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[RotterdamMetroLover]

The driver forgot to stop at the right time I'm assuming and overshot the buffer. @Michiel can explain beter. I don't know if my explanation is correct.

[Sjoerd]

Here you can find a few more pictures: https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6087663/me ... oogte.html

I am thinking.... It was dark, so sub-optimal visibility, and probably in combination with an ATB malfunction (as it was obviously doing more then 10 km/h when it hit the end-of-track buffer). The driver was very(!) lucky that piece of art was there!

[MG2]

Saved by the whale tail...

[thijs773]

I hope it stays there, seems like a good addition

[Sgt_DeBones]

That is so memable. Does anyone know which 53xx number it is?

Edit: Nvm. It's 5351. Add it to the museum of the Cursed Station of De Akkers with 5201.

[AlistairCowell]

Just saw that on BBC News earlier this afternoon.
Had the whale tail sculpture don't exist the driver would have been injured or even killed.

[RotterdamMetroLover]

Well there's 2 posibilities:
1. Getting it repaired, even though it's 21 years old
2. Getting it scrapped.

[MP 85]

Looks like a Halloween sculpture . Fortunately, this oar did not fall into the water.

A small tribute to the train 5351

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[Sjoerd]

Well there's 2 posibilities:
1. Getting it repaired, even though it's 21 years old
2. Getting it scrapped.

3. Put it out-of-track near the main workshop (or somewhere else out of the way but accesable), and use it as a set of spare parts

[luka23]

4. Being split and the front acting as part of the sculpture.