locoholic Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Reading the news report above, I was expecting to see pictures of Class 66s in your pictures from last night. How easy is it to get a dent out of a Class 37? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theonlydt Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 image.jpg Reading the news report above, I was expecting to see pictures of Class 66s in your pictures from last night. How easy is it to get a dent out of a Class 37? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-East Rail Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 "That'll buff out!" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted January 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2018 All our unexplained bumps to panda cars were ascribed to the county dog, a big shaggy black creature that varied in size and always managed to run off. Jamie 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chriswright03 Posted January 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2018 Not just your County Jamie I can assure you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Look on the bright side, it was something substatial like the nosse of a 37 that hit them, not a sprinter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2018 You know what, that’s exactly what I said to the driver on it, last night they were lucky that we ran or it could have been a lot worse, the damage to the nose is pretty much windscreen height to a sprinter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steadfast Posted January 19, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2018 And I said the same to dad about if it had been a 66 Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Re that headline about the freight train and sheds, the only problem is that while we have plenty of sheds we don't have any freight trains. It was suggested that it may have been a tamper. otherwise presumably one of the NR yellow 37s. Jonathan Edit - was that photo of the loco that hit the sheds between Shrewsbury and Welshpool? I didn't put two and two together at first. Edited January 20, 2018 by corneliuslundie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2018 the sheds were actually between abermule and welshpool (lower llegodig) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2018 Just 2 from yesterday, bicester to derby Bicester Derby 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thanks. We have a friend who lives in the next house east along the road, but she knew nothing about it. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Hi Jim, great photos of around Cheadle Heath. The photo of what you thought might have been Heaton Mersey shed was in fact the locally known Gorsey Bank housing estate finally demolished in the late 80s/early 90s and the site now being redeveloped as Aurora business park. The sheds were over on the other side of the River Mersey now covered by light industrial units and the M60 (formerly M63). Not much left of Cheadle Heath at all now. The old Cheadle (North) station has nicely been done out as the Cheshire Lines pub and has a great lineside view. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 22, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2018 Some from today, handling run to Machynlleth Doing ERTMS training A slightly bent 97304 doing the honours Machynlleth (in the rain of course) Welshpool waiting for the passenger service to arrive before getting the road to shrewsbury And for those who’s never seen it the ERTMS screen in the loco Countdown marker on the left (the 40 is the distance in meters from the block marker I was stopped at) the 2 below is the ERTMS level, then Kmh speedo, the oval in a square tells me I’m in ‘full supervision’ mode, finally the blue bit is your planning area which shows you how far ahead the route is ‘open’ to you The display is set to 4000 meters ahead but the route isn’t open yet (in simple terms I’ve not got the ‘token’ to enter the next section) the white circle/triangle symbol with the light blue but below near the bottom is the end of my authority, once it ‘opens’ the planning area will light up light blue allowing me to continue my journey and my maximum speed allowed is shown as a dial around the speedo edge The planning area also shows me speed reductions by the light blue area not extending right across to the block, as I approach the restriction I get a beep and the dial around the speedo changes colour between my current speed and my required speed, it then starts to count down and the dial around the edge drops and I have to keep my speed below the top of the dial to avoid the brakes coming on (that is called the braking curve), once off the restriction it then reopens the outer dial to my upper maximum speed and I can open it up to line speed again! It’s like a modern (but not that modern) version of the chiltern ATP system but a lot more complicated! Back to it tomorrow, picking up a tamper from Newtown to take to tallerddig 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steadfast Posted January 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks for explaining ERTMS Jim, that's the first time I've seen it properly explained. Do you reckon it'll make route learning easier and quicker in future, since the speed limits are dictated to the train display and variable dependant on traffic ahead rather than driving to speed boards and signals? Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted January 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2018 It’s like a modern (but not that modern) version of the chiltern ATP system but a lot more complicated! If it can do all that, when's it going to drive the train for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) If it can do all that, when's it going to drive the train for you? There's a slight turkey-shed detecting problem to solve first Edited January 23, 2018 by Bloodnok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 23, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2018 Just 2 from today Waiting to get into the siding in Newtown And coupled to the stone blower to take to tallerddig, too busy concentrating on the signalling for any more pics! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Spent many a week on the Cambrian getting it ready for ERTMS 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 Spent many a week on the Cambrian getting it ready for ERTMS Seen plenty of these then! Yesterday really frustrated me down there, I’m struggling with it all, hopefully it will click into place soon but it flummoxed me yesterday doing out of course stuff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D854_Tiger Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Seen plenty of these then! Yesterday really frustrated me down there, I’m struggling with it all, hopefully it will click into place soon but it flummoxed me yesterday doing out of course stuff Did you load the ERTMS cassette first, it won't work without that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theonlydt Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Any chance you were in Weymouth today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 24, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 no, only shrewsbury today, very much doubt id do weymouth again unfortunately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth 73 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 And here you are leaving sutton bridge shrewsbury to start ur move. Pic by signalman Baker 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 25, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2018 Some from today, went as far as Welshpool to have a play with the ground frame and seeing how to ‘run round’ Coleham Welshpool locked away in the siding I then operated the groundframe to allow it back out when the line was clear and we headed back towards shrewsbury Got the hang of it today combining it with the paperwork day we had yesterday so I’m ready to be signed off on it now 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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