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Post by mrfs42 on Nov 1, 2010 13:07:57 GMT
Are you including the two at Coventry in your count?
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Post by mrfs42 on Nov 1, 2010 0:50:26 GMT
Are other people also curious as to how such a routing thing works? I can ask a mate of mine - but he doesn't do signal sims, only big stuff for big people (which I shouldn't really mention, so I'm not going to!) - I can say though that there is a relatively famous game that has 'with thanks to MRFS, Karen and David' that appears in the credits.... rincew1nd will know of whom I talk and who the other people are in the credits.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 31, 2010 9:09:27 GMT
It was in Cantuar at that time! ;D
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 31, 2010 5:07:49 GMT
I'd suggest that it could be a sleet run.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 30, 2010 8:59:23 GMT
I'm a shade busy a the mo - could a kind soul find and decode the DLR WTTs for me, please (or at least give me the .xml reference).
I'd be everso grateful ;D
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 29, 2010 18:09:31 GMT
Possibly the extortionate track access charges, and the fact the grandes dames of the A stock are a little too fat to fit anywhere else.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 29, 2010 16:58:30 GMT
Am I right in thinking that the signalling at Olympia is such that trains to/from Lillie Bridge do not necessarily need to proceed into Olympia platform in order to access the depot/head east to Earls Court, as long as the whole train is in rear of WB28/WB7? AFAIAA the block joint between BW and BY is 50' in advance of WB7/WB28 and for WB7 to clear only requires (at the Addison Road end) BW to be clear and 8 points normal - so theoretically for a reversing move you don't actually have to go back as far as the stick unless of course you want to see the signal clear. ;D WB28 will clear (again only looking at the Addison Road end of things) if either BY or BYY are occupied with 8 and both 20s reverse - the platform at Olympia is split either side of the policeman. TC BY is 929' long... How long is a D stock in feet? EDIT: Have there been any alterations with BJs at Olympia yet?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 29, 2010 14:18:48 GMT
Mystery Shopper. Not necessarily a good concept.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 26, 2010 23:46:45 GMT
Interesting - thank-you for that: it gives a good dataset for some, but not all purposes. The data is in and of itself incomplete - as there are only departure times - making qualitative analysis of run time varia, stand time adjustments and platform reoccupation times almost impossible from the data as presented. Undoubtedly interesting for people who have never seen the complexity of the UndergrounD TTs and (I also find it) slightly thought-provoking too. I shall have to compare the Excel files with the printed books in the fullness of time. Much appreciated; thank-you for the file conversion. Are there any DLR WTTs in the files?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 23, 2010 15:37:58 GMT
I'm guessing that you mean the rather nebulous concept of 'Platform - Train Interface' rather than Positive Train Identification, here? Please be careful with abbreviations - probably better to quote in full in the first instance and then abbreviate.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 23, 2010 1:30:59 GMT
To understand the complexities of pricing here are some articles about the price of bananas: When bananas mature, as part of the ripening process they give off acetylene gas - historically they have been a dangerous and potentially inflammable cargo. I don't think passengers have ever been regarded as a cargo that is capable of self-igniting; so what's the link, please?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 22, 2010 18:23:14 GMT
Clockface on both halves?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 22, 2010 11:27:25 GMT
Moderator CommentI've moved the 'historical' places that A stock has visited to a new thread in Historical
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 22, 2010 0:36:51 GMT
I am sure that HM travelled in a 1973TS cab when she opened up the Heathrow extension. You may possibly be right there. I think you are - <blatant plug> angelislington has I think the Royal Train Notice for that particular event to sell on eBay shortly for the London Transport Museum - if not there is certainly a Royal Train Notice sculling around to be sold for the LTM </blatant plug>
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 22, 2010 0:30:16 GMT
If we weren't so English, we'd have a revolution over this kind of thing. <off topic>
And then ask for the monarchy back! ;D
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 21, 2010 12:27:34 GMT
No; one fare will be raised by 74%; as the Zones 2-6 day travelcard will be phased out, meaning that there will only be the Zones 1-6 card.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 20, 2010 21:47:48 GMT
As an aside, I like the reference, in the WTT extract that mrfs42 posted, to "Metropolitan Line "Amersham" stock, indicated in the Timetable pages as "A60" ". Hence "A stock". Even though at the time of that Central Line WTT they would have been testing A62 stock!
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 20, 2010 20:20:14 GMT
Thameslink is planned to have ERTMS by 2016 but I doubt it would be the only system as I am not convinced all extremities would get it straight away. Of course, ERTMS is part of Key Output 2 of Thameslink so could be one of the extras to Thameslink that are now uncertain. OT for this thread, but wait and see what happens after and including Oct. 23rd. IF ERTMS can be made to fully work, there will be a loud trumpeting.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 20, 2010 18:41:47 GMT
And there was no "surface stock train detector" at North Acton either. The signalman was trusted (or may even have been "instructed" in some form or another) to keep the North Acton eastbound starter at danger during such moves. Yes - er.... from WTT 23. Eventually this thread will be sorted into 'Unusual Places A stock has been'.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 20, 2010 12:07:54 GMT
A stock has run on the Central Line for testing. I'll dig out the link to the thread when I'm on a pooter instead of sat in my local having a swift sherbet!
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 21:53:55 GMT
I do believe the DLR also had something called WANDA however i'm not sure if this was another information system. ISTR that was a solar heating project in Stuttgart. Different DLR, perhaps. WANDA was first-generation WAP information for the Docklands.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 21:18:44 GMT
I did some rough calculations and I reckon I've got details of about 6½ million individual Underground trains in my library. I remember hearing a story about a council library somewhere that had to be demolished because the architect hadn't calculated for the weight of the books, I suspect 6½ million trains puts a considerable strain on your foundations. How does AI cope? Whalebone Underpinning. I posit that I've got about 100kg of WTTs alone.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 20:29:26 GMT
A full working timetable runs into 100 pages or so <random statistic> I did some rough calculations and I reckon I've got details of about 6½ million individual Underground trains in my library. </random statistic>
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 14:16:35 GMT
Could we please keep to the 67's going for scrap at Booth's in this thread. Sensitive edge activation belongs in a fresh thread, as the drift has gone that far. Thank-you. After a bit of forum magickery - the sensitive edge-related posts are now here.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 13:50:27 GMT
I feel it is a bit unfair when a thread is locked but I have been mis-quoted. Yes the thread had run it course but for one Mod to quote a previous message of mine wrong and then another one to lock it does not seem to be a good way to run a forum. Moderation is a tool for keeping things civil not a tool to run your own agenda. I would therefore request that more care is taken in decisions to lock threads especially when the last message is from a moderator. No decision is taken lightly to lock a thread here - please remember that the Forum Staff here are a team and keep a close eye on all threads. All decisions are made in consultation, not isolation. This Forum is also mindful of its contributors and their opinions, even those of the most junior member who may only have been a member of the forum for a fortnight.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 11:03:27 GMT
Is that an acronym that has evolved or was it used from introduction? I wish I knew - I just googled "DLR DAISY" ;D Hmm, that's cheating! I think Reg's answer fits best, the Docklands part is a back-formation IYSWIM.
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 9:21:28 GMT
Aha! TVM. Is that an acronym that has evolved or was it used from introduction?
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 8:16:32 GMT
Could someone expand DAISY for a bear of little brain, please? I'm guessing the D is possibly Digital meaning it could be Digital And Illuminated Signs Yah!
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 19, 2010 0:39:51 GMT
If the effect is serious LU is opened up to some serious tort action. <off topic> Granted - but the burden of proof surely lies with the people on the train. Assuming that there is precedent of a valid Oyster presenting a contract under various iterations of the Sale Of Goods and other contractual impedimenta? I'm not so sure that there has been a case where the breach of duty (whether contractual or implied) has been tested in these circumstances - if you know of one, I'd be interested to know, or unless of course you're on the 'bus to Clapham. ;D </off topic>
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Post by mrfs42 on Oct 18, 2010 20:02:44 GMT
It should have been clear after 20 minutes that if power wasn't going to be restored shortly the passengers should have been evacuated. Quite simply, No. There are a lot of checks to be made, as ATO has mentioned above. A lot of railway operating decisions go on 'behind the scenes' and at all times the safety of the passengers is paramount. That's what takes the time.
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