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Bald Rick's latest activity
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BBald Rick replied to the thread What lessons do Ember Coaches have for battery operation on the railways?.Nothing, but then they don’t need to, as charging on the move is relatively straightforward (see Wales, Borders, etc). That’s a good...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Should we learn from countries like Italy who often put white paint on rails as white paint cools the rails?.What makes you think it hasnt been discussed?
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Pros and cons of Continuous Welded Rail (CWR).Jointed track is at higher risk of buckling than CWR, all else being equal.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread New passenger numbers and Crowding figures published.Oh about 200 people board 9T13 at West Hampstead, because anout a similar number alight.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Grand central apply for new routes.That is completely and utterly not the case.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread UK switching to electric vehicles discussion.Personally I cant see there being complete bans on ICEs in towns / cities except in a few edge cases. Within a decade around half the...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Lewes and Wickford derailments - rail traceability and could the rail be substandard?.Track buckling is a factor not only of rail temperature, but also the type of rail, the ‘fixity’ of what the rail is attached to...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Lineside vegetation in light of recent heatwaves.its not cost cutt8ng - more is spent on vegetation now than I can remember for a long time. Theres just an awful lot of it.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread BBC - are they worried?!.The BBC dont pay him. They will be paying the production company he works for.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread New passenger numbers and Crowding figures published.neaer 2000. I have routinely counted over 100 people standing in one coach of a 12 car 700. (obviously counting in more than one coach...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Lineside vegetation in light of recent heatwaves.Hopefully not those with houses just the other side of the fence, or electrical cables in the way.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Lewes and Wickford derailments - rail traceability and could the rail be substandard?.Yes Yes Very, very unlikely.
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Flight Tracking Services - Interesting Observations.A nearly boxfresh Air Alaska Dreamliner just went over, on a Heathrow - Seattle trip. AS101. Right now just flying up the Lune gorge (at...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Lineside vegetation in light of recent heatwaves.Very good. There might, just, be a few unwelcome consequences of such a course of action, as we have seen at various locatons around...
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BBald Rick replied to the thread Are buckled rails purely a British problem?.Perhaps they do. But they have evidently missed the intervening quarter of a century (approx), where Railtrack was taken over by the...