many other rodents.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:07 pm

Minimans, you should get your first BUNGLE POINT!!!

(if you don't know what that is, I'll let someone else explain...).

Anyway, I have LandRoverDog... she loves going in Land Rovers!!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:13 pm

Well the earth shook for me tonight.....!
Would you believe it, just had another tremor here!! Not quite as violent as the last one, but felt longer (although that might just be down to me being at home rather then SLRmidges) Killer bunny digging his way under the bay again?

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