Merfyn Jones Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 AAaagh! And they let that lovely lamp smash down onto the ground???? Philistines..... Doug The bolt holding them lamps was almost impossible to remove ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
new puritan Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 One from a possession at Bedford today. Correctly cleaning ballast/spoil from the deepest recesses of the wagons before the train departs.I failed to recognise him until someone started yelling 'Mark' and I then realised who it was. We had not seen each other since March 2009 so it was a pleasant surprise to see him on a cold Sunday morning.I wonder if Nidge can recall who he is? He is employed by the red team and used to work not far from Bedford and Rugby FLHH drivers worked into his former location on a ballast job on weekdays for several years. Mark 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 The driver of 31119 looks back to check on the station work at Peterborough this was the 10.15 Birmingham New Street - Norwich which I had caught from New Street on my day out, 23/7/80 cheers 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Oops - Collision at Derby South The 100 tonne tanks were being worked by 47380, 08842 was the pilot with the vans, 25/3/82 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 18, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2013 i hope i dont manage to do that when i get on the sinfin tanks!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ceptic Posted February 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2013 Received this message today, from my nipper. 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Mick Tindall...? Do you mean Paul Tindle (aka 'The Buffet Slayer')...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Nige, yes thats him! always confuse his name. Also got a picture of 'Cobbler' Of this parish too! Cheers DSJ You can always tell when Paul's been on a loco, both cabs are full of McDonald's wrappers and empty tomato ketchup bottles... ;-) Would love to see the pics... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 White hair as a result of shock was not as unusual as some might think. Bob Bowden (who would have been a supervisor in Old Oak panel for some of the time when you were in the vicinity) was the Signalman at Hungerford the night a stone train took away most of the 'box and left him clinging to the back wall until someone arrived with a ladder. His hair went from jet black to snow white overnight within a few days of the incident and took years to get back its original colour - and then it almost immediately started to naturally go grey. Bit of a bump with this one Mike but reading it again just now reminded me that 'ace lensman and Berks & Hants Bobbie' David Canning covered this incident in his book on the B&H, IIRC he was on the relief that week and got the call to go an assist. if you haven't got any of his books they're well worth checking out by the way. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2013 Harling Road, 16 February 2013 Cleaning the radars to keep the latest high-tec signalling working .. twice a day, three times a day at some places. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 What do the radars activate please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2013 What do the radars activate please? They detect obstacles on the crossing - vehicles, people etc. and therefore won't allow the barriers to lower, unfortunately they don't work too well when covered in mud. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted February 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2013 They detect obstacles on the crossing - vehicles, people etc. and therefore won't allow the barriers to lower, unfortunately they don't work too well when covered in mud. They are very good at detecting snow on the crossing, though. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted February 22, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2013 They detect obstacles on the crossing - vehicles, people etc. and therefore won't allow the barriers to lower, unfortunately they don't work too well when covered in mud. Which is a concern given from what I can tell they will be used at all full barrier crossing refurbishments as a way of allowing staff to monitor more crossings than presciently allowed (currently 4 or 5 I think). OK they may be fail safe etc but if you have to send the maintenance teams out to clean them several times during the day disruption is bound to occur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Harling Road, 16 February 2013 Cleaning the radars to keep the latest high-tec signalling working .. twice a day, three times a day at some places. DAS539243.JPG I hope that is a high-tech rag he's using....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Peter Beckett Posted February 22, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2013 Here in Oz, they would be used to check speeding cars and issue infingement notices (revenue raisers) by Mr Plod. Would not be for trains as in our state (Victoria), 80klm/hr (50mph) is classified as high speed Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 They detect obstacles on the crossing - vehicles, people etc. and therefore won't allow the barriers to lower, unfortunately they don't work too well when covered in mud. I'm curious about this, if it is an example of an Obstruction Detection System (ODS). If the train is close enough to trigger the crossing I would imagine that the train is going through the crossing, regardless of whether the barriers can be lowered and what may be sitting on the crossing in its path. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 22, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) I'm curious about this, if it is an example of an Obstruction Detection System (ODS). If the train is close enough to trigger the crossing I would imagine that the train is going through the crossing, regardless of whether the barriers can be lowered and what may be sitting on the crossing in its path. I'm not sure, looking at the picture, that this is an AHB. It looks more like a controlled barrier. I think the signaller has to press a "crossing clear" button for protecting signals to clear? Edited February 22, 2013 by Oldddudders 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted February 22, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) I'm curious about this, if it is an example of an Obstruction Detection System (ODS). If the train is close enough to trigger the crossing I would imagine that the train is going through the crossing, regardless of whether the barriers can be lowered and what may be sitting on the crossing in its path. ODS systems are only installed at CCTV monitored crossings and are therefore interlocked with the signalling system and are used to lower the barriers when a train is approaching in such time that the driver should receive green aspects. The crossing however remains a manually operated one because while the ODS system triggers the crossing sequence and the lowering of the barriers, the protecting signals will remain at red until the controlling signaler has observed the crossing to be clear by CCTV and pressed the "crossing clear button". Furthermore I would imagine (not having any on our patch yet) that if the ODS showed there to be an obstruction pressing the "crossing clear" button would have no effect. Furthermore I believe the signaller retains the usual crossing controls so can allays override the ODS system (in terms of barrier operation that is). There are two main reasons for their introduction, firstly if the signaler doesn't have to put the barriers down themselves it means they can monitor more crossings. Secondly it also guards against situations where the signaler 'looks but does not see' and mistakenly traps pedestrians between the barriers but presses the crossing clear button. The big disadvantage (as recounted in another thread) is if the ODS becomes dirty it will continually think that there is something on the crossing and will not only prevent the barriers lowering, but it also should prevent the "crossing clear" being given and thus hold the protecting signals at red. Edited February 22, 2013 by phil-b259 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Thank you both for your responses. The rail network that I am most familiar with is trialling ODS for unprotected crossings and I was wondering how it would work. Presumably there are different implementations of ODS as some of what you both say wouldn't work against what I know of the system and how it is used. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I can't post the picture into the thread, but this one from December 1984 is worth a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12a_kingmoor_klickr/6283923679/in/photostream/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 A mate from iong ago, sadly no longer with us. Tom 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) Here is another one from me, and a question about it if I may. While researching family history looking through old photos I came upon this picture. It was in an envelope stamped with:- 'The Railway Executive Southern Region' Gorse (?) 6 Jan 1949 Staff Training College It was sent through the internal railway post to my grandad William Redwood Signalman W D S O Exeter Edit - Now believed to be taken on the grounds of Gorse Hill, Southern Region Staff Training College, near Woking. My grandad is 6th from left back row wearing a dark suit, the back of the picture is printed British Railways , Southern Region, Advertising Department, Waterloo. 14.12.48 Ref 2349/48 cheers Edited March 1, 2013 by Rivercider 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2013 Woking comes to mind. ISTR the Southern Railway had established a staff college there. This became the venue, inter alia, I think, for the BR Senior Managers' course, although by the 1980s this had been moved to an external college in Hertfordshire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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