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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2011 17:13:12 GMT
www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/5372694017/in/photostream/The above is a great photo of the Whitechapel frame, taken in January 2011 just prior to the commissioning of the auto working switches. Are there any recent photos showing the new cabin diagram and the remaining in-use levers? SE13 edit to make the link work.
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Post by Tom on Jul 24, 2011 18:15:33 GMT
The best I can come up with is this, which shows the diagram and frame in the minutes immediately after the Auto Working switches were commissioned. That was Stage 2 of the Whitechapel works, at the moment Stage 5 has just been commissioned and stage 6 is being installed. We're due to start designing stage 7 imminently! |
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Post by railtechnician on Jul 24, 2011 19:22:04 GMT
Gosh, it must be 15 years or more since I last saw the inside of Whitechapel cabin, it looks much less dingey than I recall but then I only ever saw it at night!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2011 19:25:37 GMT
Some rather permanently fixed 'lever collars' there! Someone clearly doesn't want them tampered with.
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Post by mrfs42 on Jul 24, 2011 19:35:48 GMT
Some rather permanently fixed 'lever collars' there! Someone clearly doesn't want them tampered with. Standard practice on certain styles of NR interlocking work where the lever is fixed normal. I suspect (note suspect) that this is probably the easier way of doing the alterations due to either the design of the pivots and/or potential wiring degradation. |
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Post by DWS on Jul 24, 2011 20:50:05 GMT
The best I can come up with is this, which shows the diagram and frame in the minutes immediately after the Auto Working switches were commissioned. That was Stage 2 of the Whitechapel works, at the moment Stage 5 has just been commissioned and stage 6 is being installed. We're due to start designing stage 7 imminently! How many more stages are there ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2011 2:44:42 GMT
The best I can come up with is this, which shows the diagram and frame in the minutes immediately after the Auto Working switches were commissioned. That was Stage 2 of the Whitechapel works, at the moment Stage 5 has just been commissioned and stage 6 is being installed. We're due to start designing stage 7 imminently! Fantastic photo. I especially like the fact that the original diagram was able to be retained, albeit with some fascinating "adaptations" compared to the existing layout on the ground. Which of the point levers still work? Also, have the points themselves been fully renewed or have they been retained where appropriate? |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 25, 2011 8:57:02 GMT
Also, have the points themselves been fully renewed or have they been retained where appropriate? None of the points have been retained as these were bull-head rail ones, the new ones are all flat-bottomed. |
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Post by Tom on Jul 27, 2011 19:24:05 GMT
Some rather permanently fixed 'lever collars' there! Someone clearly doesn't want them tampered with. Standard practice on certain styles of NR interlocking work where the lever is fixed normal. I suspect (note suspect) that this is probably the easier way of doing the alterations due to either the design of the pivots and/or potential wiring degradation. The wire is completely unnecessary, it was put in at the request of the ops rep, after we did something similar at Edgware Road. At Edgware Road however, the design of the lever made it a necessity. |
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Post by Tom on Jul 27, 2011 19:25:53 GMT
Which of the point levers still work? Also, have the points themselves been fully renewed or have they been retained where appropriate? Currently, none of them work. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2011 23:03:16 GMT
Which of the point levers still work? Also, have the points themselves been fully renewed or have they been retained where appropriate? Currently, none of them work. Why is that? Are the points OOU and secured normal until the works are completed? |
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Post by mrfs42 on Jul 28, 2011 0:00:45 GMT
Currently, none of them work. Why is that? Are the points OOU and secured normal until the works are completed? Now; AIUI, yes. I don't think OTTOMH that there is another stage needing the points secured reverse with the point lever ..well... ineffective really. Corrections gladly received... |
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Post by Colin on Jul 28, 2011 0:28:52 GMT
Why is that? Are the points OOU and secured normal until the works are completed? I certainly hope there are no points in use!!  ;D ;D The point ends on the eastbound track are in place at both ends of the station (scotched & clipped for through running). The westbound track, and indeed platform, are not yet complete so there are no complete points let alone working levers!! Whitechapel currently looks like this: - P1 - in use as eastbound road
- P2 - track lifted
- P3 - in use as westbound
- P4 - undergoing conversion to become westbound road, no track connected
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Post by Ben on Jul 28, 2011 3:10:21 GMT
What of the sidings? The land they take up wont be left fallow, will it?
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Post by Bighat on Jul 28, 2011 8:04:47 GMT
Why is that? Are the points OOU and secured normal until the works are completed? I certainly hope there are no points in use!! ;D ;D The point ends on the eastbound track are in place at both ends of the station (scotched & clipped for through running). The westbound track, and indeed platform, are not yet complete so there are no complete points let alone working levers!! Whitechapel currently looks like this: - P1 - in use as eastbound road
- P2 - track lifted
- P3 - in use as westbound
- P4 - undergoing conversion to become westbound road, no track connected
I had a look yesterday evening, and it appears that the siding is being relaid also. This was only accessible westbound as trains left the tunnel from Stepney Green. |
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Post by Colin on Jul 28, 2011 13:34:56 GMT
The siding is no more!!
What was the siding, next to platform 4, is becoming the new westbound through road - the track is not yet connected and the old platform is being extended out to meet it.
Platforms 2 & 3 will be filled in.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2011 19:32:24 GMT
Tom am I still right in thinking that a double crossover is going to be installed eventually?
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Post by JR 15secs on Jul 29, 2011 6:55:42 GMT
Tom am I still right in thinking that a double crossover is going to be installed eventually? The diagram I have shows a crossover each end of the station. |
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Post by sigdes on Jul 29, 2011 8:19:01 GMT
Thats correct. A trailing crossover either side of the station.
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