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  1. Sorry, missed what you were saying, the Felixstowe's were cancelled.....why... exactly ? (and DON'T trot out Major Signalling Problems!) As for the last sentence, The Signalling system worked as designed, right up until the first Stadler unit escaped from the Point, there is a reason they are dubbed Basil's and Sybil's !
  2. The stock from the depot (apart from a few to Colchester) did not need to go over the crossing, they could have run to the North Curve and reversed, or Mistley and done the same, one of the issues was the incline out of the depot to the ML, it needed all signals 'off' on the ML to the Station or North Curve, with the unit waiting a short distance from the exit to get a run up the incline ! and also they seemed a bit surprised when they dug holes on the site, they quickly filled up with water !
  3. Driver found out today upon arrival at Cambridge, that the unit he had, was a pan isolated' one, had to call 'fleet' and see if there was enough fuel to run under diesel to the Airport at back !
  4. 00:25 ***** 5Q45 NCH CRNPT 22:18 SUDBURY 00:25 STP TO 171219 171219 EE ***** 01:30 5Q48 SUDBURY 01:30 COLCHESTR 02:18 STP WO 181219 181219 EE 04:01 ***** 5Q49 COLCHESTR 03:18 SUDBURY 04:01 STP WO 181219 181219 EE ***** 04:05 5Q50 SUDBURY 04:05 NCH CRNPT 06:17 STP WO 181219 181219 EE 5Q45 currently 56 late Ipswich (p3) SORRY POOR PIC QUALITY
  5. So, the $64,000 question is... Did the 'predictor' system go in with the resig by Vaughn Harmon in 2000, or put in place in the last 12 months ?
  6. There are issues on the Cromer line, that is a given, AHB's are on local, or if not a caution over them, this applies to all trains, regardless of type, to avoid an incident, whereby a Signaller mistakes what type of unit is on the line, thus 156's are affected by default, WHEN was the crossing equipment modified ? as last year there were no problems at all, they started all of sudden when the 755's kicked off, the 755's have all been modified since, by removing flange lubricators, and having citrous oil applied to shine the wheels a bit, it is fair to say that similar units have had problems in Italy, Holland and Germany. As for priority, the line is run by Class 2's and dealt with as such, The tanks are Class 6 and take a lower priority. Was it not said when the trains were first ordered that no one on the Ops side of GA were consulted, they were ordered by the commercial side, so there maybe the first glimpses of issues to come back then. The 755's certainly do not like the UK network it seems, but that is not really a NR fault. HOWEVER NR WILL one assumes have to alter things at great cost to enable GA to run the darn things. There has also been days on end with no service on the Felixstowe, for no real reason at all, None on the Sudbury, but they have not had any test trips at all yet on there, so that is one reason, if no spare 156's Fuel is another big issue, and is causing a lot of delays and cancellations.
  7. Think it is an issue with the Stadlers, looking like a wheel profile problem maybe ? It is certainly not a Signalling Problem, to which staff are getting a bit ticked off with ! as others have said, 156's 158's 37's etc etc, all work just fine. (even the 153's before they left had no problems)
  8. No, not really, they are cheaper than proper track circuits, seems the AHB system on the Cromer, might be unique to that line ? All the other AHB's around here, are worked by traditional track circuit, backed up by treadles, which made life so much easier when we have (what are now rare) OTM's that cannot be relied upon to activate track circuits. There certainly seems a few issues surrounding the 755s, another problem being the pantograph when going OHL to Diesel.
  9. We had an S&T guy here the other day explaining how it works, and yes it is a 'predictor' system, and based on occupation and some sort of electrical feedback, (did not really follow what he was saying), operates the AHB's so that be it a 156 / 755 running at line speed, or the Tanks running at a lower speed, the AHB's will be down for roughly the same amount of time, but it seems the 755 must have 'vanished' and the crossing thought, OK train gone :-) Cannot see a quick fix for the 755s, and something needs to be done by Monday, maybe restrict the 755s to Yarmouth & Lowestoft, and use the 156s and the 170 on Cambridge & Ipswich trains, with Felixstowe and Sudbury taking the 'no train' hit ? also seems to be something odd going on with the actual wheelsets too
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