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« Reply #106 on: May 16, 2017, 23:14:34 » |
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I concur: it's half an hour of your life that is actually well worth spending in watching such a thrilling historic event.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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It's official: http://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule/U55235/2017-05-29This is the schedule for the light-loco (*) move of Tornado from Penzance (having brought the railtour in) to Bodmin Parkway Exchange sidings. (*) Plus support coach. Hence the need to run round at Penzance Up Loop Siding. |
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« Reply #108 on: May 29, 2017, 13:51:08 » |
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Tornado on its way to Penzance with the Cornishman Rail tour this morning.  Closely following was the support loco which will then take the coaches forward on their trip while Tornado goes to Bodmin.  With a stopping train in the loop at Dawlish Warren and an HST▸ hard on its heels, the loco was run on the reversible line as far as Teignmouth to allow the HST to pass on the inside. |
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« Reply #109 on: May 29, 2017, 20:27:47 » |
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« Reply #110 on: June 03, 2017, 17:45:18 » |
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Not the normal view out of a workplace window...  The view from the office signal box steps.  And collecting the token as Tornado approaches the Bodmin General bufferstops.  |
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« Reply #111 on: June 03, 2017, 18:24:37 » |
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And people say we don't make anything in the UK▸ anymore......
Took the Otter pups up to see Tornado earlier, and my daughter was massively impressed to learn that Tornado was a lot 'newer' than the down HST▸ that pulled in alongside !
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« Reply #112 on: June 03, 2017, 18:39:37 » |
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Those white lamps above the buffers, that look like oil lamps? Housings for ultra-bright white LEDs, with red LEDs in the black boxes underneath - switchable from the cab. I had to wear my sunglasses when venturing onto the platform to collect the token.
These do not feature on the original A1 Peppercorn drawings...
Another invisible-to-the-general-public modification; there's no water scoop in the tender, allowing more space for water. This could be something to do with the fewness-and-far-betweenness of water troughs on Britain's railways nowadays.
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« Reply #113 on: June 03, 2017, 19:27:27 » |
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Many thanks for posting those absolutely brilliant pictures and the snippets of information here on the Coffee Shop forum, rower40. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #115 on: June 24, 2019, 16:09:35 » |
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And 15 seconds later, a wave broke over the boiler. The Thermal Stress sensor triggered (high temperature on inside, cold outside), and the loco declared itself a failure. No rescue loco available with compatible couplings and braking systems. Passengers evacuated by RIB across the estuary to Lympstone Commando, where the (armed) MOD security guard kept the gate shut; a spare Pacer was eventually found to take them to Exmouth for onward taxis.
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« Reply #116 on: July 09, 2019, 12:50:18 » |
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Of course the new blue signal aspects in the Dawlish area should give early warning if breaking waves are likely.  Voyagers can then hide from the scary waves. IETs▸ can see the blue signal and automatically select "Dawlish protective mode" which is similar to "wash mode" If an IET enters Dawlish protective mode more than twice a year, then an extra payment is due to Hitachi on account of the extra wear. Diagrams must therefore be planned such that any unit that has already been subjected to two Dawlish events is not avoidably subjected to a third. https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/ |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #117 on: July 09, 2019, 19:02:03 » |
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Of course the new blue signal aspects in the Dawlish area should give early warning if breaking waves are likely. Voyagers can then hide from the scary waves. IETs▸ can see the blue signal and automatically select "Dawlish protective mode" which is similar to "wash mode" If an IET enters Dawlish protective mode more than twice a year, then an extra payment is due to Hitachi on account of the extra wear. Diagrams must therefore be planned such that any unit that has already been subjected to two Dawlish events is not avoidably subjected to a third. https://www.dawlishbeach.com/2019/04/dawlish-line-gets-the-blue-signal-to-proceed/ The article in the link says: These signals have been trialed and put into services elsewhere in the World. Most notably in Luxembourg where drivers have stated the coastal line is now a much safer environment to drive a train. But Luxembourg has no coast  But then the article was dated 1st April 2019!!!! |
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« Reply #118 on: July 09, 2019, 19:16:50 » |
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Is that the longest it’s taken us to spot a railway related April fool?!
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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« Reply #119 on: July 09, 2019, 20:09:48 » |
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