RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2022 Some of our services are starting to be cancelled on advice of network rail, essential ‘critical’ freight only on the Thames valley line 30/45mph blanket emergency speed restriction for most of the country from 12pm til 8pm I won’t lie, I’m hoping my train is cancelled tomorrow as a 66 is no fun in the heat yet alone in the expected extreme heat as for home, the cats are already finding shady places to sit and have plenty of water to hand (or paw), can’t wait to get to the caravan next week as that has or industrial sized air conditioning unit in it, absolute bliss when that’s running 2 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trog Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: Had the "pleasure" of a heat kink like that in Poland back in 2003. The loco actually stayed on the track, our passenger coach didn't......... Classic S shaped curve for a buckle. One of the dodgy things about them is that you often don't get any warning as they happen or at least get worse under a passing train, which may be one reason why the loco can be OK and the trailing rolling stock derails. If the rails and ballast have got to their limit in resisting the heat induced compressive force. The last straw can be the up and down movement of the track under a passing train. As each wheel or bogie passes the track is pressed down by the weight on the wheels, conversely at the mid point between the wheels the track lifts sightly. While the pressing down does no harm as it increases the friction between the sleeper bottom and the ballast bed. The upward movement does the reverse and I have seen track lifting and moving sideways a step at a time, under the middles of the wagons of a passing ballast train, this is quite disconcerting to watch, and caused me to start jumping up and down in a quite animated fashion while, shouting and making the French army gesture. In British Railway practice it is normal to have a raised shoulder of ballast on the outsides of the track, the weight of the raised section of the shoulder helping to compress the ballast adjacent to the sleeper ends, and so increase resistance to lateral movement. This is / was not done so much in continental Europe being regarded as a British eccentricity, however I believe that BR had a lower incidence rate for buckles than most of said foreign Johnie's. Also such things were only a reportable buckle if they occurred while the track was open for traffic. If the P-Way looked at a bit of track and thought err that looks like it is starting to shift, rang the box up and blocked the line before the track really moved. The resulting S shape in the rails while looking much like a buckle to the untrained eye, was in fact just an unexciting track distortion that did not have to be officially reported. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, KingEdwardII said: A certain level of insanity helps... Reminds me of a January in Florida - we were all heading into the mall, dressed in T shirts and shorts, since it was about 75F and sunny. We were confronted by a lady dressed in a fur coat. I think she was from New York or similar cold place up north and since it was January, fur coats were mandatory. She must have been toasting. Religions & historic customs insist on it, especially for the women. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: So it is not just me having trouble with continuous welded rail soldered track. Best wishes Eric Edited July 17, 2022 by burgundy 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 39 minutes ago, KingEdwardII said: Yup, we had those on our home in Florida. Without those, everyone inside was a mozzie's supper. Flies during the day, mozzies at night and windows firmly shut unless you have evaporative cooling, otherwise the house gets too hot, too quickly from the searing hot wind. Opening all the windows is counter productive, unless you get a cool breeze, which may or may not occur in the evening. It's a juggling act! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, kevinlms said: Religions & historic customs insist on it, especially for the women. Hats (or at least a head-covering) maybe, likewise bare arms covered. I don't think there's anything in Corinthians about fur coats. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingEdwardII Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, Wheatley said: Hats (or at least a head-covering) Well, in Florida that makes sense even in the winter, with the sun blazing down. Fur coats are an invitation to self cooking. Yours, Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 hours ago, John M Upton said: still amazed to see old people dressed in full coat, overcoats and hats Sunday Best!!! How do they do it? They're on Warfarin tablets for blood pressure/heart problems. It thins the blood so they feel colder easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 My track hasn't distorted in the heat. It always looks like this... 😝😝😝🤣🤣👍👍👌 6 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 50 minutes ago, Wheatley said: Hats (or at least a head-covering) maybe, likewise bare arms covered. I don't think there's anything in Corinthians about fur coats. Obviously you have seen widows from southern European countries. Not fur coats, but covered head to foot in black or other dark colours on occasion. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 hours ago, John M Upton said: Just popped into Chichester for some shopping and still amazed to see old people dressed in full coat, overcoats and hats Sunday Best!!! How do they do it? Not to mention younger ones in hoodies and such like. Saw a bloke earlier coat and body warmer! Going to be interesting getting home on Tuesday, looking like if trains don't go to or from London they ain't going! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, great central said: Not to mention younger ones in hoodies and such like. Saw a bloke earlier coat and body warmer! Going to be interesting getting home on Tuesday, looking like if trains don't go to or from London they ain't going! Don’t say that, our daughter her sisters in law and four kids (or was it five, I lost count) are coming down from Norfolk to Cornwall tomorrow. I did warn the, it’ll be a slow journey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Don’t say that, our daughter her sisters in law and four kids (or was it five, I lost count) are coming down from Norfolk to Cornwall tomorrow. I did warn the, it’ll be a slow journey. I'm only going from Norfolk to the east Midlands, what I'm finding incredible is the almost total lack of coordinated information. Network rail app merely gives a bland 'services may be disrupted' otherwise it shows the normal service pattern in journey planners. It seems the TOCs may have briefed their local newspapers but, as far as I can find, nothing even to their front line staff! If those of us inside the industry can't easily find out what's going on, how the hell are mere passengers supposed to cope? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 Today's temperature looks like it might have peaked (currently going down). Just 30.2C compared to the forecasted 33C for this area (Worcestershire). The forecasted 39C for tomorrow looks a tall order. It's been mostly cloudy today with very little sun and that there was was hazy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2022 The netweather.tv website gives the current temperatures for various locations here . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 well here in Crawley next door are not worried about the shortage of water he is power washing his decking while i recycle water to use on the garden John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 29 minutes ago, jbqfc said: well here in Crawley next door are not worried about the shortage of water he is power washing his decking while i recycle water to use on the garden John What shortage of water? Has there been a warning? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 Just now, boxbrownie said: What shortage of water? Has there been a warning? I was thinking today, the lack of hosepipe bans is rather odd, given we've not had a particularly wet Spring round my way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, spamcan61 said: I was thinking today, the lack of hosepipe bans is rather odd, given we've not had a particularly wet Spring round my way. No idea where it’s coming from then but reservoirs around here have been full for ages, varies with area I guess but seen no warnings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, spamcan61 said: I was thinking today, the lack of hosepipe bans is rather odd, given we've not had a particularly wet Spring round my way. No bans as such but asking people not to use such things as hosepipes. I've heard it a couple of times on the news We had someone yesterday, all day, pressure washing something. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Oddly just as I am posting this we have had thunder in the distance, appears to be south of us off the coast a bit, still blue skies and sunny here though, but at least nice and cool now Edited July 17, 2022 by boxbrownie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 minute ago, melmerby said: No bans as such but asking people not to use such things as hosepipes. I've heard it a couple of times on the news We had someone yesterday, all day, pressure washing something. OK not seen anything or heard on R4 at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Oddly just as I am posting this we have had thunder in the distance, appears to be south of us off the coast a bit, still blue skies and sunny here though, but at least nice and cool now Lightning recorded NW of Plymouth in the last hour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, melmerby said: Lightning recorded NW of Plymouth in the last hour Met Office Rainfall radar showing heavy rain NE of Plymouth currently;- https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/rainfall-radar#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1658034900&zoom=8&lon=-3.22&lat=50.51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: OK not seen anything or heard on R4 at all. I've had two texts from Severn Trent asking us not to use hoses, pressure washers and the like. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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