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Post by edb on Jan 23, 2007 20:04:25 GMT
Can anyone explain why the picadilly was at Ealing Broadway last week? I have pics similar to my avatar. Can anyone explain (it was a Uxbridge train)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 20:05:21 GMT
I'd love to see these picctures (oh dear  ) no, seriously though ;D |
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Post by Ben on Jan 23, 2007 20:08:09 GMT
Haha!! Nice one Rob lol! Those pictures would indeed be interesting!
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Post by Tubeboy on Jan 23, 2007 20:43:46 GMT
To cover a gap in the District or a wrong un?
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Post by tubeprune on Jan 23, 2007 22:05:36 GMT
Could be a Picc doing a "District Dave" at Hanger Lane. :-) It's happened before. Many times!
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Post by District Dave on Jan 23, 2007 22:12:45 GMT
Could be a Picc doing a "District Dave" at Hanger Lane. :-) It's happened before. Many times! Thanks for that  I *believe* that was probably during the stormy weather when the Picc had a number of trees come down on the Rayners branch - I think a couple needed to be diverted to EBDY as they'd already left Acton Town and were 'committed' to the branch before word came through. |
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Post by edb on Jan 24, 2007 8:26:57 GMT
Hmm interesting, it was the next day though (thursday?) after the storms had abated. I'll try and work out how to host the pics etc and post them. :-)
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Post by Phil on Jan 24, 2007 9:39:34 GMT
I'll try and work out how to host the pics etc and post them. :-) Free photobucket always wins on here!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2007 14:16:22 GMT
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Post by trc666 on Jan 27, 2007 11:14:17 GMT
Anyone here ever been a passenger on a LUL service that's done a wrong 'un?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2007 11:59:55 GMT
No. But I have seen a wrong 'un done by NR at Gunnersbury. That causes great fun as there is no earth through the rail for a 313!
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Post by Chris M on Jan 27, 2007 14:08:36 GMT
I thought I remember someone saying that the rail is bonded up to the first signal beyond the split for just such an eventuality?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2007 18:34:31 GMT
That's for district line trains that go straight on instead of right, and a 4th rail is provided right up to the first stick out of Gunnersbury, just enough to clear the shunt signal which allows you back where you're meant to be?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2007 19:59:42 GMT
I thought I remember someone saying that the rail is bonded up to the first signal beyond the split for just such an eventuality? The changeover between LU and NR supplies is at Acton Lane Junction, just to the south of the road overbridge in front of Chiswick Park station. A 313 that does a DD onto the eastbound District is still 'on juice' and can be reversed back into Gunnersbury to resume right-line running. |
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Post by Oracle on Jan 27, 2007 21:58:31 GMT
As mentioned before there was a 1973 Stock "football special" many years ago, say 20+, which ran non-stop from Ealing Broadway to Arsenal, and I believe that this has happened since: there was a photo in Undergound News. As I have also said numerous times before the 1980 "Auto Tube Rambler" with an 8-car 1967 Stock train went to the Broadway and then crossed over to the Central.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2007 0:30:15 GMT
When I say about the 313, it was in about 1991. A Watford driver took the wrong route at Gunnersbury and instead of stopping, carried on to Turnham Green. He said that he did not want to stop without a platform! If I remember correctly they had to get a locomotive from Willesden TMD with a coupling adapter to pull it back to Gunnersbury.
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Post by Ben on Jan 28, 2007 13:29:16 GMT
Presumably the 313 would be running at 420 volts only by that point?
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 29, 2007 17:11:49 GMT
Hopefully this link will show a picture of 313021 on Weds 25 September 1991. At about 16.52 it accepted the wrong stick at Gunnersbury UP and proceeded towards Turnham Green. It was only after it passed over the BR/LT section gap that it stopped. It was eventually moved by cl.31 (31.144) dispatched from Willesden at 19.05. (LT not having any Tightlock coupling adaptors!) dstock7080.fotopic.net/p38159608.html©John S. Laker I added the above comment to the 'Naughty North Londons' thread in August 2005 - (I have updated the web link shown) to illustrate the incident to which you refer! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2007 20:35:05 GMT
There was an equally good one at Euston one afternoon - when a 6 car 501 slam door set on the DC Watford got the road off for the down fast (which has no con rail) - as he was accelerating down the platform he realised he was wrongly being put off the juice so showing commendable judgement - he decided to open up to clear the turnout - and then dropped the brake.
In doing this he shut the down fast out the station between Euston and Camden and was pushed back into the station by a diesel within half an hour - where he presumably had another go at getting onto the DC. All in all - not a bad move - as it saved the set being gapped across the throat.
Driver was known ever after as "Fast line Phil" .......
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2007 21:12:14 GMT
Hopefully this link will show a picture of 313021 on Weds 25 September 1991. At about 16.52 it accepted the wrong stick at Gunnersbury UP and proceeded towards Turnham Green. It was only after it passed over the BR/LT section gap that it stopped. It was eventually moved by cl.31 (31.144) dispatched from Willesden at 19.05. (LT not having any Tightlock coupling adaptors!) dstock7080.fotopic.net/p38159608.html©John S. Laker I added the above comment to the 'Naughty North Londons' thread in August 2005 - (I have updated the web link shown) to illustrate the incident to which you refer! I was right with 1991. I was a driver at Stonebridge Park at the time and was working the NLL. I am please to see someone remembered to change the destination blind to "Not in Service". If I remember correctly the set "died because it had no way of earthing. Do you know if it actually made it to Turnham Green? A pity you do not have a photo of it with the 31 attached. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2007 21:31:09 GMT
I beleive they sent a pair of battery locos out to the rescue but they had to retreat as they couldent couple ....hence the 31 and adaptor sent to the rescue. Took ages .....
Slightly off topic - but good anecdotes - a 501 tried to get to Barking once at Gospel Oak - not to mention the 317 that nearly went round the stone loop at Radlett on the MML - the latter needed a 12 car formation to pull it back under the overheads.
And a Met driver who tried to get to Marylebone .........
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2007 18:28:15 GMT
Train 311 this evening heading for Ruslip. Departed Acton Town. Automated announcement "The next station is Ealing Broadway." Cue lots of puzzled looking commuters.  At Ealing Common, we were then told we were at Ealing Broadway (!) and then subsequent stations were out of sync... at North Ealing we were told we were at Park Royal, at Park Royal we were told we were at Alperton. Would be interested to know (a) how this sort of glitch happens and (b) how many none Piccadilly stations are actually programmed into the train PA. One for the dragon slayers? Thanks. |
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Post by Ben on Feb 7, 2007 18:59:36 GMT
OT, but did they do a new recording for aldwych?  |
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Post by setttt on Feb 7, 2007 19:58:30 GMT
Would be interested to know (a) how this sort of glitch happens and (b) how many none Piccadilly stations are actually programmed into the train PA. IIRC Ealing Broadway was the only non-Picc station which could be selected before the new DVA came in; presumably that is still the case. As for the glitch I imagine that was simply caused by the driver putting the wrong codes in. |
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