British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"

Everyone: ???

"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc

They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman

Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"

@GreenSkyOverMe They always remind me of this scene in Dr Zhicago because of how they arrive unannounced at small stations going line speed and surprise everyone.

https://youtu.be/wRXKHTTzayU

Il treno di Strelnikov - Strelnikov's train - Il Dottor Zivago

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@chiffchaff @GreenSkyOverMe Dr Zhicago - what a wonderful typo. Please don’t correct it.
@allypally @chiffchaff @GreenSkyOverMe The same story just with a lot more jazz.
@allypally @GreenSkyOverMe Ha! I won't. I wanna see Dr Zhicago now!