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Post by towerman on Mar 26, 2008 19:39:49 GMT
Think that's an old US military one from the same stable as SNAFU-situation normal,all f***ed up.
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Post by signalfailure on Mar 27, 2008 23:20:47 GMT
Ive heard a L/C say it over private on the connect haha! made me laugh
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2008 1:20:28 GMT
I wonder if I might permitted by LURS to scan and post here my former colleague's DICTIONARY OF UNDERGROUND SLANG that caused such a furore in the early 1980s? It was published in UNDERGROUND. I wouldn't mind seeing this, if it's possible... Has the term 'whip' been mentioned? BAET said that a whip is the collection of electrical cables that link a trainstop with the trackside cable boxes. |
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Post by railtechnician on Oct 18, 2008 13:14:36 GMT
Has the term 'whip' been mentioned? BAET said that a whip is the collection of electrical cables that link a trainstop with the trackside cable boxes. In all my years in the signal department I never heard such a term! These days trainstops are connected with 'snakes' which are 10 core moulded cables. In the days before 'snakes' trainstops were cabled with bundled individual single 1/064 lead covered cables neatly dressed from the 10 core box to the track level secured in 'chocolates' (brown moulded clamps in two halves) on a metal strap thence through a flexible woven braided hose. I can't really see how 'whip' could be applied to that and in my early days on the railway there were many trainstops wired in single core cables. I suppose though that perhaps one such cable might have been known to some as a 'whip' being of relatively short length and narrow thickness. 'Whipping' is of course found within multicore cables being either coloured cotton or coloured PVC tapes to identify groups and layers of cores, pairs, triples or quads. |
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Post by towerman on Oct 18, 2008 18:09:40 GMT
WIP is Westinghouse interface processer,so Alcatel system can talk to the Westinghouse signal computers.
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Post by Tom on Oct 18, 2008 22:58:14 GMT
WIP is a Westrace Interface Processor - all Westraces have one. They connect all over the place, including the Central Line ELCPs (Emergency Local Control Panels).
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Post by d7666 on Nov 2, 2008 21:23:03 GMT
Which is too close for comfort to FBAR - Fixed Block Automatic Routing - which is what the presetn day JLE signals control system runs.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 23:56:05 GMT
A similar unfortunate acronym was 'OforQ' in British Rail in the early 90s. The full title was 'Organising for Quality', but some of the people affected felt the short version was a better summary (say it quickly)...
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Post by stanmorek on Dec 12, 2008 23:19:51 GMT
Safety permits, certificates, licenses, etc carried by infraco staff and contractors are often referred to as 'tickets'.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2009 17:59:07 GMT
Well for the Central line clan
Victor & Mary the RUG (Ruislip Garden's) Exit Depot outlet shunts, and Arthur & Charlie the HAI (Hainault) Depot outlet shunt, to Hainault platforms.
"All in" when stabling your train on a shed road you are required to be completely off juice (current), and under cover. "Back on" refers to leaving your train with a motor car on current.
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Post by stanmorek on Jun 5, 2009 18:52:46 GMT
Someone I met at a course described himself a former "door basher" at Neasden Depot in the 1980s. I assume it was some sort of train maintainer's job.
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Post by slugabed on Jun 5, 2009 20:55:21 GMT
Yes,I've heard the term "Door-Basher" before,but it might have been in that documentary about (pre-rebuild) Angel station.
As I remember it,they interviewed a lift engineer who,pointing out the poor quality of the modern lifts on the Undergrund,said something like "Most of my job is door-bashing" as foil-thin door panels buckled in use then fouled and jammed.
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Post by paterson00 on Nov 26, 2009 5:02:07 GMT
Nah, signal failure is signal failure - signalling problem is SPAD. Woe betide NOC if they get it wrong as all the big hats know that distinction and ask questions ;D SPAD = Signal Passed At Danger |
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Post by Colin on Nov 26, 2009 6:36:50 GMT
To be pedantic, a SPAD is actually: Signal Passed At Dander without authority Which is quite different from a signal passed at danger with authority!! Admin Comment:Whilst this is really an old thread, I may well try and find some time to collate all the useful information within and add it to our tutorial area as a proper easy to view guide on all things railway... EDIT: Scrap that idea - we have already created the said guide!! As it can be found by CLICKING HERE, I shall now lock this thread. |
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Post by railtechnician on Nov 26, 2009 8:21:33 GMT
Safety permits, certificates, licenses, etc carried by infraco staff and contractors are often referred to as 'tickets'. 'Tickets' is a fairly universal term for educational certificates in engineering and related disciplines and really rersolves to 'qualifications'. As a SPIC I used to carry a bunch of tickets for safety, protection, licensed activities, use of equipment etc etc. It made me chuckle and still does that people were told not to use the term 'SPIC' for site person in charge. One term that never made it was TOSSE(R) which belive it or not was dreamt up by offcialdom at the time of devolution when everyone was being regraded. The old AET and lineman grades across engineering were being amalgamated effectively into technical officers and someone thought the offcial title of the new grade should be Technical Officer Signalling Systems & Electrical (Railways). |
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