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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2005 11:08:49 GMT
I see there are complaints that some modern LU stock have leaky cabs. You lot don't know how lucky you are. Observe, for example, this cab of District F stock.  Note the conveniently placed gauges, the steamlined driving console, and the excellent view forwards through the panoramic driving window. AND t'driver had to lick cab clean wi' tongue before leavin' depot. |
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Post by russe on Sept 22, 2005 15:05:38 GMT
AND t'driver had to lick cab clean wi' tongue before leavin' depot. That's nothin, lad. You 'ad it easy. In my day, we dreampt of lickin' clean 't cab... (continue in Monty Python mode as appropriate)Russ |
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Post by piccadillypilot on Sept 22, 2005 15:15:06 GMT
In my day, we dreampt of lickin' clean 't cab... We dreamt of havin' cab. |
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Post by q8 on Sept 22, 2005 15:58:32 GMT
Actually. apart from darughts and a rather uncomfortable seat the old stocks were not so bad to drive. You could stand up and drive if you wanted (you could with all two handle stock).The 'F's had roomy cabs and the 'G's poky ones but they were not bad actually.
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Post by markextube on Sept 23, 2005 11:54:35 GMT
All the stocks pre 1992 i feel were better as you could drive in various positions ( no ideas please) But all the new stock 92, 95, 96 are a nightmare. Thea cabs are larger yup but only for anybody not driving and sitting or standing on your right.
The drivers position does not have any sufficient leg room at all for driving long periods of time, well except for your right leg which you can stretch out a bit. Very bad design but hey what are we to know!
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Post by towerman on Sept 23, 2005 19:01:22 GMT
Battery loco cabs are a nightmare with that raised flooring down the middle of the cab.
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Post by igelkotten on Sept 24, 2005 0:26:20 GMT
Battery loco cabs are a nightmare with that raised flooring down the middle of the cab. Personally, I must say that the worst things on rails that I have ever had a ride with are tamping machines. Cramped cabs, full of equipment to bang your head on, drafty and absolutely unbelievably noisy. Our tamping machine crews normally use throat mikes to be able to communicate over the noise. The only thing that can beat them are the railvac machines -huge vaccums used to suck up ballast from the trackbed, powered by a turbodiesel. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 6:44:09 GMT
You lot don't know how lucky you are. Observe, for example, this cab of District F stock. That cab does look truely horrible. I've been in the CO/CP cab in the London Transport Museum and I can imagine it being very uncomfortable after a while. As for the folding back rest on a 59 - brilliant!!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2005 6:51:49 GMT
What is a tamping machine exactly? They just seem to be sitting in sidings (from what photos i've seen of them) left there for years, full of junk......
Whats it main purpose??
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Post by russe on Nov 15, 2005 10:24:15 GMT
It does exactly what it says on the tin. From the dictionary:
"tamp v.tr.
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ram down (road material, soil, etc.); firmly press down or in."
In our application, ballast is the road material the tamping machine is tamping.
Russ
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2005 14:54:07 GMT
i see
is there a postal car availiable to fit to certain trains? (engineer's locos?) i think i heard about one about 5-10yrs ago......
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Post by Colin on Nov 17, 2005 3:53:56 GMT
is there a postal car availiable to fit to certain trains? (engineer's locos?) i think i heard about one about 5-10yrs ago...... As in Royal Mail? no. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2005 7:03:06 GMT
Oh, ok ......
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Post by compsci on Nov 17, 2005 13:08:50 GMT
Are you referring to Mail Rail, the now closed (I think) narrow gauge railway running between the main post offices in central London, and used to carry large volumes of mail?
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Post by Chris M on Nov 17, 2005 14:34:19 GMT
Are you referring to Mail Rail, the now closed (I think) narrow gauge railway running between the main post offices in central London, and used to carry large volumes of mail? It closed in 2003. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Post_Office_Railway for more information |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2005 15:42:11 GMT
Yeah i was Compsci  and thanks for the link Chris, i'll look at it - why did it close? |
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Post by Chris M on Nov 17, 2005 17:34:04 GMT
I've fixed the link now.
As to why it closed - ineficiency or politics depending who you listen to is what I can gather from the article.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2005 6:33:21 GMT
Has anyone seen the cab of an old Met Electric loco? I looked at the cab in John Hampton at the London Transport Museum. The seat is like a bar stool.
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and thanks for the link Chris, i'll look at it - why did it close? 
