Recent content by S N Barnes

This seems to be an area with a data void - that interests me - something to sort out

The threads are not on UK Rail Forum, or AFAIK on UK Bus Forums, but external, especially Romsey issue I know that driver for incident 1 was dismissed, & bus damaged, but have not found any reports Incident 2 gained a lot of local news reports and the driver was also sacked & appealing, again...

RAIB has already announced that they are looking at this incident (along with ORR) which closed the station and railway as around 5-6 Tons of masonry fell through the canopy on to an open platform, and also on to the railway tracks. We were lucky no deaths or injuries happened, as no train was...

2 threads I've picked up where there seems to be silence or a lack of reports & objective analysis on the problems and possible solutions. Hitting a bridge with a 'decker is a high scoring risk, as, in service, there will be people on the upper deck & high risk of injury/death as well as the...

With another engineer based in Surrey, I was already on the trail of OPAS failures to deliver a reliable and accurate review of structures condition across stations & other fixed assets on the rail estate His local station as timber platforms (100% structure & deck) built c.1950 with extensions...

Noting lack of decent hand-holds - these units do seem to have a yaw issue? The CAF Mk5's also seem to have HF pitch oscillation - not the MF 'Zebedee' effect on Mk 3 with worn primary suspension damping, but higher

I'm on the group involved with developing this vehicle - we may see one on display when GLQ has its grand re-opening fairly soon (March?)

Anyone update on the 'locking out' of the bike spaces in the HST power cars? It isn't clear whether this is a staff competence/training issue, an issue with the fire suppression system (what's on the 3 red cylinders these days? CO2/BCF/?) One apparently broke loose and fell down? Or is it the...

1) has anyone noted the RMT announcement? https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/members-updates/working-conditions-class-800801-azuma-series-lner211019/?preview=true&fbclid=IwAR03WbhL48O_J_NsGUuhZlkHQzEy4Mp5Teef3uIw9jkomUeqfYsgwq0e8-c 2) in 2014 I arranged for a group (CUK members mainly) to bring...

I do attend the progress meetings at Transport Scotland. The introduction is likely to be on one route at a time, so that gauging (153's are not quite the same as 156's) and stabling - initially 2 units operating with 1 maintenance/spare can be at one location. This will probably be...

Could it have some link with the collision taking place at what looks like a single lead version of a ladder crossing. the trains may not have been in head on course by the signalling but would have had the risk management failure of Ladbroke Grove, Bellgrove, Newton et seq of having no positive...

Watch the crash video - the train did not jacknife. Something caused a ripple but the point at which this happens is obscured by an OHL mast in the foreground. At this point something sets up a 'ripple' through the train. A Talgo car (about 4/5 in rake) lifts up and the following rake heads...

The Edinburgh-Glasgow morning crew changes take place at Springburn or Ashfield both considerably more convenient places to catch or leave the FW portion on its way North, if you can get away with it, and a taxi delivers and collects the crew. The Glasgow-Edinburgh-Glasgow run is done by a crew...

One detail which makes for reliability is a robust timetable, and another is for planned contingency. SW Trains re-wrote the whole timetable in 2004 and now you may well find your train is waiting at a station for the timetable to catch up. Sure we could give you Waterloo in 31 minutes from...

IIRC its 400 metres between International and Regional stations. Moderate walk allow 50 metres/minute, use mini scooter and probably halve transit time. One thing which is missing from vast walk-about shopping cathedrals is a circulating assisted transport options - could be pedicabs...