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Post by zakwebb on Dec 21, 2010 18:25:52 GMT
Hi there. I was told there were trains running all night through earls court on saturday night... I told my colleuge it must have been an engineering/de-icer train but they seem to be adament it was a normal train and seem to think it was running all night to help with passenger movement because of the snow.
Just want to clear things up.
Am sure it was a de-icer. If it wasnt and was a train running service all night will it happen again?
If it was a de-icer train are they running them all night on the district everyday to insure if there was a snow/ice build up it would prevent any further delays?
Thank you.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 21, 2010 18:37:33 GMT
Hi there. I was told there were trains running all night through earls court on saturday night... I told my colleuge it must have been an engineering/de-icer train but they seem to be adament it was a normal train and seem to think it was running all night to help with passenger movement because of the snow. Just want to clear things up. Am sure it was a de-icer. If it wasnt and was a train running service all night will it happen again? If it was a de-icer train are they running them all night on the district everyday to insure if there was a snow/ice build up it would prevent any further delays? Thank you. What time was it running? There would be no passenger trains running through the night, scheduled or unscheduled. Even if they were, all the stations would be closed! I'm not sure if they still run additional de-icing trains through the night when the weather is severe. If they do, then normal stock would be used for this, as they are for normal booked de-icing duties. |
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Post by zakwebb on Dec 21, 2010 18:44:20 GMT
Hi. I was told it was very early morning around 3-4am.
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Post by zakwebb on Dec 21, 2010 18:44:54 GMT
That is 3-4am sat going into sunday.
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Post by phillw48 on Dec 21, 2010 18:46:13 GMT
Could it be trains that were out of position because of the weather being repositioned for the morning rush?
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Post by Tomcakes on Dec 21, 2010 19:06:27 GMT
I'm pretty sure I've read before of trains being run on the Picc between Heathrow and Hammersmith during previous disruption, to get passengers near town such that they can catch Nightbuses.
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Post by superteacher on Dec 21, 2010 19:14:23 GMT
I'm pretty sure I've read before of trains being run on the Picc between Heathrow and Hammersmith during previous disruption, to get passengers near town such that they can catch Nightbuses. Nightbuses run from Heathrow, so what would be the point in bussing them to Hammersmith? |
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Post by District Dave on Dec 21, 2010 19:40:24 GMT
Though I haven't had a chance to read the actual Service Report for the day I would suggest these would have been sleet trains.
On night duties these include the option for passenger stock trains fitted with deicer units to run during engineering hours for the purpose of laying deicer fluid (actualy more correctly ice prevention fluid) on the current rails and to clear existing build up of snow with the sleet brushes fitted to the trains.
So I would suggest that there were passenger stock trains running through the open sections but these would not have been in passenger service.
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Post by metman on Dec 21, 2010 21:09:23 GMT
I've seen a pair of battery locos with a GP wagon on the Met a bit. Do there venture onto the District too? Is there just one set or are there several pairs?
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