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coffeetable posted:To contrast, here's the NY subway, which still runs on people flipping levers That first section is pretty mindblowing and cool old tech must see style stuff.
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# ? Mar 6, 2016 00:51 |
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# ? May 13, 2024 06:54 |
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Still got plenty of that stuff in the UK. Last thing I did before I left Western for Scotland was write the requirements for scrapping 10 mechanical boxes in Cornwall. Most are rebuilt frames from the inter war eras but the buildings are often mid 19th Century.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 14:04 |
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One of my current projects is replacing a hard control panel just like that.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 14:15 |
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a113ae2-...t#axzz42boLUzBq Even the FT are publishing scathing skeptical view of the governments move to chop up and sell off Network Rail
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# ? Mar 11, 2016 16:40 |
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Cerv posted:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a113ae2-...t#axzz42boLUzBq Why are they all so fixated on getting the regions to compete with each other? The rail network already has competition, it's called "every other form of transport", and that's why - three times now in a century - the competing entities have had to be amalgamated, nationalised, or both. It it rose-tinted, Major-style hankering for LNER and the GWR competing to have the fastest trains, just plain Thatcherite markets-worship, or both? How do they justify repeating the same mistakes?
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# ? Mar 13, 2016 16:49 |
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Because nobody who would be inclined to call them out on it has the ability to, and everyone with the ability to isn't inclined to.
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# ? Mar 13, 2016 17:02 |
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Why are they all so fixated on getting the regions to compete with each other? The rail network already has competition, it's called "every other form of transport", and that's why - three times now in a century - the competing entities have had to be amalgamated, nationalised, or both. It it rose-tinted, Major-style hankering for LNER and the GWR competing to have the fastest trains, just plain Thatcherite markets-worship, or both? How do they justify repeating the same mistakes? It's a relatively simple case of More Money For Us, gently caress You.
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# ? Mar 14, 2016 11:37 |
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lol First are still the Worst http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/30/train-operators-adverts-banned-owned-by-public-gwr-great-western-railway also the level of sass in this article is incredible. quote:Train operator's adverts banned for suggesting service owned by public
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 12:03 |
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Good. I noticed that when they rebranded to GWR and assumed it was a 'please don't renationalise us' campaign just in case Labour does get in at the next election.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 13:13 |
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Two days until I officially work for a new company under the franchise reshuffle and no one has a loving clue what is going on Got assaulted on a train last month (at 7.30pm on a Saturday night, which struck me as rather early) which was as fun as it sounds but I've applied for a job as a Signaller which seems to be going well so far, so I'll take my chances with the boys in orange if it means I never have to suffer a drunken imbecile laying his hands upon me safe in the knowledge if I fought back I would be sacked
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 15:11 |
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I imagine Serco-Abelio are pretty much going to say to Arriva on Friday "hey dipshits, here's a temporarily closed intercity station, enjoy."
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 15:18 |
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I got a commemorative Abellio pen as an end of the franchise gift, see some are already on eBay.
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# ? Mar 30, 2016 15:23 |
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So how did that handover go eh? http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/launch-new-era-faster-more-11126537 MEN posted:Launch of new era of faster more reliable trains delayed... after minister's train is 15 minutes late
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# ? Apr 2, 2016 10:16 |
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:lol First are still the Worst http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/30/train-operators-adverts-banned-owned-by-public-gwr-great-western-railway also the level of sass in this article is incredible. not normally a fan of mitchell but this line did amuse quote:The adoption of the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s famous company, which actually built the railway, by one which merely profits from it is an act of breathtaking cheek. It’s up there with Mussolini appropriating the trappings of the Roman Empire. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/03/firstgroup-great-western-railway-advertising-standards-poster
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 11:56 |
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There appears to have been a crash in Plymouth. Will place £5 on driver error based on the details available so far.
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# ? Apr 3, 2016 19:03 |
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Bozza posted:There appears to have been a crash in Plymouth. Seems odd that an HST would be platformed on top of a Sprinter - are the platforms at Plymouth really that long? Might be a bit of signaller error in there as well. Although I suppose the driver shouldn't have proceeded on a permissive aspect if that was the case. Anyway, at least for once a rail accident is getting what would be a reasonable amount of coverage for a similar car crash.
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# ? Apr 4, 2016 19:21 |
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Yeah, the platforms at Plymouth are really long. Might be the signaller hosed it by platforming too long a train on top of another but I doubt it. Worth noting that on a Western panel on an E10k interlocking, there's no separate exit button for the permissive move, it's all in the aspect level controls via berth track occupation at the exit signal. Driver has the responsibility to drive as far as the line is clear if they get the permissive... Though no doubt some secondary factors will come into play.
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# ? Apr 10, 2016 14:21 |
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Another level crossing incident http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-36010389
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# ? Apr 10, 2016 15:10 |
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It's amazing how much more dangerous anything becomes once you introduce road vehicles to the mix.
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# ? Apr 10, 2016 15:34 |
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Thanks Ants posted:Another level crossing incident train's a bit of a mess
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# ? Apr 10, 2016 17:08 |
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Didn't see this posted here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-qcji2na0
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# ? Apr 11, 2016 13:04 |
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Hezzy posted:Didn't see this posted here http://media.btp.police.uk/r/12532/man_who_drove_car_onto_tracks_which_was_hit_by_pa Why did that guy drive his car down the tracks and just leave it there in the first place?
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# ? Apr 11, 2016 13:16 |
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Ofaloaf posted:http://media.btp.police.uk/r/12532/man_who_drove_car_onto_tracks_which_was_hit_by_pa “When officers and other emergency service colleagues arrived at the scene the area was searched and Mather was discovered hiding in a bush nearby." http://imgur.com/a/hwleu Hezzy fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Apr 11, 2016 |
# ? Apr 11, 2016 14:06 |
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I saw an elderly couple trying to drive the wrong way on a French motorway once
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# ? Apr 11, 2016 22:03 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36025951 I'd have thought they had a mobile phone policy? I don't know about Network Rail but train crew wise ASLEF have a 'use it and lose it' policy for drivers in the wake of the California rail crash and conductors cannot use their phones whisky carrying out safety critical duties.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 10:03 |
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Maybe he was just going for a new high score in angry birds.
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# ? Apr 13, 2016 13:10 |
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In Rail related "2016 can suck a bag of dicks" news Phil Sayer died. Who you may not know by name, but you will know his voice.
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# ? Apr 15, 2016 16:05 |
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Southern playing serious hardball with their conductors over DOO saying that they will deduct striking staff a week's wage for every 24 hour strike action they participate in (the period is staggered across two days) and anyone striking has to hand in their travel and car park passes
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# ? Apr 24, 2016 17:24 |
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Southern playing serious hardball with their conductors over DOO saying that they will deduct striking staff a week's wage for every 24 hour strike action they participate in (the period is staggered across two days) and anyone striking has to hand in their travel and car park passes The weeks wages thing sounds kinda illegal but I'm no expert
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# ? Apr 24, 2016 22:23 |
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Southern playing serious hardball with their conductors over DOO saying that they will deduct striking staff a week's wage for every 24 hour strike action they participate in (the period is staggered across two days) and anyone striking has to hand in their travel and car park passes When in doubt, double down
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# ? Apr 26, 2016 09:23 |
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Hezzy posted:When in doubt, double down Hey, it's working for Jeremy Hunt
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# ? Apr 26, 2016 11:12 |
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There's no way that weeks wage thing is legal. RMT have got some bigboy lawyers too, so absolutely no chance.
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# ? Apr 28, 2016 17:16 |
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Apparently, my commute to work is going to get a couple of minutes longer, now that Lea Bridge Station is due to reopen. I'm a bit confused about how many passengers they're expecting to use it, though. I go through there at peak hours and you're not squeezing many more people on the train at that time.
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# ? May 2, 2016 19:47 |
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I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some slack added in at the last comprehensive timetabling. Bradford-Huddersfield had slack added in 2000 for a station that won't be even given planning permission until 2020.
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# ? May 2, 2016 19:52 |
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The travel time and speed between Stratford and Tottenham Hale has been pretty loose for years - having travelled that way every workday for a year, I'm pretty sure that throwing a tad more acceleration on out of Stratford and Lea Bridge will be enough to keep to time. Worst case, the train dwells at Stratford with no conflicts for a fair while. Set the departure a couple minutes early and the arrival a couple minutes late, and nothing anywhere else is affected - unless they were already close to limits on driver's hours I guess.
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# ? May 3, 2016 11:20 |
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Network Rail put out a cool timelapse of the work they're doing at Glasgow Queen Street https://vimeo.com/168967790
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# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:24 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-london-36555082
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# ? Jun 18, 2016 00:44 |
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"activating an automatic derailment"?
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# ? Jun 18, 2016 00:55 |
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josh04 posted:"activating an automatic derailment"? They are a thing. Only slightly more strange than the cross country trains service I was on once where the drive shaft fell out the bottom. "Why have we stopped at this station?", "Drive shaft fell off sir", "where is it.. Hang on wait what?" A sad conductor pointed down the track to the horizon. We all knew we'd be getting a coach home that night.
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# ? Jun 18, 2016 01:25 |
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"some idiot on twitter" posted:"@GWRHelp stuck on the train into #londonpaddington going to miss an event I've paid for, really annoyed!" a train may have derailed, people may have been hurt or injured or worse, but I have a thing to go to and my needs are more important than theirs
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