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Post by principlesdesigner on Aug 1, 2017 7:36:45 GMT
Morning everyone. Quick question : do ballast trains and the like have a loco at each end?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Aug 1, 2017 8:49:21 GMT
Morning everyone. Quick question : do ballast trains and the like have a loco at each end? Loco or cab that observations can be made from.
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Post by Chris M on Aug 1, 2017 8:50:44 GMT
On London Underground, yes engineering trains have a battery loco at each end. This is because a large proportion of journeys to and from worksites involve at least one reversal. Both locos have a driver as it is not possible to walk from one end to the other in a tube tunnel (and even if it were it would take longer).
On National Rail I think it varies depending on the location of the worksite and the route to get there.
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Post by class411 on Aug 1, 2017 8:58:48 GMT
On London Underground, yes engineering trains have a battery loco at each end. This is because a large proportion of journeys to and from worksites involve at least one reversal. Both locos have a driver as it is not possible to walk from one end to the other in a tube tunnel (and even if it were it would take longer). On National Rail I think it varies depending on the location of the worksite and the route to get there. Do you know how drivers pass control from one end to the other?
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Post by Chris M on Aug 1, 2017 9:01:42 GMT
I guess that they are in radio contact. Before radio, there was probably bell codes or something similar. If all else fails, a whistle from one cab would be heard by the other.
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Post by principlesdesigner on Aug 1, 2017 9:11:25 GMT
Thanks all
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Post by melikepie on Aug 1, 2017 13:33:56 GMT
I know this is slightly off topic but when I saw this, I misread it as "Brains "
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