haven't we seen that pic before? I'm sure it was shown to be either a spoof or a mistaken use of devices intended for protecting hoses from road traffic.
Yes seen that picture a few times on various sites
As far as I can recall, the line was closed and the devices had been placed as a joke by the firefighters between finishing extinguishing the fire and packing up.
It looked like the flanges would either slice clean through it, or it would risk derailing the train if it was much harder, so it didn't seem like a real thing to me.....
A classic yarn spun by several railwaymen in their various books. The hapless fire brigade laying chocks and or ramps to go over their hoses on a level crossing much to the amusement of writer and by extension reader.
The modern flip side is police asking a MOM if the power is off and getting the answer, ‘No but unless any of you is 13 feet tall you’ll be OK’.
Not an expert but when my home was at risk of burning down, the fire services main goal was to prevent the fire spreading to adjoining homes. They basically said if my home catches fire, theres nothing they can really do.
And this is what I don't understand. With the station closed, the railway must be losing a large amount of fares. Anyone got an estimate?
Because Network Rail cannot do anything until Glasgow City Council has inspected the site of the collapsed building and the remains and decided the appropriate action up to and including full demolition.
And that is the key first stage, before anything else can be done at all.
These are listed buildings, so the option of just doing something isn't necessarily viable. Similarly, the station hasn't yet been handed back by the fire brigade - so how are builders supposed to start on that crash deck? Let alone that work like that needs a) to built using scaffolding, which itself takes time to erect, and b) be designed.
I doubt if the hit to the wider economy is that much. People will not stop going to work, they'll find another way of doing it (I suppose a few might work from home). Most long-distance travellers will go via Edinburgh or Motherwell, or they'll fly, or they'll go on the coach, or they'll drive. Obviously the hit to the railway itself is more of an issue.
Go too soon, and bring the station roof down on top of people, and you'll lose a hell of a lot more money.
Bet they weren't insured either, so the neighbouring businesses will ahve to rely on their own insuranceIn this case they had to pump water from the Clyde. In a place without a massive river nearby, definitely not.
Very interesting and eye-opening article about the shop where it started and fire safety enforcement generally.
Revealed: Shop where Glasgow fire started had not registered to sell vapes or paid business taxes
A Ferret investigation has found there was no registration to sell vapes at the Union Street premises in Glasgow where a major fire started - and we can reveal the name of the company behind the shop.www.theferret.scot
Who says they're not? There must be people working very hard designing and planning what to do, obtaining the necessary materials, lining up cranes and other plant. Trying to get stuck in before you've decided what to do can be a false economy - HS2 being the classic example.
Yes... because sure turning on the 25kV circuit with 'bare wiring' in an area where colossal amount of water has been sprayed without doing any safety checks is is the rational thing to do.
May not have claimed to be an expert, but did consider yourself knowledgeable enough regarding 25kV electrical systems which 'bare wiring' in an area where colossal amount of water has been sprayed without conducting any safety checks, to both pass judgement on others actions, and make a statement regarding the safety risk.
A quick look at the Scotland TPR on the NR website would indicate about 6 turnrounds/hour with the services terminating/starting at Anderston. That would depend on what else is using the line, and how the timings match up with the WTT parts of those routes/wider timetable.
Makes sense, is the extent of 318/320 route knowledge as far as Carstairs, and do crews that sign low level Argyle line sign to Lanark?
A fair few of those passengers are also in easy reach (and have largely already transferred to) the Airdrie to Bathgate line
Imo they should have done that over Lanark, as Holytown through to West Calder still has no service. Whereas Lanarks can start from Motherwell.
I wonder what equally stops the Shotts line services running from Motherwell as well?
Platform capacity at Motherwell I would have thought.... especially with the hourly Avanti terminating there.
Could they not try to tie it in with the other Lanark service? To extend the present hourly service to Motherwell calling all stations would arrive at ~xx42, which matches well with the ~xx47 to Lanark. In the return direction, the ~xx15 arrival from Lanark would match slightly less well with a ~xx27 departure north, but it could always just wait time further down at Holytown or Carfin.
