Front End Cleaning Engineering Depots

[railwaymania27]

Good Morning guys,

Hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Just a quick question to ask how TOCs carry out their front end cleans on trains at Engineering Depots?

Thanks

 

[Scottychoo]

Is this a trick question??

 

[driver9000]

With a big brush and a bucket of soapy water!

 

[aleggatta]

After following relevant depot protection procedures, Someone gets a long handled broom, scrubs the front end by hand with some detergent and rinses the dirt off with a hose.

 

[railwaymania27]

Hi guys,

No someone has asked me to ask. I am asking more from a procedure point of view.

 

[LCC106]

It does seem a bizarre question! But yes, some TOCs will have someone standing on a ladder/platform with a brush/water/bucket/detergent. Other TOCs may even just have a brush and bucket on the platform. A lot of train wash plant just throws water, foam and brushes at the side.

 

[railwaymania27]

Okay always done on a platform? Not on the side of the track? This was mainly why he was asking. Thats why I think the question sounded bizarre it was just the specifics not how it is generally done.

 

[TheManWho]

At DLR (not heavy rail I know) our wash plant also washes the fronts and coupled ends of trains

 

[365 Networker]

These videos may help:-

 

[bassmike]

Is that vacuum cleaner feeding into his hat??

 

[delt1c]

Fronts have to be cleaned to give drivers forward vision

 

[James James]

Just a quick question to ask how TOCs carry out their front end cleans on trains at Engineering Depots?

Over in Switzerland, on the RhB, they get their toothbrushes out for the finer details (0:12):
https://twitter.com/rhaetischebahn/status/1261238770508144646