Amazingly Incompetent
Any author, blogger, vlogger or illustrator never knows when he/she will need a picture of a cowboy riding a fully antlered stag through a picturesque autumnal forest. But when it is needed, there is no need to get a stunt man to ride a stag through said forest, you just get your AI software to make one up!
Likewise, you may want a snap of your prize pooch flying through a cloud.
AI will do the job. Well, it will if you "train" it fully and appropriately - which can be fraught with difficulties.
Usually so-called AI users are satisfied with what a cheapo bit of low-grade software can create.
And below is a picture of a relatively minor prang that befell a Greater Anglia Train.
Just for the he record here is a sample of Greater Anglia livery ...
... and here is the AI picture that accompanied the on-line article.
'Nuff said!
This is a photo of platform 4 at Liverpool Lime Street; it shows the splendid overall roof in all its glory. It couldn't really be anywhere except the Scouser City!
But an article popped up on-line. It is about a proposed new service between Liverpool and Wrexham.
Is the picture below really Lime Street station or another example of an Available Illustration rather than the truth?
In fact it is correct! It is the gateline for Platforms 1 to 5 viewed from the passenger concourse ...
... probably bought by the newspaper group as part of a "picture library". It simply doesn't look like Lime Street and the proliferations of these inaccurate or inappropriate illustrations can make everyone suspicious of the reliability of the news.
So fbb was determined to check this one.
The coming together was "near Leominster" but at first fbb was suspicious of the train.
That's because he had forgotten about one of these..jpg)
It is a class 67 diesel, hauling four ex East Coast Virgin coaches with a Driving Van Trailer (DVT) at the rear.
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fbb did not recognise the DVT, but that is because Transport for Wales is plastering them with multi-coloured "wraps". A train with DVT leading looks like this.
And the DVT is "wrapped"!
So now we can find the actual DVT which met the trailer in an unhappy place.
fbb would think the collision was at slow speed as the offending trailer was only propelled a short way from the gated farm crossing ...
... potentially very nasty, none the less.
It is not very comforting, really, to say that it could have been much worse.
On a lighter note, Hornby have, in recent times, sold a train pack of a Class 67 plus Virgin plus DVT set.
Without ugly "wraps"!
Not Quite Right!
Not Quite Right!
fbb is often intrigued and sometimes saddened by the inadequacies of written English in the media. O.K., a blog is not intended to be Great Literature and even fbb favours a more conversational style than that in "War and Peace"!
But when a company is seeking to attract business, obvious errors can be off-putting.
Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen invented the jump that bears his name.
For fbb, simple stepping on ice in stout flat shoes is very scary so the "Double Axel" is just crazy!
Many firms have jumped on to the 3D printing craze for model railway accessories.
But this is the first advert for a piece of technology for use in an OO model of a skating rink (?).
Obviously non-working, these devices in reality can count the number of Axels in a figure skating display.
Sadly, fbb has no room for a skating rink on his layout but the models do look authentic.
Or maybe, bamboozled by more AI (particularly AI that cannot spell!), the old man has got the wrong end of the stick - or maybe the wrong end of the axle.
Is This An Accurate Illustration?
More in tomorrow's blog.
We also examine fbb's latest tank wagon purchase, now removed from the surfeit of bubble wrap in a huge box!
Also, "It seemed a good idea at the time!" - The end of an era of Dubious Rambling Transport ....jpg)
... just A Click away!
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And more news on Peterville carriage shed bodge improvements. The roof now fits ...
... hmm, fits better .... more hmm ... fits nearly.
This is how it was!
Next Bank Holiday Variety : Mon 26 May
These trains are ex-GNER Mk4 stock, and are excellent. I have travelled in both Standard and First Class - the latter is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteAnd the journo at the BBC ended the article about the train colliding with a tractor crossing the tracks, with a link to the recent incident of two Class 158 units colliding because of slippery rails.
ReplyDeleteThis most recent incident is totally unrelated, involving a farmer's vehicle being on the railway line, in the path of an oncoming train.
Very poor journalism, which seeks to make train travel sound like a hazardous activity.
Yes, I agree.
DeleteThe picture *is* the main barrier line at Lime Street. The view from the platforms towards the buffer stops is not dissimilar to Manchester Piccadilly. Perhaps a picture of the outside of the station - definitely distinctive - is what was required!
ReplyDeleteWhere does one start with errors in the "bridge" picture?!!!
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