BR(S) Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I agree BR(s) pretty sure it was this.. DR79251 Rail grinder by stavioni, on Flickr Its mentioned on another thread that a rial-grinder passed through NA so it probably is indeed one http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fqxPFkwn99U/U5BWpN0k_wI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/wrVfQrH0Hm8/s1600/TC+DR+79257-251+Newton+Abbot+05062014rs.jpg (from http://antony-christie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/night-time-newton-abbot-part-2-5th-june.html) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 6, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2014 Bit bliddy ruff there this mornin my luvvers. Tis nice weather tho.... Avastbehind....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2014 Avastbehind....... Ruddy cheek! I've lost weight recently... OR: 'does my bum look big in this?' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted June 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2014 I agree BR(s) pretty sure it was this.. r by stavioni, on Flickr It was Michael, its been in Tavi yard all this week by day for servicing, watering and fuel. Its out by night re-profiling the rail head ,aka grinding. Its a machine that gets really filthy and it has to be "de gunked" (my non tech term) after every use. The fitters who service it during the day are employed by Balfour Beatty. Poor blokes have to wear respirators and look like coal miners when the emerge from under and inside the thing! Doesn't look like a nice job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 6, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2014 Sound is back on at last. Now I can hear the angry sea. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Pity the Train Tracker isn't back with the Live Train - much more convenient! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Seen trackside yesterday, Friday noon ish going south Dawlish Station, by camera rather than webcam "Travelwatch Southwest" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 9, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2014 I;m giving up. Since I contributed the picture has disappeared!!!!!!! P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 9, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2014 I'm returning as the picture is back!! All down trains now sound like spaceships landing/taking off. The noise is far worse than a few weeks back. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 10, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2014 Perfect windsurfing weather as I look out of the Dawlish window this lunchtime.....! P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted June 12, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2014 Couple of people that 'can't hear' what the Orange clad men are saying have walked along the beach. Silly billys! Now they are being 'spoken to' by another member of the army. They are very small; so they must be far away. .....and off they go; maybe they were from abroad? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Passed through at 17.23, 17.06 Exeter to Exeter via Heathfield. Due back through at 19.25. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Interesting seeing all the work starting to bed in, strange how the colour of the ballast differs between the tracks to outside them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Interesting seeing all the work starting to bed in, strange how the colour of the ballast differs between the tracks to outside them Thats because the ballast outside the tracks has been glued which gives it a 'wet' look. Edit- Actually I dont think the gluing has gone that far, its probably the fallout from the toilets in the 4ft that gives it the different colour! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 cheers for the heads up, just seen it on the return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Actually I dont think the gluing has gone that far, its probably the fallout from the toilets in the 4ft that gives it the different colour! Yuck!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Interesting seeing all the work starting to bed in, strange how the colour of the ballast differs between the tracks to outside them The ballast that is glued by Kennaway tunnel, along by Marine parade, is shiny & is a very darker colour interestingly the weeds are thriving & growing up through it!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yuck!! I thought that modern stock had holding tanks fitted for 'convenience' doesnt H & S have anything to say about waste hitting the track at high speed & atomising in built up areas no wonder epidemics spread so 'fast' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2014 Travel in the green or blue carriage sir.... depending how picky your are.... Untitled.jpg You cant model that it would.......... " oh ok it did I see " The green one is much more comfortable and a much better view out the windows!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted June 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2014 I thought that modern stock had holding tanks fitted for 'convenience' doesnt H & S have anything to say about waste hitting the track at high speed & atomising in built up areas no wonder epidemics spread so 'fast' Modern stock does have retention tanks - but when I say modern that doesn't include HSTs which are now over 40 years old! Back in BR days the first (and only) InterCity train fleet to get it was the IC225 fleet everything else discharged onto the track. NSE went for retention tanks in quite a big way though on their new fleets with the 165, 166, 159s, 442, 319s, 321s (I think) 465 & 466 fleets fitted. Regional railways on the other hand, while getting new stock in the late 80s & 90s, didn't have any spare money for installing the tank emptying kit at its depot so everything up to and including the 158s still discharged onto the tracks. As to the quantities, Wikipedia says Sewage discharge In the UK train operators are allowed to discharge 5 imperial gallons (23 l; 6.0 US gal) of sewage per carriage per journey onto the track. Most Mark 3 carriages have only holding tanks, not fully compliant toilet tanks, and in the 2000s both the RMT trade union and politicians were concerned at the environmental impact of this legacy issue. The problem was first raised in 2003 after Railtrack staff at Nottingham abandoned local clean-up and then track maintenance procedures due to an excessive built up of sewage waste in the area.[4] In 2006 the RMT agreed waste tank and clean-out developments at Northern Rail's Heaton depot in 2006 with GNER, and new clean-out procedures at all other depots, to solve an ongoing dispute over the previous 18 months.[5] By 2011, the European Union had started a formal investigation to see whether trains composed of such carriages were breaking EU environmental and health laws, although the Environment Agency confirmed that train companies claimed special exemptions to dump waste on the track.[6] In 2013, Transport Minister Susan Kramer branded the practice "utterly disgusting" and called on the industry to take action. ATOC responded by stating that, as all new vehicles had to be fitted with compliant toilet tanks, withdrawal of the HSTs by the end of 2017 would solve the problem.[7] Pretty much everything delivered since privatisation has had tanks fitted which has meant some pretty extensive depot upgrades have been needed to accommodate them Chiltern have modified their Mk3s though to have tanks fitted and the latest management contract for the Anglia route includes a commitment to fit tanks there. Also it is planned that they will be fitted to the HSTs being given a life extension to work serives to the south west after the IEP units have been introduced on Bristol / Wales duties. However as things stand, in the south west only Voyagers currently have retention tanks, everything else dumps it into the 4ft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 1001, Plymouth to Paddington: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 front end.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 front end.. jj.JPG Was it being used for measurement this morning, it was only trundling by slowly, say about 15-20mph? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2014 Was it being used for measurement this morning, it was only trundling by slowly, say about 15-20mph? I doubt that was because of measuring activity as it is quite capable of doing most of that at 125 mph (well that's what it said in the original specs when I had them). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted June 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2014 Granitechops, on 20 Jun 2014 - 13:36, said:Granitechops, on 20 Jun 2014 - 13:36, said: Was it being used for measurement this morning, it was only trundling by slowly, say about 15-20mph? This video will give you a good over view of what it does- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVdTXh5XoA It measures track geometry and track quality. Each section manager of the line concerned gets a print out from the train and he acts accordingly, putting right any defects it finds within specified time limits depending on the type of defect. It is all very highly regulated! The train is the envy of the world and at one time, even the French asked to borrow it apparently and NR declined. It can take STILL'S of pandrol clips etc at 125 MPH! Its a fine piece of kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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