Recent content by tpjm

I was more thinking about the assisting loco Yes. Not all staff on board will be PTS trained, and train to train is rarely as straight forward as throwing a ramp out between two units. Consider customers climbing down a ladder, walking across ballast and back up into another unit.

Resources are mobilised within 10 mins, but given the remote location, take time to get to site. The call to DRS to stand up the Class 57 Thunderbird is one of the first things AWC Control do when a unit is stood. You'd think so, but I'm told DfT are pushing for less Thunderbird coverage! DRS...

What night for all involved. Another classic WCML North 'creeping death' incident. Unfortunately, the remoteness of that part of the route does mean all response times are exacerbated. As I understand it, 1S69 had failed across the points at Abington restricting the ability to divert via the...

The challenge with this statement is that is it fundamentally two different train services. For example, in the instances where there is no guard for the middle portion of a journey, the unit may terminate and then become a Class 5, but it cannot restart as the original headcode on the same...

You can’t just roll out new software onto a train overnight without the necessary testing and engineering change procedures being followed. Implementing software on a shore-side management system to utilise existing data-feeds is a much quicker process and a provides a real time reporting tool...

As ever on this forum, I would implore members to take stock of their comments before posting. There have been several incidents of 80x units over-speeding at quite a number of TOCs. For those who have never driven one, or indeed sat in the second man's seat, the driving position and shape of...

Livery and wider brand assets were designed by DG Design. A very versatile brand, despite being complex. Indeed, so popular I recall seeing a photo about a year ago and for a brief second thinking “where near Manchester is that” before realising it was actually different rolling stock and in...

Yes.

Whilst I’m not an expert in the “generic” approach to be taken, it is certainly mandated by some operators as to how it should specifically be carried out. Take a look on the RAIB website for the report on the Caledonian Sleeper service that went sailing through Edinburgh in 2019 with only a...

I fully understand what both signals mean. I was explicitly highlighting that the earlier post, which stated that the main aspect being red didn’t mean stop, was wrong, as it misunderstood the relationship between the main aspect and PL.

The question was raised about hand lamps, but I think we could broaden the discussion to “signals”, thus including flags and of course, static reflective signs.

If there is a main aspect signal and a position light together, as long as one of them is in the off position, you have not passed a signal at danger. Your argument is void. Find another example where red does not mean stop.

Not sure I agree with this statement. A Position Light showing a proceed aspect (two whites at a diagonal) authorises the driver to proceed, the main aspect to which it accompanies is not relevant. It is not 'authorising' the passing of a danger aspect, whether at caution or not.

No. It's the coach <> locomotive data connection.

Plenty of mods taking place on the sets as they cycle through Wolverton, not least the replacement of the Harting Plug with something a bit tougher. Should be some decent improvements when they return both from a customer experience and reliability perspective.