Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 4, 2005 10:30:28 GMT
Every time I see a driver change on an A stock or C stock, there is always a handoff of a pair of wrenches.
This tradition seems to strecth all the way back to the COP rubbish - the CP cab preserved at Quainton Road has a lovely BREAK HERE IN EMERGENCIES-style glass container holding three wrenches in a similar style.
What precisely is the purpose of the wrenches?
|
|
|
|
Post by igelkotten on May 4, 2005 10:48:30 GMT
Sounds like the control keys, used for activation of the cab and doors. More or less like car keys, but for Real Men (TM)  |
|
|
|
Post by trainopd78 on May 4, 2005 12:36:11 GMT
These are our keys. We hand 2 over. One is a control key and the other one is the reverser key. On D stock we only hand over a control key as the "reverser" key is a yale type key on newer stocks. The reason we just hand over the keys is that is speeds up the handing over process, otherwise we would have to shut the train down by destroying the train line air to remove the keys, and then waiting a minute or two for the train line and auxiliaries to recharge. It's basically done to save time, and because i'm a lazy G*t. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 4, 2005 17:04:49 GMT
But I've often seen the driver going on duty handing wrenches to the driver going off-duty. Shouldn't it be the other way around? What's a good summary of the process?  |
|
|
|
Post by piccadillypilot on May 4, 2005 18:02:33 GMT
What's a good summary of the process? Driver stops train at the correct place and time leaving the CTBC in Service 1 braking position. His relief will be there waiting for the train to arrive (maybe, on a good day). The driver getting off will leave the CTBC in Service 1 braking position, pick up his bag and leave the cab. The driver taking over will hand his control and reverser keys to the driver getting off. The driver who has got off goes for his meal relief or goes home according to instructions. The relieving driver completes station duties and drives on. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 4, 2005 21:33:50 GMT
But I've often seen the driver going on duty handing wrenches to the driver going off-duty. Shouldn't it be the other way around? The reason it is the person going ON duty handing the keys to the person going OFF duty is because the person going off duty has left his keys in the cab to save shutting it all down, as TrainopD78 mentioned above. What would be the point of a driver going OFF duty shutting the cab down, then handing the keys to his relief, only for him/her to have to insert them again and restart everything? And if the driver going off duty left his keys in the cab, but didn't get the relieving drivers keys, then he/she would be left key-less! Follow that? ;D |
|
