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Post by countryman on May 11, 2018 7:52:53 GMT
It mentions walkthrough trains. Are there any turns sharper/harsher than on the subsurface line that could make it dangerous to stand on the gangway? The trains are planned to be articulated. The end throw of conventional cars would be too great to permit anyways. Yes, in the area of South Kensington.
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Post by countryman on Apr 29, 2018 7:48:08 GMT
Can anyone clarify what a TBTC loop testing train's function is please?
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Post by countryman on Apr 28, 2018 8:04:07 GMT
Reliability is massively more important than having the latest features, upgrades are limited to only what is required and they are thoroughly tested before being applied. Like the TSB??
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Post by countryman on Apr 26, 2018 12:16:48 GMT
I saw a tweet the other day where someone had observed a pregnant woman, an old man and someone on crutches all standing by an empty seat as none of them could agree who needed it most. In circumstances like this, surely 2 others should give up their seats without the need of a sticker to prompt it. And as a side issue, do I, as a relatively healthy 64 year old, give up my seat, or should, as has happened in the past, expect younger people to give up their seat for me?
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Post by countryman on Apr 24, 2018 16:11:55 GMT
To almost quote Rowan Atkinson in the gorilla suit 'I was livid!'
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Post by countryman on Apr 12, 2018 19:46:33 GMT
Is D the Central Line between Perivale and Greenford seen from Woodhouse Close?
EDIT. Not it isn't. Ooops!
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Post by countryman on Apr 11, 2018 14:55:04 GMT
Presumably the inner ends of the cars are different so you need to couple the inner end of an A car to the inner end of a D car.
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Post by countryman on Apr 11, 2018 14:47:46 GMT
Nasty wound on its neck!
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Post by countryman on Apr 9, 2018 18:22:38 GMT
Search for GWRA and Railwayana websites as they occasionally host the sort of specialist interest auctions which tend to attract the sort of serious buyers you need to attain a fair price for that destination blind .. or just want your car boot back. For example at the last GWRA sale a platform roundel from Marble Arch achieved ÂŁ1500, but I bet after auction fees, the seller got a fair bit less. And if Flog It is anything to go by the buyer will have to pay a premium as well. This is frequently ~18%, so they may well have paid ~ÂŁ1770. If the seller's fee is the same, the auction house will make ÂŁ440!
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Post by countryman on Apr 9, 2018 18:11:58 GMT
At least in the UK we have some kind of moquette, unlike in New York which is completely unpadded plastic. Also many buses abroad have unpadded seats, the disadvantage is that the coefficient of friction is very much lower, which resulted in me witnessing a lady fall off her chair in an enthusiastically cornered bus in Florence.
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Post by countryman on Apr 4, 2018 7:13:14 GMT
Interesting that it clearly says 'Private-for staff use only'!
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Post by countryman on Apr 1, 2018 21:08:13 GMT
On a slightly off topic note, @3550george do you know when are we going to have another vintage bus runnnig day in London? The last major one was in the Romford area in 2015. Actually, last year there was a London Running Day, with vintage buses on a few routes in Central London. But unfortunately I don't know when the next one will be! There have been 4 in recent years, one on the 22 for the 75th Anniversary of the Rt, 2 on the 11s, and one on 159s. Dates tend to be announced only a short while before the events. (sorry, admins, for being off topic)
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Post by countryman on Mar 29, 2018 11:07:02 GMT
I was in London on Tuesday, and I changed trains from a Stratford Terminator to a Lewisham train. On crossing the platform I was surprised at how slippery the surface is, despite the fact that it was dry. It isn't my shoes as I have no issue elsewhere. I was wondering how a surface with so little friction can be approved.
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Post by countryman on Mar 26, 2018 10:56:38 GMT
Do you mean Wood Lane, or Wood Green? Pic or Vic stock in Wood Lane would be interesting! Or have they deliberately used the name Wood Lane?
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Post by countryman on Mar 24, 2018 15:28:33 GMT
On some lines with 3- and 4-car units, the DMs that would be usually to be found at the end of a train (i.e west end of 4-car, east end of 3-car) only had emergency couplers. Does this apply to tube stock? I know it applied to R stock. I believe the A end cars were like this, the D end DM had an auto, and the UNDM at the east end of the 4 car units, and east end DM and west end UNDMs of 2 car units had auto couplers. Not sure what happened when reformed later. As for Q stock? ?
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Post by countryman on Mar 24, 2018 13:18:34 GMT
As far as I know, this all goes back a very long way. On the Central line, Standard (pre 1938) driving cars were west facing (A) end or east facing (D) end cars. This meant that you had to have an A car at one end and a D car at the other end, and within reason you could theoretically have any DM or trailers you required between. When the 38 stock came along, this was in set 3 and 4 car sets. All of the 4 car sets had 2 DMs. one NDM and a trailer. Some 3 car sets had 2 DMs and a trailer, some had 1 DM, 1 trailer and 1 UNDM (iirc Uncoupling non-driving motor).
According to my trusty Ian Allen book, on the Northern Line the 4 car units ran at the north end with the A car to the north, the 3 car units at the south end, with the UNDM facing north. On the Bakerloo the 3 car unit was at the north end with the D end UNDM facing south> I assume from this that LT built both A and D end NDMs which meant that it would not be possible to easily switch a unit between Northern and Bakerloo!On the Piccadilly the units ran with the 3 car unit at the west end, an A car leading.
When it came to 59 stock there were no UNDMs, and the units still ran with A end to the west, but the units were switched round with the 4 car unit at the west end and the 3 car at the east. I've no idea why! Then on the 62 stock on the Central Line, again it was A cars at the west, although the units could be used at either end of the train so all cabs could be used. (my book does mark many 38 stock and 59 sock DMs as 'middle'). I travelled to school every day on the Central line from 1964 to 1971, and I never saw a reversed train on the west end of the line, despite it being easy to do round the Hainault loop.
I certainly don't propose to comment much on District/Met/Circle stock, other than to say that the A60 and A62 stock had A and D plates on the DMs with A to the north, I did at least once see (iirc) a train coupled A to A, or perhaps D to D. If I am incorrect please forgive it as a senior moment!
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Post by countryman on Mar 13, 2018 19:03:53 GMT
As far as I recall, coupling a 2 car unit to the east end of a 6 car train was the normal process until the units were reformed. I just about remember watching the extra Q stock cars being attached at Ealing Broadway in the early 60s.
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Post by countryman on Mar 7, 2018 13:05:06 GMT
Sorry, I know these acronyms are generally station codes and I can usually figure them out, but I can't get WER! I would hazard a guess at West Ruislip Makes sense! I was trying to find somewhere at the east end of the line!
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Post by countryman on Mar 7, 2018 8:54:20 GMT
Don’t remember the central having clamplocks at all There were a few - WER and some of the sites in the east which had early M63 replacements Sorry, I know these acronyms are generally station codes and I can usually figure them out, but I can't get WER!
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Post by countryman on Feb 27, 2018 8:46:58 GMT
On a similar note, does it still announce that, "This is a Piccadilly line service to Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3&5" whilst at T1,2&3? Yep! So they haven't yet removed the reference for the defunct Terminal 1?
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Post by countryman on Feb 17, 2018 8:30:15 GMT
Unbelievable how little development there was around the stadium. So much of the area's housing stock is 30s semis and 4 house terraces, and it is interesting to see what it was like before they were built!
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Post by countryman on Feb 13, 2018 8:51:13 GMT
Could someone tell me what it means to be 'EBd' please?
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Post by countryman on Feb 6, 2018 9:55:01 GMT
I was being facetious. -- Nick A bit like that add on the box with a man on a scooter, on top of a van, on top of a flatbed,all towed by a man on roller skates And notice the steam coming from the front of the VW pickup, which is actually air cooled with a rear engine!
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Post by countryman on Jan 29, 2018 19:43:05 GMT
Everyone seems to be concentrating on noise from the ventilation and end door windows. Is this not a case of rail noise?
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Post by countryman on Jan 29, 2018 8:03:17 GMT
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Post by countryman on Jan 29, 2018 8:00:56 GMT
Red Rovers and Twin Rovers were available all week during the late 60s. My friends and I often used them during school summer holidays.
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Post by countryman on Jan 27, 2018 15:41:55 GMT
Back in my OP I mentioned that the departure board in the Hounslow West booking hall showed a departure to Heathrow on the eastbound platform. Anyone know whether this happened, or can happen, or was it just an error?
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Post by countryman on Jan 27, 2018 13:00:03 GMT
I got well and truly stuck in this and was on my train for 4:55 for the first half of my duty. District Line train accepted a wrong signal at Acton Town and as a result headed towards Northfields. As if that wasn't bad enough, on leaving South Ealing after almost tipping everyone out (left 3 customers on in error), he then had a SPaD at WR36. if you are not familiar with that area, it can be confusing. WR36 does not clear if the route is set towards Heathrow on the WB fast. So, that resulted in him having to do a wrong direction move to get back behind WR36 and basically it caused chaos. Poor guy must be devastated. My daughter was as Hammersmith at 7.25, and got to Hounslow West at ~8.15. Does this tie up with the above?
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Post by countryman on Jan 27, 2018 9:03:03 GMT
I was in London yesterday. I took my daughter, and we went our separate ways, arranging to meet at Hounslow West at 20.00. When I contacted her to see whether she was on schedule she told me that she had been stuck at South Ealing with the train doors open for 20 minutes. After a while they got moving again, apparently very slowly, and headed for Hounslow. Whilst I was waiting in the 'booking hall', I look at the departure board, and three trains were announced on the westbound platform, heading for Heathrow, but with some large gaps. However for the eastbound, only two trains announced, one for Heathrow, and one for Cockfosters. Also, my daughter claims, and Ihave reason to doubt this, that her train was overtaken along the line by a District Line train. Can anyone shed any light on what was going on?
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Post by countryman on Jan 21, 2018 15:56:11 GMT
Interesting...sounds like a health and safety nightmare to me! And I'm not one to be hung up on H&S. I also always thought there would be some power cut-out if that door were opeedn like with the passenger doors. Wonder why there's not... The only way power would be cut off is if the door was opened with the train in ATO mode. The safety (or otherwise) of cab doors being open was discussed on another thread not so long ago after a sensationalised news article. Link below: districtdavesforum.co.uk/thread/28400/disturbingly-oafish-behaviour-driverI not sure this link goes to the correct thread!
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