Post by ducatisti on Dec 1, 2008 10:15:04 GMT
Whilst lurking about Paddington Bakelerloo southbound platform on Sunday early evening, I saw an unusual fishplate.
Halfway down the platform, the line changes from flatbottom to bullhead. At the end of the bullhead there is a piece of rail that does the transition in profile. After that, between it and and the end of the flatbottom proper, there was a four-bolt fishplate with no bolts in it, but two clamps going round underneath. Judging by the profile the main flatbottom looked fairly new. Would this clipped fishplate be a temporary measure before some new flatbottom was installed in the next engineering possession? Why was it clipped not bolted? I don't see how clamps would be any easier to undo than bolts...
Halfway down the platform, the line changes from flatbottom to bullhead. At the end of the bullhead there is a piece of rail that does the transition in profile. After that, between it and and the end of the flatbottom proper, there was a four-bolt fishplate with no bolts in it, but two clamps going round underneath. Judging by the profile the main flatbottom looked fairly new. Would this clipped fishplate be a temporary measure before some new flatbottom was installed in the next engineering possession? Why was it clipped not bolted? I don't see how clamps would be any easier to undo than bolts...
