Swifty11 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 You made good time! My best one was work ringing me to ask if I could cover a shift. "Yep, no problem, when and what time?" "Erm now, get your uniform on and get here as quick as you can" "riiiight" 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 2, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 A different angle view of the HST passing landor st and back in nuneaton this morning thankfully they have reintroduced the 05:55 train back to crewe so I can get home quickly without a drive! cement tonight wrexham to landor st 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2020 Just one from yesterday, a video courtesy of my dad who went to Gobowen to see my going through with the cement train 66765 flying though at 60mph Crewe to Leamington tonight and a last minute light engine to Clitheroe tomorrow 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2020 Did an MOD last night but it was light engine so network rail allowed it to run early, supposed to go to Leamington spa for 05:30 but took it through to Oxford for 03:00 to keep it refreshed in my card, I wanted to go to didcot but got told there was a possession on so I couldn’t get that far crewe, freightliner getting relief in the platform then off I went, had to play a game of dodge the possession myself so instead of going direct through Wolverhampton, bescot, stetchford and Coventry I went stafford to rugby where I changed ends back into Coventry where I changed ends again And away to Leamington and Oxford! Clitheroe cement tonight 22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2020 4 hours ago, big jim said: Clitheroe cement tonight Time for a wave and tones! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 re your remark about NR allowing the MOD to run early because it was light engine. Is that a MOD security issue or what? If it was an actual loaded train would it have been different and with the possessions surely it must have been timed for diversions anyway? then your remark about 'dodging the possessions' whose job is it to work out the new route? Presumably not yours - but obviously you need to 'sign' the route. presumably GB know which routes you sign - but do NR? thanks again for explaining life on the 'real railway' Your input always helpful regards mike j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2020 It was just the fact it was light engine, if it was loaded it have just ran as booked, as I wouldn’t have wanted to run round twice as for the route they wanted to hold me at stafford To take the booked route to bushbury but I just asked to go a different way which they agreed to, I originally asked to go via Cannock but that was shut so came up with a few alternatives that were also closed and ended up with the rugby route 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 7 hours ago, mikejames said: presumably GB know which routes you sign - but do NR? thanks again for explaining life on the 'real railway' Your input always helpful regards mike j No NR don't generally. Always have to check before diverting off booked route. Or just ask GBRf if Jim's driving and then most places are fair game. Andy 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2020 11 hours ago, newbryford said: Time for a wave and tones! Didn't see the wave.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 4, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2020 I did wave honest! Liverpool lime st Horrocksford jn, Mick was lurking behind the wall and that was that 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, big jim said: I did wave honest! Horrocksford jn, Mick was lurking behind the wall And the view from the aforementioned wall.... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted June 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 Some from last night, first up rugby to bescot, was supposed to sit in rugby from 02:00 to 06:00 to wait for a possession to be lifted but managed to go a different way so got to bescot by 03:00 supposed to take the loco back to hams hall but discovered it was actually 3 others that needed taking so I fired them up and shunted them into position for an early dart to hams hall 66732 on the bulk ballast So much for an early path, decided at 03:30 to have a bit of a kip while the bulk ballast got ready to depart before me and woke up at 07:00 about 50 mins before I was booked to leave anyway! over to hams hall where it was a game of musical locos, moving them into positions for the various trains they were booked on Trafford park job tonight but for a change, crewe to banbury, should be nuneaton to banbury but pointless driving my car all the way there when the train stops 2 miles from my house! 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted June 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2020 The Cov - Nuneaton branch is currently blocked due to a lorry carrying an excavator has become wedged underneath a bridge and it looks like it's got to be cut out as it's proper wedged in the bridge metalwork. The bridge in question is the one just after Coundon Road level crossing where the line speed is 20mph and before the viaduct. As it's a Code Red bridge this may go on for sometime. Cheers Colin 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejames Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 sorry to have to ask - but what is a code red bridge? as always thanks for taking time to advise us of the real railway world regards mike j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted June 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, mikejames said: sorry to have to ask - but what is a code red bridge? Don’t worry, I’m an insider and I don’t know for certain. Bridges are allocated ‘signal aspects’ which define who can give the go ahead for trains to commence running, Red is the most restrictive and (I think) requires a bridge engineer. I know there are Amber and Double Amber which can be authorised by others if the damage is superficial and they have the appropriate training. Precise details, I’m in the dark too! Paul. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted June 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 hour ago, 5BarVT said: Don’t worry, I’m an insider and I don’t know for certain. Bridges are allocated ‘signal aspects’ which define who can give the go ahead for trains to commence running, Red is the most restrictive and (I think) requires a bridge engineer. I know there are Amber and Double Amber which can be authorised by others if the damage is superficial and they have the appropriate training. Precise details, I’m in the dark too! Paul. I'm only going on the email I received stating it was a code red bridge and that BSE must visit before any train movements go across the bridge as some of the metalwork underneath the bridge deck had been twisted The line is open again now but I thought Jim might be having another detour on his trip tonight hence I put the original comment up. Cheers Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clachnaharry Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 On 04/06/2020 at 23:09, newbryford said: And the view from the aforementioned wall.... Light loco disappears into fiddle yard. Excellent scenic break. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) Just watching it on open train maps and the local service is just setting off from Cov to nuneaton! The line being open will please the guy I relieve as he lives in Coventry so he can get off there in the morning, a few times it’s been diverted last minute and he’s had to get a taxi home from landor st! Edited June 8, 2020 by big jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2020 1 minute ago, clachnaharry said: Light loco disappears into fiddle yard. Excellent scenic break. just beware of wagons running away unattended from the fiddle yard onto the layout 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted June 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2020 I always find it amusing that we call something that weighs 127 tons a light engine! The PWay guys would not want a heavy engine on their track I suspect, 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, big jim said: just beware of wagons running away unattended from the fiddle yard onto the layout The new ballast in the video is where the track was repaired https://www.gov.uk/government/news/runaway-and-derailment-of-a-wagon-at-clitheroe Edited June 8, 2020 by newbryford 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2020 Only one from this morning, 66753 in banbury on the trafford park to Southampton train, got it again tomorrow but taking it as far as didcot instead 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markmiller2008 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Jim, I'm sat in the office at Banbury thinking i should have looked out when you arrived and given you a wave! Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, mikejames said: sorry to have to ask - but what is a code red bridge? as always thanks for taking time to advise us of the real railway world regards mike j Each bridge is assessed by the structures engineeers and based on the type and construction, a risk assessment is done on the potential damage any bridge bash will inflict and what effect that has on the safety of running trains over that bridge. There are four catgories: Red, Amber, Double Amber and Green Below is the simplified version. As I'm sure you can appreciate the rules are a little more complex than this and a lot depends on many factors before you even start to take into account the bridge classification with regards to what action to take with anything other than a red category bridge Red: - All rail traffic stopped until an inspection is carried out Amber: - A train driver can be asked to check the track alignment at the bridge and if all looks OK then trains can run at reduced speed over the bridge until it is examined Double Amber:- As amber but trains can then run at linespeed. These tend to be the more solid structures. Green: - Carry on as if nothing happened. There aren't any green bridges that I know about. Andy Edited June 9, 2020 by SM42 spelling 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Markmiller2008 said: Jim, I'm sat in the office at Banbury thinking i should have looked out when you arrived and given you a wave! Mark I did wonder if you were in this morning! always tomorrow but I may be heading straight through depending on where my relief wants to get on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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