Dom K
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Post by Dom K on Jul 2, 2011 7:27:36 GMT
Just seen this morning that there is a signal failure at Ealing Common... Unless I was dreaming, wasnt there a signal failure in the same place last night.... did the sticky tape fall off hehe
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2011 17:58:57 GMT
Theres been several faults ongoing for months that are not always directly service affecting!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 22:43:04 GMT
This one was caused I understand by some new track or points having an argument with a shoe beam leading to a shoe beam (or something at least) going through the saloon floor! The train has been at Ealing Broadway for a few days now if you want to look. I've been.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 22:59:08 GMT
This one was caused I understand by some new track or points having an argument with a shoe beam leading to a shoe beam (or something at least) going through the saloon floor! The train has been at Ealing Broadway for a few days now if you want to look. I've been. Ealing Broadway - in the platforms!? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2011 1:04:33 GMT
Platform 8
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 4, 2011 12:16:31 GMT
7100+7077 (which have both seen major incidents before!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 2:01:33 GMT
it basically smashed it way through 11b points and caused a lot of damage
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Post by railtechnician on Jul 8, 2011 6:10:49 GMT
it basically smashed it way through 11b points and caused a lot of damage It's certainly not the first time that, that has happened, and I doubt it will be the last either. The last derailment that I attended was in the same place AFAIR, ripping up all the juice rails, snakes, boards etc in the process after a shoe got caught in a crossing (known to some as a frog) thereabouts. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2011 21:32:52 GMT
Sounds nasty what happened, but I guess the RAIB will be going over this one with their usual selection of toothpicks and microscopes. Read the report in 19 months!
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Post by railtechnician on Jul 9, 2011 6:51:56 GMT
it basically smashed it way through 11b points and caused a lot of damage I presume 11b are still 4' points or has there been an upgrade? We used to wonder when 11a chairlocks were going to be replaced after the rest of the westbound track in the area had been relaid with flatbottom rail. I expect the eastbound is flatbottom these days too, have 12a 6' points been replaced? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2011 6:27:16 GMT
The points at Ealing Common have not been replaced the only set which have since we took over from Tubylines is 44w at Acton which are now M63's  |
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Post by railtechnician on Sept 10, 2011 3:45:23 GMT
The points at Ealing Common have not been replaced the only set which have since we took over from Tubylines is 44w at Acton which are now M63's Ah 44W chairlocks, I remember them well having rebuilt them more than once and lifted and packed them several times. Not a bad location to work at in the wee small hours in the winter. It all seems so long ago and it was 10+ years ago now. |
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