Recent content by JN114

I’m not quite sure why ECDP are still so insistent they’re the first on anything? Like every press release from them seems to make out this is all so groundbreaking; when in actuality they’re not doing anything new whatsoever. First use of ETCS in the UK was on the Cambrian over a decade ago...

Significantly higher safety standards for installation and testing; higher welfare standards for the staff doing in the installation. All that flexibility went 40 years ago with sweeping rationalisation under BR; and the private railway never had any incentive to restore or maintain it.

All laps would count just as they do now. Process is already in the sporting regulations. To flesh out an example of how it would work now within the current rules Red Flag thrown on lap 50 Leader would enter the pits at the end of lap 50 Race suspended at lap 50/51 boundary Track /...

Rules allow for standing or rolling start after either of full SC or Red Flag, at race director’s discretion

As others have already alluded to - fuel level monitoring is largely done by control; rather than traincrew. Why? Well what is a driver going to do about it? It’s not like he can pull into Cullompton Services and self serve a few 1000 litres of diesel when his class 802 indicates it is...

It is, or is intended to largely be all Greenford drivers yes

Schools are asking parents to buy exercise books and pencils; they cannot afford air con installation

I have no idea on reasons (my professional interest only extends as far as Swindon or Westbury), just suggesting why we might have seen a downturn in reliability

Uptick in temperature Increased unit usage More newly passed crew and techs dealing with them than previously I know it isn’t hard work compared to most other fleets; but it is still more than they’ve been doing past few years

So you have the train plan - the timetable, timing, diagrams - that define how the train service runs. And in completely perfect lala land it all works, nothing breaks or disruptive happens, all the staff turn up for work on time and the plan just runs itself. Zero intervention from control...

A bit of a Backronym myth I’m afraid When the railway used to use telegraph to communicate, they had code words for everything to reduce the number of characters they were charged for. These had to be words with no real meaning, or where their true meaning wouldn’t make sense in the context...

It’s referred to as a Spate board, and yes means previously published TSR at this location no longer in force.

He did do media work, he just excluded that journalist

WRAtH Western Rail Access to Heathrow

387s were maintained on North Pole depot very early on in their time at GWR. They moved out when West Ealing sidings was commissioned. There are a few parallel projects, all of which would benefit from 387s regaining route clearance for the depot; possibly to include:- Undertaking servicing of...