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« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2017, 16:44:49 » |
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Spoiler for disgusting content - apologies!
I watched this episode last night and was surprised/disgusted that apparently the trains dont have a holding tank for human waste (is it just HSTs▸ ?) so if you use the facilities in the station it just empties on to the track. Is this correct? But why is there no smell? The waste is cleaned up only every 3 months in the station, but what happens on the tracks outside - it must be left to decompose naturally?
Apologies again, but hard to belive my understanding is correct!
Several subsequent posts, in response to this very valid concern, have been split off and merged with an existing discussion topic on the Coffee Shop forum's 'Across the West' board, as they have wider implications than within Paddington Station itself. See http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=4537.msg223131#msg223131 onwards. |
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #46 on: October 24, 2017, 19:11:44 » |
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Loved the quote from last night's programme after the derailment looking for a spare driver ".....we're always stuffed for drivers on Sundays "........from the horse's mouth! (Although it could equally apply to weekdays now it seems!)
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« Reply #47 on: October 24, 2017, 19:18:49 » |
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Loved the quote from last night's programme after the derailment looking for a spare driver ".....we're always stuffed for drivers on Sundays "........from the horse's mouth! (Although it could equally apply to weekdays now it seems!)
You were the first person to come to mind as soon as they showed that.   Was very interesting to see the level of coverage on the derailment though. Interesting episode. "They built things properly 40 years ago" an echo of most HST▸ boards right now with the Class 800 rolling out...But that's probably another thread! |
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« Reply #48 on: October 24, 2017, 19:47:43 » |
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I'm pretty sure the Class 800s have been built properly too.
One thing that irks the pedant in me about this series is the title. Paddington 24/7. Yet they don't even spend the whole 43 minutes of the episodes in Paddington, or on features about Paddington. Last night we had a diversion to Bristol TM‡ to see BTP▸ deal with a drunk.
I did wonder, watching that interlude, whether the guy had just been a drunk obnoxious twonk who'd upset staff. With the 'seen carrying a knife', an embellishment to guarantee police attandence.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2017, 21:10:24 » |
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Loved the quote from last night's programme after the derailment looking for a spare driver ".....we're always stuffed for drivers on Sundays "........from the horse's mouth! (Although it could equally apply to weekdays now it seems!)
You were the first person to come to mind as soon as they showed that. How sweet of you! I'm almost blushing! 😁 Minor claim to fame, I used to play rugby with one of the engineers who was sorting out the derailment......needless to say he's getting plenty of stick as a star of stage & screen etc! (We've already ordered him a pair of binoculars, thermos flask & notebook as a Christmas present!) |
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« Reply #50 on: October 24, 2017, 21:31:46 » |
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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 #51 on: October 25, 2017, 07:25:46 » |
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I'm pretty sure the Class 800s have been built properly too.
One thing that irks the pedant in me about this series is the title. Paddington 24/7. Yet they don't even spend the whole 43 minutes of the episodes in Paddington, or on features about Paddington. Last night we had a diversion to Bristol TM‡ to see BTP▸ deal with a drunk.
I did wonder, watching that interlude, whether the guy had just been a drunk obnoxious twonk who'd upset staff. With the 'seen carrying a knife', an embellishment to guarantee police attandence.
I think the intent of the programme is show how Paddington's 24/7 operation is impacted on events many miles away and that the station does not operate in isolation but is part of a bigger picture. I have not been able to see all of the programmes but what I have seen does give an insight into the complexities of the railway |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #52 on: October 25, 2017, 19:33:36 » |
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It wouldn't have really made much impression on me had I not noticed it every journey I was on that holes were being dug along the bank. Perhaps I'm missing something?
I think you may be missing the link between all these events. The link is perhaps that at the time you are observing them... ...there was a train passing - the one you were in. From my short time working on a live railway - many years ago - the rules were that when a train approached on an adjacent track you stopped working and looked towards the driver and acknowledged to them that you had seen their approach. Only when the train had passed did you resume work. That very point about not working when a train is passing was made by an engineer in an earlier series. He went so far as to say that the one thing you will never see from a train is people working on tge adjacent track. I missed a couple while on holiday, although they are being repeated soon on other channels. My view is that the programmes will help serve to give people more of an understanding of what really happens on a railway, and could even make one or two of the a little more tolerant. |
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« Reply #53 on: September 11, 2018, 09:05:41 » |
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Series Three of Paddington 24/7 starts shortly On Monday 17th September On Channel Five at Nine in the evening .
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« Reply #54 on: September 11, 2018, 17:13:02 » |
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Series Three of Paddington 24/7 starts shortly On Monday 17th September On Channel Five at Nine in the evening .
Looking forward. Sunday’s, 5 vice 10, the lot! |
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« Reply #55 on: September 11, 2018, 17:19:05 » |
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Series Three of Paddington 24/7 starts shortly On Monday 17th September On Channel Five at Nine in the evening .
Will Channel Five cut the running time in half, but attempt to cram in the same content per episode? Will episodes be cancelled due to a lack of broadcast staff? Will broadcast signal problems cause a delay to the scheduled start time? Will episodes be cancelled because staff want to watch a major sporting event? |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #56 on: September 11, 2018, 18:38:31 » |
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Series Three of Paddington 24/7 starts shortly On Monday 17th September On Channel Five at Nine in the evening .
Will Channel Five cut the running time in half, but attempt to cram in the same content per episode? Will episodes be cancelled due to a lack of broadcast staff? Will broadcast signal problems cause a delay to the scheduled start time? Will episodes be cancelled because staff want to watch a major sporting event? Will they have two episodes back to back, one of them a blank screen? |
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« Reply #57 on: September 11, 2018, 19:31:24 » |
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Series Three of Paddington 24/7 starts shortly On Monday 17th September On Channel Five at Nine in the evening .
Will Channel Five cut the running time in half, but attempt to cram in the same content per episode? Will episodes be cancelled due to a lack of broadcast staff? Will broadcast signal problems cause a delay to the scheduled start time? Will episodes be cancelled because staff want to watch a major sporting event? At least I'll be guaranteed a seat (on the sofa) & catering will be available in my house......bit too chilly for a BBQ though. |
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« Reply #58 on: September 11, 2018, 19:35:43 » |
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Will there be a buffet, or at-seat catering only?
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« Reply #59 on: September 11, 2018, 20:59:38 » |
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Will there be a buffet, or at-seat catering only?
Trolley downstairs only. |
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