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Post by Dmitri on Mar 24, 2009 13:23:54 GMT
Absolute d*******s... Sometimes, they are less lucky, and end up like that:
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 18, 2009 20:25:56 GMT
got as far as Buckhurst Hill At least, it was Buckhurst Hill, not Barking .
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 13, 2009 19:16:04 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 12, 2009 9:57:28 GMT
There's some situations where you just cannot win no matter what you do. You cannot be blamed for running a service.
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Post by Dmitri on Mar 8, 2009 22:06:48 GMT
Is Underground really drives on the left? I'm pretty sure it does that in opposite direction when compared to Moscow Metro or German S-Bahn (which I thought both drive on the left). Moscow Metro, just like other railways and roads in xUSSR, drives on the right. So, LU really drives in opposite direction when compared to Moscow Metro . (I know there are exceptions, but I do not think they are significant)
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 26, 2009 10:36:26 GMT
That person wanted to know why there was not interchanges between the Northern and the NLL/GOBLIN 'Cause no one could be bothered to build them . This would mean making a new station on a deep level tube tunnel. I tried to think of a station that might have been built from scratch on an existing deep level line and could not think of one. Whilst it is possible, it is difficult, costly and requires tunnels to have profile suitable for the station (I don't think you can build a station on the steep incline). In Moscow, there is a plan to build a station on the Line 3 ('dark blue') between 'Ploschad revoliutsii' and 'Kurskaya' stations to create an interchange with the Line 6 ('orange') and 7 ('purple') at 'Kitay-gorod'. To facilitate that, a 160-m stretch of the tunnel was built suitable for the station (straight and level, with required distance between tunnels). Unfortunately, it would never happen due to the cost, although high demand is guaranteed.
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 25, 2009 9:10:23 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 24, 2009 8:20:57 GMT
For the record, in 1979, a new station ('Gorkovskaya', now 'Tverskaya') was inserted into the 'green' line between 'Mayakovskaya' and 'Teatralnaya' stations (opened in 1938) without interrupting the service. Station is 42 m. deep. Entire affair cost a small fortune, though .
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 21, 2009 21:17:45 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 13, 2009 11:27:07 GMT
Some time ago, Moscow Line 6 ('orange') was switching from E stock to 81-71x, which is almost twice more powerful. As the line has long 40-thousands (1/25) inclines, the transition time was... emmm... interesting (especially for the E train drivers) as the old rolling stock could not keep up with the new one .
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 12, 2009 11:57:45 GMT
I don't know whether that is the HQ of the Petrocommerce Bank or not. At least, it is what that big red letter in the top of the building say . BTW, to the left of it is the UK Embassy in Russian Federation. A book-like building near the centre is the former Comecon HQ (now occupied by Moscow city administration). Finally, to the left of the shot is the House of the Government of the Russian Federation, colloquially known as White House ;D. Click here for WikiMapia.
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 11, 2009 22:12:15 GMT
It is here (shot taken from the southeast looking northwest).
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Post by Dmitri on Feb 7, 2009 19:10:42 GMT
Hmm I'll listen out for the wheel flats next time. Although is it easy to distinguish it from the sound of the wheels going over joins in the tracks? It is absolutely easy as the 'bang-bang-bang' caused by wheel flats is frequent and occurs at regular intervals (1 'bang' for 1 turn of the wheelset). Also, if you are standing about the track and the oncoming train has wheel flats, you may notice that 'bang-bang-bang' sound moves, whereas noise created by rail joints does not move.
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Post by Dmitri on Jan 3, 2009 8:57:43 GMT
I just wonder what they put down for place of birth London ;D.
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Post by Dmitri on Dec 11, 2008 19:48:19 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Dec 3, 2008 22:25:26 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Dec 1, 2008 12:56:52 GMT
a crossover in the Finchley Road area is longer available for use Did you mean ' no longer available for use' (as in 'does not exist')?
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Post by Dmitri on Oct 30, 2008 9:42:51 GMT
Could the A stock have been adapted for use on the District services (excepting Wimbleware) The A stock doesn't fit quite well on the southern part of the Circle .
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Post by Dmitri on Oct 29, 2008 12:16:55 GMT
Seems to me to be in Byzantine tradition. It is, according to my little research. Built ca. IX-X century.
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Post by Dmitri on Oct 16, 2008 12:09:03 GMT
So the underpass going from High St Ken to Earl's Court is a non-flat junction because it allows trains to connect to another bit of the track without interfering with the ones coming from Gloucester Road? Whereas where the Circle and District converge at Gloucester Road is a flat junction because one holds up the other? <pedant> About right , however physical layout is primary, that is: 1) trains can connect to another bit of the track without interfering with the ones coming from Gloucester Road due to existence of the non-flat junction; 2) Circles and Districts hold up each other at Gloucester Road because there is a flat junction there. </pedant>
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Post by Dmitri on Oct 9, 2008 8:02:20 GMT
But once it was clear that the doors he'd opened were closed now, and that my villain had made the jump safely and vanished in the crowd, the train would probably just continue on its way. Is that right? It is difficult to say whether it is right or wrong as it never happened on the LU . What about the following sequence of events: 1) the train starts to move; 2) villain forces door open and escapes from the train; 3) driver notices that motors dropped out due to the loss of the pilot light; 3) doors close; 4) pilot light turns on again, driver thinks it was just a momentary quirk caused by acceleration (it actually happens sometimes) and moves on; 5) people on the board are too surprised to pull a handle, so PEA is not activated; 6) train disappears in the tunnel; 7) villain vanishes in the crowd; 8) someone on the platform notices, and police starts to investigate the event (I don't think the track inspection would happen as villain escaped on the platform and not into the tunnel).
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 30, 2008 19:25:07 GMT
meeting at Stockwell and walking it will be easier? According to the Google map, Stockwell and Brixton are ~1.3 km (0.8 miles) apart. As for me, I won't mind walking that much, but only weather permitting .
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 28, 2008 6:57:03 GMT
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 25, 2008 6:40:10 GMT
Anyone else getting a login box for www.sucs.org when trying to view these pictures? Yes. Reason: links point to the answer pictures which are currently protected from viewing.
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 20, 2008 10:52:45 GMT
I made it to level six! - is it possible though? ........ It is possible - I've just completed it.
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Post by Dmitri on Sept 12, 2008 17:15:13 GMT
I've never found it particularly onerous to make an announcement stating that the train is being held TBH it may be a bit annoying at times. Well, I see the train is held... when are we going to move?
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Post by Dmitri on Aug 19, 2008 9:40:02 GMT
Moscow subway's pretty deep too Mostly central part. The deepest station is 84 m deep.
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Post by Dmitri on Aug 19, 2008 9:34:49 GMT
There is no other metro system built at deep level, because no other major city has London's clay. In the St. Petersburg Metro (the deepest in the world), 53 out of 60 stations are 50-75 metres deep. Reason: St. Petersburg is built on the swamp, tunnels are under the swamp.
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Post by Dmitri on Aug 15, 2008 7:26:34 GMT
Just a note about how it is done in Moscow: 1) no announcements at all - normal operation (most of the time); 2) 'there are delays'; 3) 'no service'. Works pretty well. The truly amazing thing is he actually wants to go out with me again ;D You must be a very nice person .
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Post by Dmitri on Jul 27, 2008 5:52:33 GMT
looks & liveries are a minor secondary issue ...which receives amazingly much attention.
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