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Why do train points systems fail so frequently? What exactly is the mechanism involved in them?

We had 3 inches of snow today in Paisley/Glasgow and this was enough to smash the points to bits. Everything stopped. A 20 mile journey took me 3.5 hours.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8427280.stm

Please can you get your friends at the railway to sort this asap.

k thx bye

I cover that section of track.

Blame Scottish Dave. He covers that bit of track.

Yes but ive been off work for two weeks with Swine Flu, so blame my deputy!

I can't believe that your section Dave!!

Can you have a word with him? What does he do on it exactly? I do see workmen occasionally by the track with orange gaydlo jackets on but all they ever seem to be doing is drinking coffee from flasks and pointing at stuff. Is that why they call it a 'points' failure??????? tia

(http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_edin_t/0_edinburgh_transport_railways_af_6_workers_on_a_trolley.jpg)

Spot Dave

The one with the jaunty cap obv

jolly japes

Thats me in the middle (Hat going to the right), Big John standing over me (not wearing his Hard hat as usual phft!), Peter, Tam and Jock to the left of me, and wee Mongo the Apprentice hanging off the back of the wagon.

"Hey lads, I'll buy you all dinner on Saturday night, provided Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, West Brom, Leeds, Celtic, Rangers, Rochdale, Dundee and Cowdenbeath all win."

They spend most of their time sitting in the office eating pizza and surfing poker forums.

Points tend to freeze at this time of the year.

sry


pic?

If you are on a train from the coast going to Glasgow you do not have to continue to your final destination. You can get off at Paisley.

Has anyone ever tried this? Does it work?

Of What?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch


Pay particular attention to the "Operation in cold conditions" section.


Enjoy.

We,ve had a few frozen points tonight...t n rs come out with deicer n. Sort it out.np.....but more severely we had a spad incident earlier...in effect a runaway train...passing 3 signals at danger....said train was diverted from the course of a passenger train by an eagle eyed signalman....raib are at the scene now....from the frontline...urs brassmonkeys bhoy reporting

Tha talk bollocks Boy, ever thought of PHA thread?

lol i understood everything he just said. Do you work on the Railway Bhoywonder? where were the 3 SPAD's?

More love.

Sigh ... Cowdenbeath will let him down.

No, i would never choose 'The Famous Teddy Bears'

I work for s railfreight company Dave....bad nite last nite...it was just the one train that went thru 3 reds....that's bad eh?....err beyond mossend on the carlisle route....hey nun we,ll get you talking traintalk soon enough...you come across a bit of a coss here anyhow.......ahem....we love our abbreviations.

ILAT

[ ] TPWS?

Very interesting thanks.

While you're at it...lol

Why do the Chunnel train electrics mess up in a cold air - hot air transition?

3 SPAD's on the west coast! Thats redic!

£1,000 a minute delay's on the West Coast.

I work For Network Rail, working out of Motherwell, i work in the EPS (Enhanced Permissible Speed) Dept. Basically we cover everywhere in the West Coast with lines speeds up to 125mph, anything over 110mph is classed as EPS. Total Station Survey and design work mostly.

as for loving our abbrev's, well im an IWA, COSS, PC, ES, PICOP and S.PICOP!

Please expand, how did one train go through 3 Reds? Don't frieght  brakes not come on via TPWS or is that not in place yet up there. Oh and by the way Mods do a good enough job here no need for a Coss.

I was also not aware that I came across like this as I tend not to post much really so has come as a bit of a surprise. I shall continue not to post too much in future.  Merry Christmas.

I'm only jesting nun...u know ur stuff...lol....errr not sure how or why the spads...total brake failure presumably.....scary actually...I know the train was examined at pre departure...I think this happens more regular than the public know in these icy conditions

Various reports flying round work but I will stick to it passin 2 and there for the grace of the signal man. Well done that man.  Tbh I never thought of the brakes being locked on hence no back up safty net of the tpws. And yes spads are very common but I personaqlly think they are brought to light more now because of all the on board data recorders we have on board these days. By heck years back the old hands would have got away with it. We had one last week one of ours spad at leeds gantry. 

don't spads kill the power? or was this a diesel?

I'm guessing it causes condensation to form, which later freezes.

No - the exact opposite, in fact. Snow which built up around the ducts when the trrain was in open countryside in a very cold Northern France melted when it entered the warm tunnel, & the moisture/water which ensued "shorted" the power plants.

it was electric...2 class 90,s....but this is irelevant...the. engine brakes were fine but the 1000 tonnes of wagons n loads didn't want to stop just yet..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8428097.stm

wp tikay


Found this handy website

www.journeycheck.com

Also has a PDA and WAP version

http://www.nexusalpha.com/main/products/journeycheck/overview.html

Drool.....

Rubbish, we are currently do checks to make sure the new Class 380 trains clear all the platforms:

This is the business this train

(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/54/62/1546214_98e348f1.jpg)

That is positively OBSCENE, quite the ugliest thing ever to grace our wonderful PW. Is it a Diesel Loco, or a river barge?

It's the sort of plastic nonsense that Wooly Jumper would use on Virgin.

clearly they are copying/competing with wooly jumper.

These are the future of our railway Tikay, better get used to it