Eggesford box Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Get well soon from me as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2014 Ill be back in on sunday, couple of days off has made a difference, as have some antibiotics! Sundays job is not 'walking intensive' so i'm hoping i'll be alright 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Put in for a trail bike, Jim.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 24, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Put in for a trail bike, Jim..Unfortunatly the problem is in a place not conjusive with sitting on a saddle....... Edited May 24, 2014 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Ouch. You have my sympathies, Jim. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted May 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2014 I feel your pain Jim as I'm currently also off trains and stuck in the office doing dreaded paperwork etc.. Hope you have a speedy recovery. Cheers Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Good news Jim, but don't rush it! Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted May 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2014 a few from today, crewe to newport with 70809 (its first working for colas) basford hall and onto newport, nothing else to do but take some pics from the cab window! 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrySVR Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 The second pic looks like my track laying. Hopefully your recovered now Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacer lover Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 hi jim hope you are feeling better? what was happening in Newport ? it look like they was the relief lines though to Cardiff? rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2014 i think it was just a plain line relay on the reliefs, the train with 66850 on was being used as a barrier between the sleeper laying road-rail machines and the mainline, not sure of the reason as the worksite is separated from the mainline with barriers anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Jims back!! Lovely shots and great to read how the modern railway works. Many thanks, Kind regards,Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) i think it was just a plain line relay on the reliefs, the train with 66850 on was being used as a barrier between the sleeper laying road-rail machines and the mainline, not sure of the reason as the worksite is separated from the mainline with barriers anyway Good your back in the chair Jim! The blue Vortoc fencing does a good job of forming a physical barrier from a live running line where protecting staff is concerned but they probably used the train as a barrier because of the 360 road rail machines swinging about. We now have what's known as ALO rules to adhere to (Adjacent line open) and they are pretty strict on what you can and cant do near an open line now, especially so when it comes to on track plant in use. Without the train there as a barrier, they wouldn't have been able to do the job, its that tight now where the rules are concerned! Edited May 26, 2014 by Gary H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2014 Good your back in the chair Jim! The blue Vortoc fencing does a good job of forming a physical barrier from a live running line where protecting staff is concerned but they probably used the train as a barrier because of the 360 road rail machines swinging about. We now have what's known as ALO rules to adhere to (Adjacent line open) and they are pretty strict on what you can and cant do near an open line now, especially so when it comes to on track plant in use. Without the train there as a barrier, they wouldn't have been able to do the job, its that tight now where the rules are concerned! Must delve out the Rule changes - sounds as if those for working with machines have been altered back to the situation of the 1972 Rule Book - and long overdue I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2014 Must delve out the Rule changes - sounds as if those for working with machines have been altered back to the situation of the 1972 Rule Book - and long overdue I reckon. Yeah, its changed a fair bit Mike. There's been a few high profile incidents over the last couple of years that have brought it about. The passenger train at Saltney which struck a piece of rail being moved by a road rail machine being one of them. The ALO rules have only been out for less than 12 months though. Its proving to be a big challenge to keeps things workable IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2014 Yeah, its changed a fair bit Mike. There's been a few high profile incidents over the last couple of years that have brought it about. The passenger train at Saltney which struck a piece of rail being moved by a road rail machine being one of them. The ALO rules have only been out for less than 12 months though. Its proving to be a big challenge to keeps things workable IMO. The odd thing is that the old Rules were tightened following various incidents - back in the 1950s but basically the same, things suspended from cranes hitting passenger trains. When those Rules began to be loosened some of us predicted that we would, at some time, be back where we had been before but the words 'efficiency' and 'cost saving' were rated more important especially as there had been virtually no serious incidents for years (some people didn't consider why there hadn't been any). things of course got potentiall far worse once road rail machines arrived. Oddly it is probably far easier, with modern commcs kit, to put in effective and flexible methods today than it ever was in the past and thus eliminate most of the risk. (and sorry Jim for nicking your thread). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie_pudd Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 so does that make Jim a driver barrier/bouncer and weren't in the job title description.... you sure get some variety of work which makes up for the odd mess about at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 No posts since May 26th? Quite worrying or did I miss something earlier? Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted June 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 5, 2014 I think Jim is on holiday, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250BOB Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I think Jim is on holiday, I think. Yes, he has a weeks leave....so we are all suffering withdrawl symptoms...!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2014 Yes, he has a weeks leave....so we are all suffering withdrawl symptoms...!!! and now im back!! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2014 and this is the only train i saw all week..... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2014 and this is the only train i saw all week..... That looks like a dog with floppy ears! Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 7, 2014 The kids reconned it looked like a giraffe 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Is that What Colas gave you for crew training Jim? hope you enjoyed your Holliday anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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