PF thats the funniest story I have heard for yonks - made my day, thanks buddy

crazy things well I have done my share probably te funniest was the way me and some friends fixed up the Tumbarumba tearer.
I was an apprentice in the air force at the Wagga Wagga training base. Our accommodation blocks were only about 10 metres away from the railway line. The rail motor from Tumbarumba to Wagga passed through the base a few times a day the first being 5 am. Trains have to sound their horns approaching a road crossing but the driver of the train started to blow his for a full half mile before the crossing waking up about 500 of us up.

about 6 apprentices(including apprentice Grumble) decided to do something about it. so we all went to work and 'liberated' some grease. We got up about 4 am and greased the tracks for about 500 yards or so.

along came the train with its smart arse driver and slid to a halt right in front of the barracks and we turned the fire hoses on it.
The dirver got out and started yelling at us and got hit simultaneously with 3 high powered jets of water and was sent flying over the side of the embankment. He was a sight and it was a 10 foot drop. Strangley no one else decided to get out of the train LOL.
They had to get a crew out to get the train going again and we got into a lot of trouble, confined to base for a month. But it was worth it. The driver had concussion and bruised ribs and went off in an ambulance. The NSW railways investigated and the driver got into the shit for deliberately creating a nuisance and we never had any trouble with the train again