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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2011 10:16:10 GMT
Passing the Depot on Friday afternoon about 1700 an engineers train was being shunted at the east end.
Bogie wagons with alternate larger and smaller boxes on.
The larger (IIRC) had red covers with 'PLP' on and the smaller had blue covers.
First time I have seen it.
Does anyone know what these wagons are for?
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Andy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2011 0:07:51 GMT
The red covers have the new windows and the blue covers are the seats for the refresh project. Movements on a Friday evening and Saturday morning.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2011 7:34:27 GMT
Very interesting to hear, they go by rail, a real in house job by the sounds of it!
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Post by metman on Nov 3, 2011 22:58:58 GMT
This is for the refresh for the 1992 stock then?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2011 18:08:53 GMT
Yeah, it sits on c road in the acid shed all week and gets loaded up over the week end over the west end of the depot
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2011 19:51:10 GMT
Thanks wacky.
I guess the acid shed is the three road (A-B-C) shed to the east end of the depot and that's where the refurb is taken place.
Do you know the origin of the name?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2011 23:56:57 GMT
Changing the subject abit, but im hopefully not hijacking the thread but in these acid sheds, did they actually wash the unpainted stock with acid?
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Post by 1018509 on Nov 7, 2011 10:57:14 GMT
When I was a train cleaner there in the early 70's they did. It was done by the women on day shifts.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2011 16:15:36 GMT
Thats actually quite interesting, how strong was the solution?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2011 17:11:20 GMT
Strong enough to be banned at a later date  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2011 18:13:36 GMT
How was it applied, shower or somthing?
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Post by 1018509 on Nov 8, 2011 15:48:46 GMT
How was it applied, shower or somthing? With a stiff broom dipped in the diluted acid in a bucket. No idea of the acid strength but it did the job. PPE? Not in them days. Just ordinary overalls which fell apart after a few months. Most graffiti removal is done the same way but with a different fluid and now proper PPE is worn and the cleaners are not LUL staff. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2011 19:08:52 GMT
How was it applied, shower or somthing? With a stiff broom dipped in the diluted acid in a bucket. No idea of the acid strength but it did the job. PPE? Not in them days. Just ordinary overalls which fell apart after a few months. Most graffiti removal is done the same way but with a different fluid and now proper PPE is worn and the cleaners are not LUL staff. Thank you for the info |
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Post by abe on Nov 9, 2011 8:58:20 GMT
Unpainted aluminium trains were cleaned with phosphoric acid. That's the same stuff you'll find in a can of cola...
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Post by neilw on Nov 9, 2011 14:10:53 GMT
In the mid 70's at Hainault it was done by two chaps in protective suits that looked like home-made silver space suits. One stood each side of the road in the acid shed and sprayed the train as it drove slowly past. It was then rinsed and put through the car wash. The acid leaked through the window seals and rotted the woodwork of the window sills, which is why the horizontal and vertical pieces adjacent to the widows were all replaced with some type of formica matching the bird's eye maple of the car ends. Mine are like that to this day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2011 22:23:57 GMT
Unpainted aluminium trains were cleaned with phosphoric acid. That's the same stuff you'll find in a can of cola... Ohh right, same principle as cleaning your toilet with a can of coke then? ;D  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2011 22:28:00 GMT
In the mid 70's at Hainault it was done by two chaps in protective suits that looked like home-made silver space suits. One stood each side of the road in the acid shed and sprayed the train as it drove slowly past. It was then rinsed and put through the car wash. The acid leaked through the window seals and rotted the woodwork of the window sills, which is why the horizontal and vertical pieces adjacent to the widows were all replaced with some type of formica matching the bird's eye maple of the car ends. Mine are like that to this day. I wonder if the same happened to 59ts? |
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Post by neilw on Nov 12, 2011 11:47:44 GMT
I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.......
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