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Currently at the platform.

 

Comments on YouTube indicate they were doing some train evacuation training earlier.

 

(as for lights flashing - perhaps an interaction between the camera and LED lights that seems quite common? - or perhaps a safety feature if a train is being evacuated?)

 

Being reported it is 484003

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4 minutes ago, mdvle said:

Currently at the platform.

 

Comments on YouTube indicate they were doing some train evacuation training earlier.

 

(as for lights flashing - perhaps an interaction between the camera and LED lights that seems quite common?)

 

Correct. Part of the staff training includes evacuating passengers on the pier and in Ryde tunnel.

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Meanwhile the old stock bought by LTTG is going (or has gone?) to Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway, which is a twist I wasn’t expecting: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/09/two-london-underground-trains-have-found-a-home-in-south-wales.html/amp

 

Does anyone know more about this or is there a more appropriate thread for it than here?

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On 21/09/2021 at 20:53, 009 micro modeller said:

 

I think so, as that was what was originally intended when they were to have gone to Epping Ongar. I understand the Epping plan fell through but don’t know any more.


The LTTG’s homepage is here: http://www.lttractiongroup.co.uk/#/. I think it confirms they still intend to use batteries.

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On 29/09/2021 at 16:06, Night Train said:

They do look quite smart trains.

 

I still loved the old 485s though.

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Saw one just the other day, under restoration at Acton....

 

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17 minutes ago, Davexoc said:

 

Saw one just the other day, under restoration at Acton....

 

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The ones from the Isle of Wight are at the other end of the rake. At present they are in NWSE 'toothpaste' colours.

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On 29/09/2021 at 20:55, PhilJ W said:

The ones from the Isle of Wight are at the other end of the rake. At present they are in NWSE 'toothpaste' colours.

 

According to the museum blurb, the IOW ones are the two middle vehicles, which have already been stripped, with LT yellow(ish) driving cars at either end.

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27 minutes ago, Davexoc said:

 

According to the museum blurb, the IOW ones are the two middle vehicles, which have already been stripped, with LT yellow(ish) driving cars at either end.

Yes, the two ex-IOW vehicles are control trailer no. S27 and trailer no. S49, both of them in the middle of the four-car rake.  When I visited recently s49 was still carrying NSE livery on one side only.

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An unusual (unique?) development at Esplanade - to aid with sighting they've repurposed the redundant WFP35 on the pier shuttle platform to be a co-acting signal.

 

There had been talk of a signal in the four foot of the old down line but the hole was later filled in, so presumably someone noticed that a simpler solution was literally right in front of them.

 

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483008 | (appr.) Ryde Esplanade, Isle of Wight (1) by jimbolimbo9, on Flickr

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On 12/10/2021 at 14:53, Christopher125 said:

An unusual (unique?) development at Esplanade - to aid with sighting they've repurposed the redundant WFP35 on the pier shuttle platform to be a co-acting signal.

 

There had been talk of a signal in the four foot of the old down line but the hole was later filled in, so presumably someone noticed that a simpler solution was literally right in front of them.

 

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483008 | (appr.) Ryde Esplanade, Isle of Wight (1) by jimbolimbo9, on Flickr

 

Interesting -- thanks - but is that co-acting with the signal on the left, or vice-versa?

 

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12 hours ago, Mike Storey said:

 

Interesting -- thanks - but is that co-acting with the signal on the left, or vice-versa?

 

That's the bit I don't quite understand either - WFP34 on the former up platform will have much better visibility (being on the outside of the corner) than 35 on the down, so wouldn't need repeating. Maybe repeating another signal further on (though I can't see any more between the station and the tunnel). In that case of course it'd need changing to yellow/green rather than red/green - but then why not change 34 to a 3-aspect...

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20 hours ago, Mike Storey said:

Interesting -- thanks - but is that co-acting with the signal on the left, or vice-versa?

7 hours ago, Nick C said:

That's the bit I don't quite understand either - WFP34 on the former up platform will have much better visibility (being on the outside of the corner) than 35 on the down, so wouldn't need repeating.

 

It's the signal on the disused platform to the left that's co-acting - there was talk of a sighting issue, perhaps for stationary 4-car trains which stop too close to 34 for the driver to see it?

 

In support of this you can actually see in the photos below, taken from near identical positions, that the signal appears to have been turned slightly.

 

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Island Line 483006 by George (L305 PWR), on Flickr
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484003 Ryde esplanade 09/09/21 by James_Pilbeam, on Flickr

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3 hours ago, Christopher125 said:

 

It's the signal on the disused platform to the left that's co-acting - there was talk of a sighting issue, perhaps for stationary 4-car trains which stop too close to 34 for the driver to see it?

 

In support of this you can actually see in the photos below, taken from near identical positions, that the signal appears to have been turned slightly.

 

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Island Line 483006 by George (L305 PWR), on Flickr
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484003 Ryde esplanade 09/09/21 by James_Pilbeam, on Flickr

 

That makes more sense, thanks.

 

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Network Rail seem to be making much more use of co-acting signals nowadays.  London Victoria (South Central Side) has some now located in the six foot to serve right hand side platforms (15, 17, 19 and probably others) as sitting in the drivers seat of a full twelve car 377 or 387, I cannot actually see the platform mounted starter signal (especially the Right Away RA indicator now we are all DOO) without craning my neck around as there is the bulk of the corridor connector and associated bits in the line of sight.

 

A good idea all around.

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