The "District Flick"

[hummusn]

I've heard the term being used about stopping D stocks in the right place in the wet. However, not being a LU employee, I haven't a clue what it means. Could someone please elaborate on it?

[Dstock7080]

I haven’t heard that term before, even during my 37 years working D Stock.
I can only assume it would be a quick release of the deadman device which would cause the rheostatic brake to dropout, thus allowing the friction brake only to assist with stopping.

[Colin]

I agree with Dstock7080 - never heard of such a term. It's certainly not something we would have taught trainee's.

D stock's in the wet were an absolute nightmare to stop without putting flats on the wheels - if anything the technique was to brake earlier with a lighter application and listen out or feel for the wheels locking up. It would then be a case of partially releasing the brakes to alleviate the wheel locking; we would never never encourage full release of the brakes as that risks an overshoot.

[hummusn]

(Sorry for the delay) That's interesting - whilst I can't remember exactly where I heard it, I remember it was said quite casually. Maybe it was specific to one traincrew?