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16 hours ago, roythebus said:
According to the latest issue of Island Rail News, track under 2 bridges was lowered earlier in the year. Another 2 places are being lowered but only on one line.
That's the two bridges - the Up line under Rink Road and the Down line under Smallbrook Lane were both lowered in August. All gauging work should be complete as testing should have started some time back.
Richardson Rail posted photos of the work on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RichardsonRail/posts/643531912936619
QuoteI would suggest the 38 stock has standard 38 stock whistles. Main line EMUs are fitted with two-tone horns. AFAIK only the Waterloo & City stock had whistles.
Before the 1960s whistles were common on the Southern Railway/Region, but most if not all such units were retro-fitted with two-tone horns - even some early CEPs and DEMUs came fitted, as can be seen above the drivers windscreen below:
East Croydon by Timothy Saunders, on Flickr
1121 Hastings unit seen at an unknown location. I Cuthbertson collection by Ian Cuthbertson, on Flickr
A surprising exception were the Class 71s which retained them to the end - as can be seen here these are the same design fitted to the 483s; you can also hear this a few seconds into the following video of E5001:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp_W8mBpszo
This was all confirmed by a former staff member at Ryde, a local railway historian who actually helped create replicas for the 483s to replace those in poor condition.
QuoteAccording to local radio, the Island Line was down to one train operation again yesterday.
006 has failed and requires too much work to reinstate with 008 soldiering on alone - the priority now is 007, which is almost ready to go.
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7 hours ago, 009 micro modeller said:
I quite like the London Underground air whistles actually (which are also fitted to the more recent S stock). Do the current class 483s still have these?
The Standard Stock and 483s were given 'mainline' whistles, as once fitted to EMUs on the 3rd rail network - IIRC they started off with originals, including examples recovered from Class 71s, but later replicas were made.
484001 appears to have kept it's LU original.
QuoteOn a separate note, obviously the 484s fit through Ryde tunnel but did any work have to be done to permit this? Obviously lowering the track there would bring back the problems with flooding that prompted it to be raised in the first place.
Not aware of any, and none should be needed - the tightest spots were two overbridges where track was lowered back in August.
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Sorry, looks like it was reposted. Try these:
http://www.facebook.com/john.mitchell.90226628/videos/3616455335064977/
http://twitter.com/PhotographyRue/status/1329959324777582592
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484001 has moved to St Johns tonight under battery power, there's a video on twitter showing her passing Brading:
https://twitter.com/PhotographyRue/status/1329959324777582592
19 hours ago, lmsforever said:The Southern Railway used to bring new stock from pompy to Newport IOW on a special floating bridge and then lifting them straight onto the track in Newport quay.They were taken to Ryde works for pre service after which of course they entered service.Several locos at a time came over as did new coaches and wagons pity the line is not there now .
You might be thinking of Medina Wharf near Cowes? Newport Quay near the station was technically rail-served by a low-level bridge across the river, but only briefly and the sidings were probably never used.
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1 hour ago, John M Upton said:
I am wondering if it was specially chartered as WightLink do have a spare one parked up opposite Gunwharf Quay most of the day at the moment which could have been used. The video from the Isle of Wight paper seems to show the lorry and escort van as the only vehicles on the car deck.
Nope, they both came over on scheduled sailings but I think they let the other vehicles off first. They aren't particularly busy at the moment anyway, unsurprisingly.
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The first unit, 484001, has arrived on the Island:
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On 11/11/2020 at 11:42, Zomboid said:
I doubt anyone on here is going to come up with the silver bullet as to why it'll never work (technically) given the information that's in the public domain. If we can think of it, the engineers designing, testing and refining it are going to have found it before they tried putting people in it.
I can imagine that it could become part of a future transport system in a specialised fashion, like the various MagLevs around the world, but super high speed is a pretty specialised application - it's not going to replace the district line, but I could imagine a New York to Chicago Hyperloop for example might be of some use.
To be fair Hyperloop has been debunked many times - theoretically possible perhaps, but a low pressure tube of the length and alignment required remains totally impractical. This low speed, short distance test doesn't address any of the fundamental issues.
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On 24/08/2020 at 15:24, Gwiwer said:
All units would be located at St. Johns when the power is off. The entire line was off-supply for the past weekend as work was taking place at several locations.
That's why I was surprised you mentioned a Pier Head-Esplanade shuttle for the first closure?
Anyways, last weekends Smallbrook Lane gauging work looks complete - some nice new track and ballast on the Down Line under the bridge ready for the 484s to start overnight testing in the coming months. Shame about the signal/points failure on Monday morning though...
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4 hours ago, Gwiwer said:
For the first weekend a train shuttle operated Pier Head - Esplanade but with work now taking place in Ryde this is no longer possible.
I'm sure I saw both 006 and 008 at St Johns and the track relaying would surely have meant no power supply?
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Worth noting that this weekend they are lowering the Down line under Smallbrook Lane, having done the same for the Up under Rink Road in Ryde last weekend - that should address the two tightest spots on the line for headroom and allow the 484s to start testing in the coming months.
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On 26/05/2020 at 11:16, Ben B said:
What's shocking is the sheer decline of the railway there; the initial contraction of the route when electrified, but then so much creeping rationalisation. The loss of the shunters and engineering stock is perhaps understandable, but both generations of tube trains arrived in large numbers before being whittled down to a mere handful of scruffy units on reduced timetables serving cut-back stations. I really hope the possibility or reversing this trend is taken with the new trains...
It's worth noting that most of that infrastructure was only ever needed on a few summer saturdays; while traffic did decline, visitors also arrived at different times often for shorter stays which smoothed out those crazy summer peaks.
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On 03/08/2020 at 14:42, Steamport Southport said:
That's not came from the government though.
It's came from the media, especially non government supporting media such as The Guardian, Independent and BBC. Take it with a huge pinch of salt.
Good grief...
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A *big* milestone has been achieved in recent days - the 9-car 345s are back in operation and working services to Heathrow using ETCS. A long time coming!
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Electrification of the network including EWR does appear to be back on the agenda at the DfT now Grayling has left, the 2050 net-zero commitment looms ever larger and there's more understanding about the limitations of battery/hydrogen propulsion.
RAIL are quoting a statement from EWR about the short 4 (+2) year lease for self-powered trains that says:
QuoteIn a statement, EWR Co said that this prioritises getting passenger services up and running as quickly as possible while creating time to explore a wider range of green technology. It also said it would allow for a smoother transition to electrification across the whole EWR line from Oxford to Cambridge
The DfT's Baroness Vere confirms yet another post-Grayling rethink...
QuoteThe strategic scope for East West Rail is currently being developed, including options for depots. Electrification is being reconsidered after previously being descoped to reduce capital costs. At a minimum, passive provision is being provided in construction so that electrification may be implemented in the future subject to value for money and affordability.
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14 hours ago, Edwin_m said:
Are these the same type of crossing as has had problems failing to detect the FLIRT units on the Sheringham line?
AIUI, yes.
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6 minutes ago, Fenman said:
Er... what do you mean, “to be fair”?!
Paul
* and isn’t one of those a Southern service, so “they” (ie, TfL) are actually only running 4.
You said it was ironic that the WLL can't have extra trains, but *to be fair* it's just had a frequency increase - the extra 378s available has allowed London Overground to increase frequencies on the NLL (10tph) and WLL (5tph) during the peaks.
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On 02/03/2020 at 07:48, Neal Ball said:
Is there any news on where the loco shed will go? At one time they were going to use an ex BR she’d, but I understand the bits are not as robust as originally thought.
I think the current plan is to rebuild roughly on the present site but realigned, allowing a better route for the through line.
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On 05/03/2020 at 12:43, Fenman said:
Which is ironic because ISTR that the WLL currently has far more overcrowding — but can’t have extra trains because freight paths are apparently needed through central London.To be fair they're now running 5tph on the West London Line during the peaks - with 10tph on the NLL - thanks to the 378s freed up from Euston-Watford.
5-car 710s will then allow a further cascade, displacing 378s from the NLL to boost frequencies on the ELL.
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2 minutes ago, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:
That's really good news. I thought that their was already four 397s in service daily. Although I have just seen one post confirming this, so maybe this information was slightly inaccurate. I would imagine as the weeks go by and hopefully more training on the 397s happens, their will be more appearing in service from warm storage at Longsight and Carlisle.
I can only assume they were confusing the 397s with the loco-hauled mk5s, of which there are still 4 in use.
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On 06/02/2020 at 17:49, DRS Crewe On A Mission said:
That's good news. From what I know, their were some emergency timetable changes in January, so the fact that we are now in early February and more 802s seem to be entering traffic, this means that the introduction of new trains and the timetable getting back to some sort of normality, seems to be commencing.
Should be thirteen 802s in use now plus a third 397, with all the withdrawn services back running.
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3 hours ago, Zomboid said:
Non-electrified doesn't necessarily mean diesel. Though whilst other options are being developed, they're not there yet or we'd be buying them in large quantities already.
EWR services are almost certainly too long and energy intensive for battery units, and Hydrogen would be highly problematic - who knows what they'd cost, what operating restrictions will be imposed and what capacity they'd have (if the proposed 321 conversion is anything to go by...)
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Worth noting that TPE reintroduced a good number of cancelled services this week with the rest following in a few weeks time - IIRC there should be 11 802s out and about daily now.
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On 29/01/2020 at 08:54, ruggedpeak said:
Reinforces my earlier point about going back to loco hauled services. Maybe GA would have been better with a TPE type set up with say 88's and Mk5's?
Hardly, the mk5s were horribly late and their introduction was far from trouble-free either.
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8 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said:
Can we take it as read that the new route (well, mostly old) will be electrified from day one?
Or will it be the usual bodge with further cost later on to bring it up to standard?
Electrification was de-scoped from EWR and platforms shortened to 4x23m when Grayling asked for savings.
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Hopefully a return to service, any updates will probably crop up first on the facebook group below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/355569249197459