Whale Sculpture Stops Train from Derailing in the Netherlands

'Saved by the Whale's Tail': Sculpture saves Dutch metro train from ...

A tram ran past the end of its tracks in Rotterdam on Monday morning (Nov 2) and nearly plunged 40 feet down off the end of an elevated ...

Whale that's lucky: The 2020 Spijkenisse (Netherlands) Metro ...

In 2002 Walvisstaarten (“Whale Tails”), a 9.1m/30ft high statue consisting of, well, two towering whale's tail fins, was constructed in the pool ...

Derailed Dutch metro train saved from crash by whale sculpture

The artwork prevented the train from plummeting 10 metres (32ft) into a cycle lane below at around midnight in Spijkenisse, Netherlands.

The Train That Balanced on a Whale Statue History in the Dark

On November 2nd, 2020, a metro train located in Spijkenisse, near Rotterdam in the Netherlands, found itself in a rather odd place: balanced ...

Out of Control Metro Train Comes to a Stop on 30-Foot-Tall Whale ...

Proving that it's worth making urban art installations as structurally sound as possible, a Dutch metro train and its driver were saved by a ...

Train saved by the whale's tail (sculpture) lucky escape ... - YouTube

Train saved by the whale's tail (sculpture) lucky escape (Netherlands) BBC&ITV News 2 November 2020 · Mark 1333 · Trump Pentagon pick had been ...

Crashed train saved by whale sculpture! - EEVblog

A train driver in the Netherlands has had a lucky escape thanks to a fortuitously placed art installation. A metro train in Spijkenisse, near ...

Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch metro train from dangerous fall

It happened at the final stop on the metro line in the town of Spijkenisse, on the southern edge of Rotterdam.

Dutch Train Saved From Crash by Whale Sculpture - Hypebeast

A subway train in Rotterdam, Netherlands was saved from a fatal crash when it sped through buffers and landed on a sculpture of a whale's tail.

Whale tail sculpture 'catches' train from falling off tracks in Netherlands

A tragedy nearly occurred Monday in Spijkenisse, Holland when a train crashed through the rails of an elevated metro track.

Whale tail sculpture catches metro train in Netherlands, no injuries

A Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on November 2, 2020, when it. SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands — This really was a fluke. The driver of a metro train ...

Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch metro train that ran off track

A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then came to rest on a giant sculpture of a whale's ...

Saved by the whale: Runaway train caught by fateful sculpture

A fatefully placed whale sculpture in the Netherlands saved a careening train from certain devastation Monday, catching the lead runaway metro carriage on the ...

What a tail: whale sculpture saves runaway Dutch train - Jordan Times

SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands — A runaway Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday after it smashed through a stop barrier but then ...

Derailed train caught by whale sculpture to be salvaged - WJTV

SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (AP) — A salvage operation got underway Tuesday to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale's tail, ...

Whale tail sculpture saves metro train from crashing into water

A metro train went through barriers a station in the Netherlands, but was saved by a massive sculpture in the shape of a whale's tail that had been erected ...

Train crashes through barrier, comes to rest on whale tail sculpture

Transportation officials in the Netherlands said no one was injured when a subway train crashed through a barrier and came to rest on a ...

Whale tail artwork saves train plunging into water in Holland

A sculpture saved a Dutch metro train from plunging into water today. The train smashed through a safety barrier at De Akkers metro station in Spijkenisse.

Whale tail sculpture saves Dutch train from crashing into water

The driver of a metro train escaped injury when the front carriage rammed through the end of an elevated section of rails and was caught by a ...

Watch: Derailed Train Removed From Statue In The Netherlands

Cranes were used to remove a derailed train from the top of a sculpture in Spijkenisse in the Netherlands on Tuesday (11/3). The train had run ...