Engineering work this weekend

Much obliged

According to the timetable issued, of the 4 trains working Edgware Rd-Olympia; 2 are scheduled to be C Stock, 2 are scheduled to be S Stock.
One should be on the same working both days, the other will swap train numbers.

According to the WTT still current (for the next 3 days only) every weekday train 073 empty C-Stock arrives Olympia ex Lillie Bridge overnight stabling at 0622.  I observed this on 22nd April last.   It departs in service 0628 to Edgware Road, except driving car 5549 (at Edgware Rd end) failed in the station on that occasion with a brake fault. The unit was eventually (after 30 mins) driven at approx 15kph back to Lillie Bridge, controlled from the cab of 5522 trailing showing white lights as though going forward, plus shunt indicator light on the roofline, while 5549 at the front end with a hastily summoned inspector in charge headed the rake back to Lillie Bridge with red lights showing. Not something you often see. Luckily no passengers showed, as it's the last of only 3 early morning Olympia-Earls Ct connections.  A spare ex PG must have been brought in because a full service was reported on this Forum later the same day.  

Indeed, 549/555/522 was out and about this morning (not sure where though, it was just absent from it's usual home) but it was back in PAGN 29 when I passed at about 15:45, It probably was back in after the morning peak, but I couldn't observe it (what with public exams, school, and all of that stuff)

Initial remedial work was completed overnight 8/9 May. This is planned work "Track Replacement work between Parsons Green and Fulham Broadway" although the possession should allow more work to proceed at East Putney, unless the NR power remains on west of East Putney.

Stopping track moving completely is nigh on impossible; the same applies to roads too - the M62 between Liverpool and Manchester across Chat Moss is continually on the move despite the frequent attempts to resurface it (but do nothing about the lower layers). Stevenson knew this when he first built his railway across the moss, so his railway formation was designed to flex slightly.

Whilst out jogging this morning I noticed a yellow three part machine emerging at walking speed from the West Hill tunnel, travelling from East Putney towards Southfields. This is near where the two trains had scuffed against each other a couple of weeks ago.

A worker was measuring the gap between the rails, and I asked one of the workers what the machine was doing, as there were sparks galore from underneath it. He replied that it was grinding the rails, to make them smooth and avoiding a bumpy ride.

Have to say that telling people to use the 15 bus instead of the train at Tower Hill today was far from a good idea.

Loads of staff at the station entrance but nobody at the bus stop. Lots of overseas visitors very confused.

Bus at stop for the best part of 10 minutes.

yep, was fun taking a C stock to olypmia

Don't know for definite, as don't know the timetable, but there are a few more weekends to come yet of these works, including 31st May/1st June, and there may be others that I've missed. So a few more potential outings to Olympia on C stock potentially!

24-26 May the usual 8 train 10min frequency Edgware Rd-Wimbledon, with a scheduled 4xC/4xS split.
31 May-1 June a 6 train 15min frequency Edgware Rd-Wimbledon, with a scheduled 3xC/3xS split. This may get altered during the course of the weekend.
7-8 June, no C Stock scheduled.

make sure it goes back on empty

Maybe they don't want to risk turning it off in case it won't go back on!