Great announcements on 1W11 this morning too, our (lady) driver started the announcement when West Hampstead Panel 2 did a GSM-r general call, so she had to wait a bit
Train home was rammed though, left people behind at STP. General chat on the train from punters was understanding though, many had seen the pictures.
Compounded this evening by a Southbound train failing on approach to Farringdon, ie before it got there. Damn 387s and their comfy seats.
Bald Rick said:
had to pity the poor TL announcer at Farringdon who couldn't apologise enough.There have been multiple other occasions when there has been flooding down there; there was a photo in a magazine many years ago, alongside a report of flooding then, which showed one of the last duties for the old Metropolitan Railway 4-4-0 now in the LT museum, which was retained in the works loco fleet, was down there powering a steam pump to disperse floodwater. I presume it must be below drainage level into the adjacent culverted River Fleet.
Yes, the Fleet is higher than the lowest parts of the Thameslink tunnel where the railway dips under the Metropolitan & Circle lines near Ray Street (which is where where the river flows in from the north west under the bridge on Roseberry Avenue) before it rises under the Betsey Trotwood pub to emerge at Farringdon Station.
Indeed an innovation.
On the old Taunton-Yeovil line, which closed without being dieselised about 1964, flooding at Langport West station from the River Parrett was a periodic winter event. Passenger trains used to make it through with water almost up to the floorline of the passenger vehicles/platform level in the station, there are photos of this happening in books about the line, there was a water depth gauge on the river bridge, and ducks would come up alongside the platform. On steam locos the ashpan under the fire would be doused and maybe some of the fire itself, the fireman would have raked as much of the fire as possible to the high point of the grate, more than once the fire was lost completely but they had built up sufficient steam reserve to get on to either Taunton or Yeovil shed without further firing. Once clear of the water the driver would nip round and lubricate the wheel bearings etc, then at the end the foreman fitter at the shed was waiting for them and would give it a good check over, and the fireraiser would relight the fire.
More detailed info on reporting procedures and a good diagram on pages 9/10 hereGE/RT8000/M3 said:
). For example we've only become aware of the issue with this one once someone reported it even though at least four different people have noticed and commented about it!
