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Post by Hurricane on Mar 19, 2005 11:36:39 GMT
 As a retired LUL walla I like to keep an interest in my old line (District) and recently bought some DVD's of cab rides. One in particular intrigues me. In the dvd from Upminster to Richmond on leaving Elm Park westbound there are, between the C2C down and the westbound district, some large oblong vertical grey boards abot 15ft tall. These are situate adjacent to the open space known as the "Chase" What are these boards for and who's are they?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Mar 19, 2005 13:05:16 GMT
I think you are referring to the grey boards that try to shield the LU signals from the c2c drivers.
There is NO such facility the other way round of course! So we can see many visable RED signals.
They are in other locations too, Upney etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2005 14:15:11 GMT
I think you are referring to the grey boards that try to shield the LU signals from the c2c drivers. And have you noticed there's wiring coming out of them, I assume either there's a heating element in them or they are earthed. |
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Post by DWS on Mar 19, 2005 14:44:00 GMT
And have you noticed there's wiring coming out of them, I assume either there's a heating element in them or they are earthed. The Wire is an Earth, all Overhead Post are earthed. |
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 19, 2005 19:14:36 GMT
 Thanks for the info on those boards. As for the comment on the purpose it shows you the the standard of drivers must be a bit poor if they can't recognise signals on a "foreign" railway two tracks away and lower at that. What about the signals on their own railway for wrong line working? When the LTS was first electified we called them "tramdrivers" which elicited the response from them that we we were "sewer rats"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2005 19:30:02 GMT
Thanks for the info on those boards. As for the comment on the purpose it shows you the the standard of drivers must be a bit poor if they can't recognise signals on a "foreign" railway two tracks away and lower at that. What about the signals on their own railway for wrong line working? When the LTS was first electified we called them "tramdrivers" which elicited the response from them that we we were "sewer rats" And when the new plastic stuff comes along, I wonder if the District drivers will be called Hornbies  To which the District drivers will reply by labelling the LTS drivers as Barbies - the c2c livery is less manly than the Underground livery IMO |
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