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Post by countryman on Nov 16, 2020 22:06:20 GMT
It is of course illegal to pass a height restriction if your vehicle is greater than that limit, but prosecutions are rare as it's not easy to detect. I don't believe that it is automatically for an overheight vehicle to pass a restriction. It depends on the signage. An example is Eastbury Road at Bushey. The height limit is 14' 3", but for years Routemasters and RTs, both 14' 6", run under it regularly. When a bus running day in Watford was operated a few years ago, the signage for the bridge was triangular warning signs, and Routemasters and RTs ran under it on that day. The next time the event was held the signs had been changed to round prohibition signs, so then it became illegal to run them under the bridge and only single deckers could run. Hopefully you should be able to see the current signs on Streetview. www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6463675,-0.3858067,3a,75y,71.35h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUS0oxj7yTcjC30dqkyxIXA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUS0oxj7yTcjC30dqkyxIXA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D61.455505%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&authuser=0 Note: You may need to copy the URL above into Google Maps to view.
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Post by countryman on Nov 10, 2020 19:48:59 GMT
I used to look out for these cars whenever travelling on the Bakerloo, as the experience was of another era, pre-38 stock! The lack of end doors meant they were rather crowded in the peaks. It was the same travelling on the District at the time and looking out for the older Q stock, especially the Q23, and the contrast to the Q38 cars. I'm sure that many of the newer standard stock trailers had end doors. I would have thought that there was a mixture of cars with and without end doors formed into Bakerloo sets. Anyone know about the ratio.
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Post by countryman on Nov 8, 2020 12:28:23 GMT
Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to explain that so comprehensively and clearly. I think I have learned a lot from that. The most surprising thing being that there was regenerative braking in trains so early - I had no idea. I suppose it was much easier when there were no electronic controllers between the power source and the motors. I assume that this is because, with DC, there is no need to synchronise the frequency. I assume this has to be done with any feed into the national grid, whether from DC soolar panels or AC (presumably) wind generators.
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Post by countryman on Nov 3, 2020 18:50:27 GMT
This has just turned up on my Youtube page.
Interesting shots of the 1935 prototypes as well.
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Post by countryman on Oct 17, 2020 15:51:33 GMT
What is wrong with Finchley Central? Arrive at platform 1 or 2 depending on the destination of following train. Forward into the siding. Reverse to platform 3 and away. This assumes the siding is sufficiently long.
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Post by countryman on Oct 2, 2020 7:35:25 GMT
I wonder if WalVic would also have been a tongue-twister for people who speak German? I ask partly because its my understanding that the pronounce the letters W and V in the opposite way to us English speakers. Don't think this is quite true. Germans pronounce Volkswagen as Folksvagen.
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Post by countryman on Sept 28, 2020 18:50:32 GMT
All of which are interesting theories, but donāt explain the time restrictions on use of the board. If sighting is an issue, then Iād have thought it if anything more dangerous 19:00-07:00 than not. Staff won't legitimately be on the track 19:00-07:00 AND it be Traffic Hours except in emergency. One can then go on about regulating whistle times to daylight hours as the seasons change but that's more difficult to enforce and apply properly and consistently. Sorry to be blunt but if you live near a railway, expect railway sounds. After a while you get more used to it. At least the frequent passage of trains with bad wheel flats has much reduced in this area now the Met line trains are S stock. I lived at the top end of Conway Crescent in Perivale from 1960 to 1976. The viaduct carrying the Central Line over the Greenford loop ran over the ends of the gardens opposite our house, the 2 hour King service from Paddington to Birmingham ran under the viaduct, the Western Avenue was only about 600 yards away and the windy weather flightpath to Heathrow passed over the house. We didn't notice anything after the first week or so.
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Post by countryman on Sept 23, 2020 16:23:29 GMT
Which were the ones that curved inwards from the waist rail? I'm sure they had divided doorways. The 1920 Cammell Laird stock as mentioned above. Pictures at the bottom of the linked article. www.lurs.org.uk/UN85X%20JAN(2)%201969.pdf
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Post by countryman on Sept 5, 2020 12:17:56 GMT
Again, couls someone help me please? What is a Carrington Event?
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Post by countryman on Sept 2, 2020 10:39:45 GMT
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Post by countryman on Sept 2, 2020 7:07:01 GMT
Looks like the island is down to one train in service today: Why do they write 'on all lines' There is only one. Same applies when there is an incident. They write something like ' Due to a fallen tree, all lines are blocked between Bournemouth and Southampton'. There is only one line, two tracks but one line. (rant over)
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Post by countryman on Sept 2, 2020 7:03:00 GMT
Which will open first? Elizabeth Line or Berlin Brandenburg Airport. In another attempt to get this back on topic, the Berlin Brandenburg Airport will 100% beat Crossrail: they finally have the operating licence and will open on 31 October 2020, replacing Tegel.
In any case, I do not trust any recent opening date forecasts because the situation now is too fluid to make the call.
Thanks for that. We were going to Berlin in 2011, and when booked we wondered whether we would fly into Tegel and out from Brandenberg. 9 years late, I wonder how many years late the Elizabeth line will be. Hopefully less than 9. Brandenburg is opening in 'baby steps' so won't be fully operational for quite a while, perhaps you could look at the Elizabeth Line the same way and say that it has opened in baby steps as much of it bar the core section is already running. Or perhaps not.
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Post by countryman on Aug 22, 2020 19:15:42 GMT
Which will open first? Elizabeth Line or Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
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Post by countryman on Aug 18, 2020 18:52:51 GMT
Not strictly on topic, but my daughter has told me about a reported incident in France. Apparently a passenger was not wearing a mask. He was asked to wear one and refused. He was fined 15 Euros. Then he was asked if he would wear a mask. He again refused, so they stopped the train in the middle of nowhere and made him get off. Wouldn't happen here due to H & S and the furore if something then happened to him. A quick Google reveals that it wasn't quite like that, it was the Paris-Nice TGV, it wasn't meant to stop until Marseilles but it made an unscheduled stop at Gare du Creusot to eject the passenger. Le Creusot is a town of 21k, about the size of Berkhampstead, Stowmarket or Kenilworth with other TGV services so "middle of nowhere" is a bit of an exaggeration. Thanks for clarification. Just quoted what my daughter told me! Chinese whispers! Nevertheless, it must have been very inconvenient for the passenger. I wonder if he thought it was worth it.
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Post by countryman on Aug 18, 2020 16:58:50 GMT
Not strictly on topic, but my daughter has told me about a reported incident in France. Apparently a passenger was not wearing a mask. He was asked to wear one and refused. He was fined 15 Euros. Then he was asked if he would wear a mask. He again refused, so they stopped the train in the middle of nowhere and made him get off. Wouldn't happen here due to H & S and the furore if something then happened to him.
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Post by countryman on Aug 14, 2020 14:46:10 GMT
Probably from the disaster in Germany several years ago when a train derailed and hit an overbridge. Wouldn't the V check rails need to be further away from the structure designed to be protected? This is a bi-directional line, and you can see the same device the other side of the bridge;but what is the max line speed here? I don't think its another device. I think it is only one unit but you can't see the rails under the bridge because it is in shadow. Perhaps if someone is in the area they could have a look and post.
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Post by countryman on Aug 11, 2020 8:34:42 GMT
The Tube History link above suggests only one 1938TS trailer was converted to work with the 1960 stock - in fact there were four: three (4921, 4927, 4929) on the Woodford shuttle, and a fourth (TRC912) for the track recording train, although it was never used and a 73TS car was used instead. I understood that they used Standard sock trailers with the Cravens DMs
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Post by countryman on Aug 11, 2020 8:29:34 GMT
DO 'give it a go'. Radio comedy is often very funny; especially if Stinker Murdoch and Deryck Guyler are involved! I recommend 'The Navy Lark', 'Round the Horne' and 'I'm Sorry I'll Read that Again'. There is some good comedy on Radio 4 Extra (DAB), but some not so good. They had 'Ray's a Laugh' with Ted Ray the other day, and I didn't get the jokes about Herbert Morrison.
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Post by countryman on Aug 6, 2020 10:00:43 GMT
This from Wikipedia.
The S Stock has faster acceleration than previous trains, at 1.3 m/s2 (2.9 mph/s), but its top speed is 100 km/h (62 mph), 13 km/h (8 mph) slower than A Stock but faster than C and D Stocks.
Also, something I didn't know about (if it is true).
The S designation stands for suburban[4], following the London Underground tradition of designating surface stock with a letter associated with its intended routeāA Stock on the Metropolitan line to Amersham,[5] the C Stock on the Circle line,[6] and D Stock on the District line
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Post by countryman on Aug 5, 2020 14:31:52 GMT
They were originally, but a few months ago, I think they've had a new CIS system installed, and they're currently using NR style announcements with the female voice (don't know the name to be honest). It's all stations from Surrey Quays to Dalston Junction. You can hear it in this clipAlso This one at Whitechapel Glad to see all bar one wearing face coverings.
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Post by countryman on Aug 5, 2020 6:43:20 GMT
Are the bodies new and plastic, or are they a motorised version of the original EFE cars?
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Post by countryman on Aug 3, 2020 11:18:03 GMT
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Post by countryman on Aug 3, 2020 8:23:30 GMT
I'm not sure this is the best location for this. Please move if necessary. I accidentally came across this this morning. It is an article about runaways on the Underground. I certainly wasn't aware of these, and I don't remember seeing anything about this on here. hydeparknow.uk/2019/02/10/runaway-tube-trains/
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Post by countryman on Aug 2, 2020 8:38:14 GMT
I'd be interested to know what everyone feels now that the S Stock are very much part of the fabric of Metroland, as the A Stock once were. I love the S stock. It's my second favourite after the central line 1938 stock. A bit confused by this. 1938 stock didn't normally run on the Central, at least at the west end where I lived. I clearly remember when at my infants school in Perivale (1960-1964), watching the trains on the viaduct over the back of Conway Crescent, and seeing the familiar standard stock being replaced by 62 stock (although some may have been 59 stock). I believe some 38 stock did run on the eastern end although it may have been some of the prototype units. Sorry, off topic.
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Post by countryman on Jul 26, 2020 12:08:28 GMT
Check rails to try to prevent derailed vehicles hitting the bridge piers? EDIT: If you watch the cabview Youtube videos from Germany, you will see this kind of arrangement at many bridges, on double track usually only on the side of potential collision. Also frequently seen on overbridges and viaducts. Stupid question, but how exactly do they work? If the train derails, say, to the right, the inside of the left wheels will hit the rail, and keep the train moving in a relatively straight line.
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Post by countryman on Jul 26, 2020 9:01:59 GMT
Check rails to try to prevent derailed vehicles hitting the bridge piers?
EDIT: If you watch the cabview Youtube videos from Germany, you will see this kind of arrangement at many bridges, on double track usually only on the side of potential collision. Also frequently seen on overbridges and viaducts.
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Post by countryman on Jul 1, 2020 14:12:25 GMT
Correction to my last post----I meant Jon Snow not his son Dan Snow who is not as bad,but not blameless in that respect. Dan Snow's father is Peter Snow, the ex-BBC political pundit. Indeed! Jon Snow is Dan Snow's uncle.
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Post by countryman on Jun 30, 2020 15:27:22 GMT
To get this to work I had to delete the %C2%A0 that came up on the end of the url. It's a shame I missed this as, if it closed on 9th March 1964, I only started using the line in September 1064. 6 Months too late!
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Post by countryman on Jun 30, 2020 13:21:57 GMT
Presumably it will be similar to an airline e-ticket or boarding card. You can usually download to a phone or print out on paper, then present the barcode or QR code.
I was on a train in Germany once, when the conductor came along and asked for tickets. A couple near me said they had the tickets on a mobile phone but the battery was flat. I don't know the outcome but I know the conductor said 'it's your problem'. So it would always print even if I had downloaded to a phone.
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Post by countryman on Jun 29, 2020 8:59:20 GMT
Stretch alongside the Central line has been mooted as a possible LUL Test Track more than once in the last 40 years or so. If it were to be done now, it wouldn't be very long. It could only run from North Acton to just past the Du Cane Road bridge. The trackbed beyond has been used for development. When I went to school I went along the stretch from North Acton to East Acton every day, followed by a walk along Du Cane Road to my (now demolished) school. In those days there was no vegetation along the GWR trackbed. Now it almost seems a forest. I would imagine that ecologists wouldn't be too happy to lose an urban wildlife corridor.
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