to be concerned at what happens when you flush the lavatory on a train

[GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt]

Where does it go?

They DON'T just flush raw sewage out a hole in the bottom of the train onto the tracks do they?

And if they DON'T why does it say 'don't flush when the train is in a station'. What would happen if you did?

Or is it like aeroplanes where they freeze the effluent into turd and piss ice cubes and then press the button and let them out into the ether where they vaporise (this may not be strictly true).

Does anyone know what happens to shit on trains?

Would passengers -a- please refrain,
From passing water on the train,
When it is standing still
Upon the station.
You're pleased to mind your p's and q's
And n'er to do your wees and poos,
To avoid a Really nasty confrontation.

My gran used to sing this if we ever went on a train with her, and no one else was around. With a warning not to tell mum and dad as it was rude!

I'm singing as I type, it's a really jolly musical hall tempo....

It doesn't go on the tracks.

This bothered me hugely, so I asked a conductor, who took me to the driver to ask. He said it gets stored in a big tank, and they pump it out afterwards.

The no flushing at stations is on trains where the flush doesn't work properly when the train is at a stand still, so it either can't flush, clogs the toilet, or breaks the tank.

bestbefore
I saw that tomato plant as well. I never thought that was how it got there.
Thought someone had thrown a tomato on the track or birds had dropped seeds.

Gerrof, I used to play on the sewage pipes during family holidays to Devon. Why I couldn't have a bucket and spade I don't know...

CajaDeLaMemoria They let you in the cab?

lol showy - for some reason it was great fun to run out as far as you could on the pipes.

I remember swimming in the harbour (where boats used to empty their slops) amongst the rotten fish thrown in the water and used to play with the sewage outflow.

Funnily enough after a childhood playing in shit I have a very strong stomach and never get stomach upsets when in the tropics. [Grin]