towerman
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TOMAS
Jul 11, 2023 10:16:44 GMT
Post by towerman on Jul 11, 2023 10:16:44 GMT
It’s been 13 years since I retired from the Underground,do they still use TOMAS(Train operations and scheduling)or has a new system superseded it?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jul 11, 2023 11:09:40 GMT
Still in use, accessible only with authorised credentials:
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towerman
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TOMAS
Jul 11, 2023 16:38:01 GMT
Post by towerman on Jul 11, 2023 16:38:01 GMT
Thanks for that,it’s done well first installed in the mid 80s.
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TOMAS
Aug 2, 2023 22:30:21 GMT
Post by chepstow on Aug 2, 2023 22:30:21 GMT
I think it's been over 30 years since I last used TOMAS but I know that when they tried to introduce DMMS to replace it, the new system struggled with the whole idea of serialised components like motors and bogies and cars having child-parent links which could be broken and re-made, but still had to retain the individual component life histories. Luckily (for them) Keith Paynter was both a Fleet Manager and amateur programmer, and fixed the whole problem for them.
I fondly? remember the TOMAS 0330 report - at Hainault we had some single-ended units and the Ongar branch to supply, plus good and stopped units to juggle. Not as bad as Golders or Morden with 4? different stocks and 3 & 4 car units,and wrong-way-rounds, but bad enough. I remember the Stopped Car list, the bloody robbing, and the phone calls from the FM!
But glad I don't have to deal with the 1992TS.
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towerman
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Aug 3, 2023 10:40:03 GMT
Post by towerman on Aug 3, 2023 10:40:03 GMT
Were you at Hainault when Keith Paynter was the Depot Manager?
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