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Post by drainrat on May 8, 2017 11:31:20 GMT
...that was my answer to aslefshrugged, no doubt he'll ask me when he gets to work lol After he's cleaned the fish tank! |
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Post by norbitonflyer on May 8, 2017 13:26:05 GMT
Why bother cleaning a fish tank with no fish in it? Have you tried cleaning one when the fish are still in it. Quite messy, and bad for the residents' health. I'm afraid I can't answer your other questions. |
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Post by aslefshrugged on May 8, 2017 14:06:19 GMT
They could've been the electrification, managers etc. anyone, but we took over the running of the trains the moment it came over, not Elephant & Castle, and definitely not any transferred staff.
I think the Elephant TCM (the TOM grade back then) was given the champion role to manage the depot/line, even though the drivers there were still under the responsibility of the Leytonstone TCM. It was only a 'champion' role and was only really managed by the DLMs. The lost in translation key to this is that it was under the management of a Bakerloo line manager, but not necessarily under Bakerloo line management, if that makes sense. The only time it started to come under any form of organised management is when it was merged with the East London line and taken on by a GM for the Engineering upgrades of 2006. I'm not certain of when it was brought to the Central line or even why.
As for the fish, theres been many wilderness years that tank has gone through fishless, but never been in its current state  Thanks for the info. The tank has had at least one fish in residence since it was moved many years ago from the DMTs office to its current location. The last two died while I was on annual leave in February and I switched everything off. If someone else wants to take it over they can but I've had enough of scooping dead goldfish out with plastic cups. |
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Post by drainrat on May 8, 2017 15:51:59 GMT
They could've been the electrification, managers etc. anyone, but we took over the running of the trains the moment it came over, not Elephant & Castle, and definitely not any transferred staff.
I think the Elephant TCM (the TOM grade back then) was given the champion role to manage the depot/line, even though the drivers there were still under the responsibility of the Leytonstone TCM. It was only a 'champion' role and was only really managed by the DLMs. The lost in translation key to this is that it was under the management of a Bakerloo line manager, but not necessarily under Bakerloo line management, if that makes sense. The only time it started to come under any form of organised management is when it was merged with the East London line and taken on by a GM for the Engineering upgrades of 2006. I'm not certain of when it was brought to the Central line or even why.
As for the fish, theres been many wilderness years that tank has gone through fishless, but never been in its current state Thanks for the info. The tank has had at least one fish in residence since it was moved many years ago from the DMTs office to its current location. The last two died while I was on annual leave in February and I switched everything off. If someone else wants to take it over they can but I've had enough of scooping dead goldfish out with plastic cups. I remember turning up one morning to find someone had dumped a shark in it, damn thing was diseased and ruined the other fish 😔 Won't the IO who used to do it have a go, I know he helped stock the tank. Mind you, looking at how the social fund has gone, people aren't interested 😒 |
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Post by aslefshrugged on May 8, 2017 17:28:00 GMT
When the tank moved from the DMT's office there were three goldfish which had originally belonged to one of the DMTs but I bought all the fish after that apart from the shark.
The shark had been chewed a bit before it was removed but Derek and Clive both lasted a good few years after that.
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Post by class411 on May 8, 2017 17:43:29 GMT
When the tank moved from the DMT's office there were three goldfish which had originally belonged to one of the DMTs but I bought all the fish after that apart from the shark. The shark had been chewed a bit before it was removed but Derek and Clive both lasted a good few years after that. Come again? |
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Post by rincew1nd on May 8, 2017 19:45:59 GMT
When the tank moved from the DMT's office there were three goldfish which had originally belonged to one of the DMTs but I bought all the fish after that apart from the shark. The shark had been chewed a bit before it was removed but Derek and Clive both lasted a good few years after that. Come again? I suspect Derek and Clive were the surviving goldfish. Admin commentI've separated the posts about the fish out from this thread about W&C drivers and put into their own tank thread here. |
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Post by silenthunter on May 8, 2017 20:29:17 GMT
Can't you put a battery powered fish in there instead?
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Post by stapler on May 8, 2017 20:53:44 GMT
Sharks and walruses were quite common one station down when Goodall Rd was a PW depot, BTW
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