Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
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Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
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Re: Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
#2Wow great piece of analysis. Quoting: Engineering train crew and contingency at times of peak work will be treated with the same level of nationwide cross-project scrutiny and planning as other resources in short supply, such as signal testers and overhead line engineers.
Also: Contractors will be required to test any new equipment in an off-the-railway environment before it is used on live railway work.
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#3When the trains are screwed I tend to just swear a lot and imagine that rail engineering meetings consist of crack addled muppets riding around in clown cars. It's interesting to get an actual behind the scenes explanation. They should publicize this kind of thing more, it's good PR.
What I would really like to know is, what's the story behind the LondonNorwich line being frequently down at weekends since I started using it regularly about 15 years ago? Every now and again it seems to go back to being mostly functional, but the rail replacement buses are getting recommissioned again. What's up with that?
Re: Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
#4When the trains are screwed I tend to just swear a lot and imagine that rail engineering meetings consist of crack addled muppets riding around in clown cars. It's interesting to get an actual behind the scenes explanation. They should publicize this kind of thing more, it's good PR. What I would really like to know is, what's the story behind the London Norwich line being frequently down at weekends since I started…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch turns out really good reports on pretty much every acute dangerous failure on the railway:
http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm
Two major incidents in my neck of the woods were the drill bit that came through the roof of my regular commuting line:
http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/report...
And the runaway engineering train where the crew on board jumped off as it went through an underground station:
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/re...
But of course these are restricted to incidents that put lives at risk. As you say, it would be really interesting to read reports like this on other kinds of failures.
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#5surprisingly interesting...
Re: Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
#6When the trains are screwed I tend to just swear a lot and imagine that rail engineering meetings consist of crack addled muppets riding around in clown cars. It's interesting to get an actual behind the scenes explanation. They should publicize this kind of thing more, it's good PR. What I would really like to know is, what's the story behind the London Norwich line being frequently down at weekends since I started…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch turns out really good reports on pretty much every acute dangerous failure on the railway: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm Two major incidents in my neck of the woods were the drill bit that came through the roof of my regular commuting line: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/report... And the runaway engineering train where the crew…
Superb reference. Well written too.
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#7The NYC MTA has Youtube videos (http://www.aetherltd.com/communicating.html) and a Flickr feed (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos). They're offered with little commentary; most of the videos are just raw images of construction, repair work, and emergencies. You get a sense of the huge construction and repair efforts required for a major subway system.
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#8When the trains are screwed I tend to just swear a lot and imagine that rail engineering meetings consist of crack addled muppets riding around in clown cars. It's interesting to get an actual behind the scenes explanation. They should publicize this kind of thing more, it's good PR. What I would really like to know is, what's the story behind the London Norwich line being frequently down at weekends since I started…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch turns out really good reports on pretty much every acute dangerous failure on the railway: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm Two major incidents in my neck of the woods were the drill bit that came through the roof of my regular commuting line: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/report... And the runaway engineering train where the crew…
The rail accident investigators, are very very good engineers. They area ready attend any accident across the UK in a mater of hours. They even have powers of arrest.
Re: Know When to Run: The Story Behind the Xmas Kings Cross Problems
#9When the trains are screwed I tend to just swear a lot and imagine that rail engineering meetings consist of crack addled muppets riding around in clown cars. It's interesting to get an actual behind the scenes explanation. They should publicize this kind of thing more, it's good PR. What I would really like to know is, what's the story behind the London Norwich line being frequently down at weekends since I started…
I'd say the line's open most weekends (I sometimes travel to Ipswich for the weekend). Stuff wears out and weekends are the best time to do engineering work, so you'll always end up with a certain number of closures (on a 4-track line they can sometimes close one track pair at a time, but that line is 2-track north of Chelmsford). Some of it may be Crossrail-related work (I understand there are changes to Bow Junction planned). But I'm not conscious of it being worse than any other line.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch turns out really good reports on pretty much every acute dangerous failure on the railway: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm Two major incidents in my neck of the woods were the drill bit that came through the roof of my regular commuting line: http://raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/report... And the runaway engineering train where the crew…
The rail accident investigators, are very very good engineers. They area ready attend any accident across the UK in a mater of hours. They even have powers of arrest.
> They even have powers of arrest.
Source?