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« Reply #1860 on: July 10, 2016, 00:05:08 » |
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Saw this poster at Paddington  Most of it is commonsense, but I'd would not have considered balloons - not that I regularly carry one anyway! Please be reassured, however, that helium balloons are not 'extremely dangerous when in vicinity of' Ollie at Paddington.    |
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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 #1861 on: July 10, 2016, 11:56:17 » |
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I doubt that umbrellas of normal size are much of a risk, but it is well to be cautious. So surely umbrellas should be kept well BEHIND the yellow line and not BEYOND the yellow line as is instructed in the poster.
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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 #1862 on: July 10, 2016, 13:46:42 » |
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Saw this poster at Paddington Most of it is commonsense, but I'd would not have considered balloons - not that I regularly carry one anyway! The problem with helium balloons is the string, the balloon floats away gets trapped on live equipment and then some reaches out and grabs the string ..................... !!!! I doubt that umbrellas of normal size are much of a risk, but it is well to be cautious. So surely umbrellas should be kept well BEHIND the yellow line and not BEYOND the yellow line as is instructed in the poster.
Umbrellas are not too much of an issue on a platform, the live equipment is kept far enough away, they do become a problem on windy days when they get blow out the owners hand and the get caught up in the OLE▸ , can cause a bank and flash or damage a train pan |
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« Reply #1863 on: July 10, 2016, 15:21:59 » |
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Helium balloons (the toys) do not seem to me to be a very good use of the dwindling world resources of exploitable Helium.
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« Reply #1864 on: July 10, 2016, 15:45:03 » |
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Helium balloons (the toys) do not seem to me to be a very good use of the dwindling world resources of exploitable Helium.
A huge new deposit has been found in Tanzania - see here for details. Significantly, this is the first deposit to be found by any means other than pure chance. That said, I agree that cooling the coils in medical scanners is a much better purpose to use helium for. |
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« Reply #1866 on: July 11, 2016, 13:02:50 » |
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It's a shame I'm not at home, or I would have nipped up towards BPW» to film it coming into the Stoke Gifford depot. It looks as though it will be standing on P4 for quite a while.
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« Reply #1867 on: July 11, 2016, 13:23:19 » |
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Thankyou so much for posting that Rob on the Hill, sadly due to unfortunate circumstances I wasn't able to see the launch last week as I was stuck up at John Radcliffe, but managed to quickly get to Tilehurst just now to see it go past. As expected it is the green one
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« Reply #1868 on: July 11, 2016, 14:27:52 » |
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It's a shame I'm not at home, or I would have nipped up towards BPW» to film it coming into the Stoke Gifford depot. It looks as though it will be standing on P4 for quite a while.
My son and I managed to nip down to Baulking, between Didcot and Swindon and saw it pass from the overbridge. It was 800 004, the green machine. Here's his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMIK21Zf5tgWe thought it was very quiet, particularly compared to the HSTs▸ which passed beforehand, however it was probably coasting as it was running 3 mins early and following an HST which was 3 mins late. |
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« Reply #1869 on: July 11, 2016, 22:14:27 » |
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« Reply #1870 on: July 11, 2016, 23:21:38 » |
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« Reply #1871 on: July 11, 2016, 23:22:37 » |
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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 #1873 on: July 13, 2016, 11:59:05 » |
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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 #1874 on: July 15, 2016, 10:02:08 » |
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Reported on WNXX▸ forum that IEPs▸ 800 001 and 800 002 are due to do live testing between Tilehurst and Didcot on Sat night/Sun morning Looks like they are running from North Pole depot to Wantage Road then to and from Reading http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K97549/2016/07/16/advancedThough the above schedule doesn't appear to show any stops at Tilehurst and Didcot, so are these running on diesel only or changing over on the move? |
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