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Post by aslefshrugged on Apr 14, 2018 19:09:42 GMT
A few years ago there was engineering work from Leytonstone to Newbury Park and round to Hainault via Woodford. I ended up doing Newbury Park to Hainault shuttles on a Sunday afternoon, reversing off Platform 1 through the siding onto the inner road over and over and over....
It was almost as pointless and monotonous as working the Waterloo & City on a Saturday |
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Post by Chris M on Apr 14, 2018 20:33:10 GMT
At least there was more scenery
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Post by drainrat on Apr 18, 2018 13:55:01 GMT
I did a West to East at Queensway couple weeks back
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Post by aslefshrugged on Apr 18, 2018 15:26:46 GMT
I did a West to East at Queensway couple weeks back Yeah done that, once when the job was up the wall and once when we were having engineering works. What's unusual is its a 10kph limit so if you're in RM you have to watch your speed very carefully
I've thought of one that must be almost unknown, the West to East shunt at North Acton where you go off platform 1, over the points and the come back onto Platform 2. It used to a rusty rail move on a Leytonstone duty on Sunday morning but a lot of times Wood Lane didn't bother with it.
There's also the East to West shunt at Northolt off Platform 2 to Platform 1, haven't done that one either |
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Post by superteacher on Apr 18, 2018 16:16:58 GMT
White City middle platform to reversing siding?
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Post by drainrat on Apr 19, 2018 11:03:42 GMT
I did a West to East at Queensway couple weeks back Yeah done that, once when the job was up the wall and once when we were having engineering works. What's unusual is its a 10kph limit so if you're in RM you have to watch your speed very carefully
I've thought of one that must be almost unknown, the West to East shunt at North Acton where you go off platform 1, over the points and the come back onto Platform 2. It used to a rusty rail move on a Leytonstone duty on Sunday morning but a lot of times Wood Lane didn't bother with it.
There's also the East to West shunt at Northolt off Platform 2 to Platform 1, haven't done that one either
Was the first time I did it, when I started on Central the 92ts didn't fit through the gap at the crossover, so they had to widen it when they realised they were going to start using it again.
Have done all the other moves at some stage, was often done during the phase post Chancery Lane derailment and they wanted to move a lot of trains around out of place.
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Post by drainrat on Apr 19, 2018 11:04:10 GMT
White City middle platform to reversing siding?
Quite a common one, mind you, 'common' is all perspective I guess
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Post by superteacher on Apr 19, 2018 11:32:38 GMT
One more: Grange Hill inner rail platform to Hainault depot.
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Post by tut on Apr 19, 2018 16:08:26 GMT
White City middle platform to reversing siding?
Quite a common one, mind you, 'common' is all perspective I guess
Platform 4 or even platform 1 to siding might be a bit more unusual though? |
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Post by superteacher on Apr 19, 2018 16:18:46 GMT
Quite a common one, mind you, 'common' is all perspective I guess
Platform 4 or even platform 1 to siding might be a bit more unusual though? Platform 4 to siding is fairly common. |
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Post by drainrat on May 8, 2018 11:49:10 GMT
Platform 4 or even platform 1 to siding might be a bit more unusual though? Platform 4 to siding is fairly common. yep, done it today  |
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Post by Antje on May 9, 2018 9:06:39 GMT
Regarding a train sitting on mainline, it is tempting to see a potential bottleneck that could be solved by building a 20 road to the west of the mainline, parallel to where the 21 road is.
With a 20 road, the returning Hainault branch train will not have to use the mainline when there is another train using the 21 road to get to the sidings and back.
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Post by drainrat on May 10, 2018 17:42:29 GMT
Regarding a train sitting on mainline, it is tempting to see a potential bottleneck that could be solved by building a 20 road to the west of the mainline, parallel to where the 21 road is. With a 20 road, the returning Hainault branch train will not have to use the mainline when there is another train using the 21 road to get to the sidings and back. I think the cost of building would far outweigh the potential bottleneck, with the delay being negligible. Never known this to happen in my time (well, the days I've worked). Why do you think it would be called '20 rd'? In keeping with the area more likely to be either 22 or 24 rd 🤔 |
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Post by drainrat on May 10, 2018 18:19:14 GMT
A few years ago there was engineering work from Leytonstone to Newbury Park and round to Hainault via Woodford. I ended up doing Newbury Park to Hainault shuttles on a Sunday afternoon, reversing off Platform 1 through the siding onto the inner road over and over and over....
It was almost as pointless and monotonous as working the Waterloo & City on a Saturday Ahem, I love working the drain on a Saturday 😸 |
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