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Belperpete's latest activity
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Has the railway got the right balance to Health & Safety?.While it would be possible to detect the position of the brake isolation lever, that is only one possible problem that could cause a...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.When I first started in S&T design, junction release was designed to delay the clearing of the junction signal to slow the train down to...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.It is also worth bearing in mind that on multiple track railways, drivers see trains ahead almost routinely. However, they become...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread UK railways seem to be missing technology and capability to prevent collisions.The unit on the train might not need to know what service it is on, but anybody who needs to make use of the information needs to know...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread UK railways seem to be missing technology and capability to prevent collisions.I think what is being proposed is to prevent what could have happened at Bedford, and has happened in a number of other accidents -...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread UK railways seem to be missing technology and capability to prevent collisions.Send a message to who? And saying what? How does a GSM-R unit in the last vehicle even know what service it is on? If drivers don't...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread UK railways seem to be missing technology and capability to prevent collisions.I think the aim of existing SPAD detection systems and the like has been to prevent accidents from happening in the first place...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread CrossCountry Delay Repay.In my experience, claims that are based on simple A to B one train journey are usually fairly quickly resolved. It is those that...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.Is the signal an automatic? If so, there may not be any indication of what aspect (red or otherwise) that the signal is showing, for a...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread CrossCountry Delay Repay.It shouldn't take that long, but many TOCs do seem to have a considerable backlog at present. I have a couple of claims with various...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread What CAD software is used for infrastructure design?.As you say, the tools for converting between the two formats were nowhere near good enough for drawings of safety critical designs. In...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Supermarkets discussion.That is interesting to know. I don't bother with the Lidl app, I just type my phone number in. I will have to try that next time I am...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread First ETCS train operates on the East Coast Mainline.If you just switch off the signals, the signaller will get a lot of "signal failed" alarms. Let alone the impact on the signalling...
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BBelperpete replied to the thread Havant Area Signalling (26-30 October).If you had a 2007 era mobile phone, most people would consider that fairly ancient and due for renewal.
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BBelperpete replied to the thread First ETCS train operates on the East Coast Mainline.Agreed that if you design the system from the outset as a conventional signalling overlay on an underlying ETCS signalling system, then...