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Post by towerman on Mar 14, 2024 22:18:01 GMT
When 67TS went on other lines they were double manned as they didn’t have a deadman’s valve.
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Post by towerman on Mar 11, 2024 23:02:06 GMT
The tube keeping London moving is back on channel 5 Sunday 8pm.
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Post by towerman on Mar 6, 2024 17:49:39 GMT
Is the new WTT making an improvement?
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Post by towerman on Feb 23, 2024 22:12:34 GMT
ETTs only ran between Hainault & Woodford,were hauled between Ruislip & Hainault by a 72TS pilot unit(3203).
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Post by towerman on Feb 20, 2024 12:03:05 GMT
Used to have coasting spots under the old Victoria Line system,Finsbury Pk to Seven Sisters NB was virtually freewheeling all the way.Suppose with the increased services they’re not needed now.
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Post by towerman on Feb 19, 2024 22:10:14 GMT
Remember when 62TS reigned on Central Line,powers that be decided to put rewinding motors out to contract rather than use the winding shop at Acton.Lo and behold within 3 months we had a lot of motor flashovers.
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Post by towerman on Feb 17, 2024 12:43:52 GMT
I thought the problem with the locos was too much unsprung weight causing bad vibration to surface buildings.
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Post by towerman on Feb 16, 2024 23:43:47 GMT
Just seen an article on Ian visits, they're filming a series 4 at the moment, will be on later this year.
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Post by towerman on Feb 13, 2024 12:00:54 GMT
😂😂
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Post by towerman on Feb 12, 2024 22:06:19 GMT
Before a proper fire alarm system was installed at Hainault Depot the alarm was the Depot Foreman walking round the depot with a football rattle.
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Post by towerman on Feb 12, 2024 17:49:56 GMT
Sure I saw in the blurb about the new stock they will be driverless in the near future.
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Post by towerman on Feb 11, 2024 22:18:24 GMT
What’s happening to the redundant drivers when the line goes driverless?
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Post by towerman on Feb 10, 2024 11:59:19 GMT
Is there a “ shed day” as part of 92TS maintenance regime?On older stocks this was done around every 36 weeks and included checking brushes on all rotating machines eg motors MAs and compressors.
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Post by towerman on Feb 6, 2024 18:10:42 GMT
Back in the day the last Picc stabled in the sdgs after 1:30am and the first train out was a Picc staff train just after 4am.Incidentally the last WB Picc was a South Harrow stabler.
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Post by towerman on Feb 6, 2024 12:10:47 GMT
Now the rebuilding is done can’t Neasden take more S stock?
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Post by towerman on Feb 5, 2024 18:05:20 GMT
Why was stabling of Piccadilly trains discontinued? It would give relief to stabling issues during the rebuilds of Northfields and Cockfosters.
Think back in the day six trains stabled overnight.
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Post by towerman on Feb 2, 2024 22:04:54 GMT
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Post by towerman on Feb 2, 2024 18:13:30 GMT
When I was a young boy I some times spent weekends at my cousins.They lived close to the Edmonton-Ponders End border,when my uncle picked me up he used to turn off the North Circular into Cuckoo Hall Lane(this was in the days before the flyover was built)about a couple of hundred yards up the road was a level crossing with a single line crossing the road.Was this a link line between the Enfield Town Line and the Lea Valley Line?
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Post by towerman on Jan 29, 2024 12:16:45 GMT
What was the difference between the 62 and 59 stock, they virtually looked the same. The 62's seemed knackered to me during the last years. They smelt, leaks all inside, dodgy windows, weird noises doors kept failing in service. I do miss them, lol 56/59TS had carbon contact voltage regulator,62TS had solid state regulator.56/59TS had hard wired door & brake valves,62TS had plug in valves. You mention door problems on 62TS,this affected 56/59/62TS especially in wet weather,rainwater would run down the glass in the door and seep into the door itself,the extra weight would cause the door to stick.Had to punch a hole in the bottom of the door to drain the water out.Also the bearing in the front track wheel of the door was prone to collapse causing the door to “bottom” on the track.
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Post by towerman on Jan 26, 2024 11:59:08 GMT
Ofcourse hindsight is a great thing but I do really think with some structured planning and adequate funding, TFL really should have considered replacing the 72ts, the 73ts and the 92ts at the same time with one single order, benefiting from the "bulk" saving principle. I dont know how long previous central line fleets have lasted but I think (especially given todays intense service demands compared to yesteryear), that 30-35 years should be the expected lifespan of a central line fleet given how intensely worked any fleet would be on the line. Bare in mind that the 62ts before that (which did not need to meet as much of an intense service level), were replaced in after 33 years. I dont know what is to come but at some point both this fleet and the bakerloo will need to be replaced, and ultimately, kicking the can down the road will only result in more money having to be spent for both the short run and long run. Going back to the end of the last century, the PPP promise of low-risk line upgrades financed by the private sector was based on a 30-year life of modern trains and signalling, so that each line would be dealt with within the PPP contracts. Of course, plans don't always work out, and PPP collapsed within the first quarter, but this does suggest that stretching lives towards 50 years is not ideal. Speaking as one who maintained 62TS for 14 years,they were in pretty good nick and could’ve gone on for another 10 years,it was the 56/59TS that was knackered.
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Post by towerman on Jan 25, 2024 22:11:52 GMT
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Post by towerman on Jan 25, 2024 17:55:22 GMT
What’s the work going on?The Met’s also not going to Aldgate and Jubilee not stopping at Baker St.
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Post by towerman on Jan 25, 2024 17:52:15 GMT
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Post by towerman on Jan 25, 2024 12:09:14 GMT
Circle service running Edgware Rd-Barking via Victoria,H&C closed Paddington-Barking.Does this mean a Hammersmith-Paddington shuttle?
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Post by towerman on Jan 24, 2024 22:05:32 GMT
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Post by towerman on Jan 24, 2024 18:06:22 GMT
Entire line is closed on 27th/28th April,anyone know why?
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Post by towerman on Jan 4, 2024 22:17:43 GMT
East end of Picc was resignalled in the 80s.
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Post by towerman on Jan 3, 2024 21:46:17 GMT
First stock with electric stabling lights was 67TS.
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Post by towerman on Jan 3, 2024 17:45:26 GMT
I stand corrected.
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Post by towerman on Jan 3, 2024 12:10:12 GMT
I thought it was Q38 motor cars converted to R38 motor cars,maybe as built Q38 car tail lights were single fused and they thought it wasn’t worth changing it.
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