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Post by d7666 on Jul 11, 2018 21:41:34 GMT
anyone else noticed those two (well two when I've seen them) special purpose bogie road rail units on Crossrail tracks parked recently west of Paddington, west of Royal Oak portal.
Like main line 'trestrol' low loader wagons but on rubber tyred road bogies with road-rail kit.
What are they and who made them. Despite going by there several times in past month they add always part obstructed. Are they instructions contractors kit or something TfL / maintainer contractor has acquired ready for Liz.line?
-- Nick
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Post by AndrewPSSP on Jul 11, 2018 21:48:47 GMT
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Post by d7666 on Jul 11, 2018 22:26:44 GMT
no nothing like that at all the things I mean are white open platform things but I've never seen anything like them anywhere else and unable to find any web images to match. i'm no photter no camera might try and snap one from a passing train from my mobile but even that's a blackberry so not brilliant -- Nick
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Post by alpinejohn on Jul 12, 2018 10:54:52 GMT
I suspect it may be one of the special fit out vehicles fleet. There are pictures of most of them here www.crossrail.co.uk/construction/railway-systems/meet-the-fleetThey developed special rubber tyred vehicles to rapidly complete a number of tasks including removing the temporary construction track, installing the running track, signalling and overhead line equipment, and placing the platform edge doors.
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Post by d7666 on Jul 17, 2018 16:06:27 GMT
I suspect it may be one of the special fit out vehicles fleet. There are pictures of most of them here www.crossrail.co.uk/construction/railway-systems/meet-the-fleetThey developed special rubber tyred vehicles to rapidly complete a number of tasks including removing the temporary construction track, installing the running track, signalling and overhead line equipment, and placing the platform edge doors. If the ones I have seen are included then none of them are picture in this link, and, none of them look remotely like what I have seen. Unfortunately I've not been able to snap one yet, there's always been something in the way. -- Nick
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Post by brigham on Jul 17, 2018 16:44:49 GMT
...removing the temporary construction track, installing the running track... The 'Temporary Way' and the 'Permanent Way'. Even The Railway Magazine has shown confusion with these simple terms. One article (presumably written by a journalist with limited specialist knowledge) mentions contractors laying 'Temporary permanent way...'. The mind boggles!
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Post by d7666 on Jul 30, 2018 11:34:40 GMT
The vehicles in question disappeared a few days ago without me managing to pass by unobstructed enough to photo. Guess question has to go into abeyance until see one again, or someone else asks similar question.
-- Nick
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