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Post by ducatisti on May 16, 2008 16:30:50 GMT
I've seen at least one on a Met service through Farringdon (formed up with a non double-ended unit). I'm sure someone can be more specific about the whys and wherefores
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Post by ducatisti on May 14, 2008 21:43:30 GMT
All we know is... edit: OTOH visit www.ipswich-underground.co.uk/. Time for a sitdown with a map of Ipswich... I'll have a think as for colours, blue and white would seem appropriate (or Yellow and Green if you are a stirrer )
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Post by ducatisti on May 14, 2008 21:02:26 GMT
Oooh yes! Map of the Ipswhich tube anyone?
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Post by ducatisti on May 14, 2008 20:59:40 GMT
Shame! still, of course, if they now own them...
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Post by ducatisti on May 13, 2008 12:42:26 GMT
I once dreamt someone I know had ordered me some tube-gauge teak garden furniture. No, I don't know why either...
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Post by ducatisti on May 9, 2008 12:50:53 GMT
Looks like it's tanked good and proper tinyurl.com/5cms32(sorry, don't know how to do links) "Some industry sources estimated the film had spent more in a short period of time than some blockbusters would burn through in their entire UK runs. Others close to the production insist it was nowhere near that much, but concede it was far more than necessary and insufficiently targeted. "It fell between several stools," said one. Despite the spend, the film was poorly received. The Independent on Sunday found it "lamentable", the Times said it "starts falling apart the moment you locate a seat" and the Guardian found it "just another depressing, mediocre, muddy-looking British film that wastes an awful lot of talent". If that wasn't enough to put you off, it also features an ill-advised cameo from Kerry Katona." EDIT: Links with commas in them tend to work better once they've been run through www.tinyurl.com Colin.
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Post by ducatisti on May 7, 2008 16:22:09 GMT
Sorry if this has been covered before, couldn't find anything by searching, but what happened to the planned deep-level express tubes? I presume it just fizzled out after the war. Did anyone get as far as any concrete service specifications for it? What kind of stock was to go on it etc?
Thanks
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Post by ducatisti on May 7, 2008 16:19:21 GMT
I suppose the policy is to enforce it. A cynic might suggest it will simply be used by the BTP to add a handy set of target-meeting easy wins. So, I could be perfectly happily having a nicely-chilled can of special brew on the Thameslink, change at Farringdon and be in trouble? ;-)
I think it's probably a good idea, but as discussed, its enforcement that counts.
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Post by ducatisti on May 1, 2008 11:33:44 GMT
My flatmate is having some friends over from foreign climes. One of whom happens to work for Bombardier in a way that is connected in some way with the undergound (trains I think). This person has expressed an idle interest in the LT museum. 1) is there anything in there Bombardier-related? 2) What on the network is Bombardier-related (96 stock?).
Anyone? (Is this the right place to put this?)
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Post by ducatisti on May 1, 2008 8:33:23 GMT
A pub with no beer...! *checks time* at 9.30... Lordy!
So are these goods wagons or non-passenger coaching stock? (did the met operate freight at this point or not?)
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 30, 2008 20:12:46 GMT
have you looked at the arrangements on the Met/GC agreements? Would a tarriff van be one allowed over the metals as part of the arrangements between the two companies? (thus being exempt from normal rates etc?)
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 28, 2008 9:16:52 GMT
I can confirm burning down the market had no effect on Camden town tube.
Agree about it being inefficient. It gets used a lot by tourists who appear to not know how to use the tube netwolk (so how did they get there then?). As well as the obvious surges between branches, it appears to have pretty high flows of traffic in both directions in rush hours. This presumably makes it harder to do clever stuff with escalators etc as they do in zone 1 stations that have one-way flows at peak.
The clever thing to (IMO) would be to dig a completely new set of escalators and concourse/ticket gateline etc going the other way from the central circulation zone (itself in need of expansion), then you can get some seperation of traffic flow.
Unfortunately, it would come up in the goth club, but I'm sure that's nothing that can't be taken care of with a special oyster code...
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 24, 2008 11:50:40 GMT
sorry, did those vans have dual couplings?
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 24, 2008 11:47:46 GMT
It's not northern line - tube map sort of visible at 1:26 shows two branches at one end to a single line through. Piccadilly?
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 23, 2008 9:07:13 GMT
I assume battery locos are a special case then? Is it that all pw stock is tube-level couplers or buffers and conventional couplings?
Oh well, so you'd need a SSL and a tube mule then, cuts down on utility then
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 22, 2008 15:52:15 GMT
I thought the problem was that they didn't have signals and were moving to moving block and the like. I could be worng obviously
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 17, 2008 23:09:40 GMT
hmmm, likewise, Camden Town has indicators on all platforms
They do a lot of ad-hoc reversing at Finchley Central, does that make a difference.
I've also seen a fair number of trains at Camden not matching the station display. Given the small number of northbound joiners at West Finchley, and the potential for mis-information, it's not thought worth the bother.
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 17, 2008 18:13:53 GMT
On at West Finchley (pretty much guaranteed seat) Off at Camden Town ...can't see what all the fuss about rush-hour commuting is (Embarrasingly, it is actually quicker by tube than by motorised bicycle... If you factor in all the kitting-up, unlocking, locking up and un-kitting)
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 17, 2008 18:10:19 GMT
It is very near the Mill Hill junction. Does that mean the device can't be sure what the train is doing until it has left Finchley Central?
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 17, 2008 12:21:29 GMT
Having used the place for a couple of years, I noticed today that there is no customer display on the northbound platform (ie the dot matrix screen that gives the next couple of trains).
Anyone know why?
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 16, 2008 21:58:26 GMT
IIRC they were doing some fairly big items, so you might not need that many.
Also, they have done all the seats in the bar out in the material, so it must exist in big-sized bits (yes, it was the cocktail from here that explains why I can't remember exactly what items they were selling - drink and bookshops... that could get expensive)
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 16, 2008 20:40:35 GMT
What CDR said. It's obviously pre the development of the lawn, the date of which escapes me, but late 90s I think
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 16, 2008 20:30:57 GMT
Excellent!
Presumably the 1960s-closed tunnels were to the old Leslie Green Station building?
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 16, 2008 11:59:14 GMT
I'm not sure how much of a goer this is, but: the key problem for future runs is the lack of ATO kit and lack of places to hide it. Presumably this will get worse as the various lines get their own ATO kit.
Would it be possible to convert a redundant car into an ATO mule? Take out the seats, and fill with any/all gubbins that is needed. Obviously it would spoil the photos from one end, but you'd have enough space to put all the kit needed and not need to spoil the interiors of the preserved trains.
It would also "future-proof" the issue as you would only need to upgrade one set of ATO kit for the entire musuem collection.
I am assuming that if trains can run on coded manual on weekends, then the requiremements are for the system to "see" the train, and to communicate signalling information.
One thing I haven't figured out is how you'd deal with running round or having a driving position in there.
Is there is a rule against running tube-profile stock and SSL stock together?
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