Squirrel

Sorry to see this happen. There is a lot of support for A1A, though at lower than management level. This seems to be an unforunate trait in all orginisations. It was not only you that was shocked, or disappointed. Best wishes.

Yes it can. You need only one carefully placed deposit. We had exactly that. A dump just where the train had stopped, and where a loco had to be coupled up, and I had to do it. This was about 50 yards from the station toilet too. What an inconsiderate a**e.

I wonder what the weedkiller is. My suspicion is that it is glyphosate (Roundup and others). This a water soluble organo-phosphate, a nasty substance, though it has been dressed up over the past decades as a "safe" chemical. Maybe the chemical used is not glyphosate.

But what method was used to build a cess that had a good walking surface?

Often referred to, but from my limited experience rarely seen nowadays. I have read it was a cared-for route railway workers could transport their tools, materials, or cycle to and from work. Today it's difficult to find a surface that would fit that description. http://www.deathbyhealthandsafety.co.uk/jungleron/definitions.html Is an interesting article, and has a couple of telling pictures. So if I want to reinstate a working cess, please can anyone point me to some reference documents, or otherwise provide an answer?

Thanks for the link, I am now signed up for all the RAIB reports as they arise.

Unfortunately that type of response is not helpful. The RAIB are interested in the facts of the incident and to work out recommendations for improved working methods. Nobody wants to be prosecuted, and we don't know all the circumstances. There are many things that happen which shouldn't, and there will be more in future. A scapegoat hunting culture scares most people away, what's needed is an openness and honesty culture.

It seems reasonable to delete a post that does not help the conversation when another post which explains the situation turns up while I was typing mine. I am quite happy to accept that others here can provide information which makes mine redundant. Your point being?

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Does anyone know the details of yesterday's signals problems on the line out of Paddington to the southwest? Supposedly something to do with temperaturers, but why didn't it happen last week?

Thanks for that, though the 21" is no problem, it's the first application and normal braking pressures I am after

Does anyone know of a reference document that covers vacuum brake operating pressures on diesel locomotives?

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There were only a few of these built, but does anyone know which drive belts were used for the comressor? Were they standard belts or specially manufactured?

Was or is there a requirement for all rolling stock, including trolleys, to have working brakes?