RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 19/10/2020 at 19:34, big jim said: Some from today, thought I’d got away with dodging the RHTT but have ended up with a week of it Is the RHTT not your cup of tea, Jim? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post newbryford Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2020 4 hours ago, big jim said: I was going to say, look at the locos on the RHTT train they are the same livery, then I realised they weren’t! Surely there's a standard livery for RHTT locos. (pics from flickr) 13 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 minute ago, newbryford said: Surely there's a standard livery for RHTT locos. (pics from flickr) looks like steampunk livery.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 Can you just run those locos through the carriage washer to clean them up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Budgie said: Can you just run those locos through the carriage washer to clean them up? i suppose you could, I think that’s what DRS do in kingmoor, ours are hand/jet wash cleaned, I cleaned one last year when I was sat bored in Bescot One morning! 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Western Aviator said: Is the RHTT not your cup of tea, Jim? it’s different but such a dirty job, I go through 2 or 3 jackets a season as the grime is impossible to get off clothes properly, if you boil wash the hi-viz the reflective strips all come adrift 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 10 hours ago, adb968008 said: looks like steampunk livery.. Who is going to be brave enough to do that weathering on a "00" gauge model. Terry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Trainshed Terry said: Who is going to be brave enough to do that weathering on a "00" gauge model. Terry. I've seen quite a few E-Bay weathering jobs that are not dissimilar.. I wonder why UK RHTT trains get as messy as they do; the ones I've seen in France, which use a similar high-pressure system, seem to remain pretty clean. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted October 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 22, 2020 Interesting that in each case one panel on the side has been carefully cleaned. Presumably so the driver can get into the cab without turning brown himself. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, newbryford said: Surely there's a standard livery for RHTT locos. (pics from flickr) Na it’s just James Markin starting to do a full weathering. He will get the cotton buds out soon. Keith Edited October 22, 2020 by KeithHC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted October 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2020 Those 2 pics are quite old now, for the last couple of years there has been a requirement for any safety notices, labels, stickers, numbers etc to be seen hence the patch washing of those areas on my train, similarly the cab windows closest the wagons are cleaned Every couple of days just incase there is a need to run the train round incase if a failure, no good putting the filthy side outside then now being able to see anything! Just one from today, waited at international for a Pendolino to pass 22 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2020 Some from last night, worked a Stone train between stockport and stoke as the driver didn’t sign it stockport, biomass train passing through then my train arrived and I got off at stoke possession tonight near Birmingham international then was a week of annual leave but have been asked to work a few trains into Donnington (Shropshire) at the back end of the week 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, big jim said: Some from last night, worked a Stone train between stockport and stoke as the driver didn’t sign it stockport, biomass train passing through then my train arrived and I got off at stoke possession tonight near Birmingham international then was a week of annual leave but have been asked to work a few trains into Donnington (Shropshire) at the back end of the week Do you ever manage a full weeks leave without having to turn in to cover something, Jim? Regards Ian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 24, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2020 Nope! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted October 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2020 You should have visited your family yesterday, Now you would be able to claim you are unable to leave for 17 days. A proper rest (unless they got you for the Barmouth bridge work!) Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 Well I’ve got jury duty for 2 weeks coming up so I can’t work even if they asked! only one from yesterday, a very wet hams hall with 66759 which I took to bescot before working it on a rail drop at Birmingham international 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 19 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: (unless they got you for the Barmouth bridge work!) Jonathan Regards the Barmouth bridge work I see that the crossing in fairbourne is closing for 5 days next week, I’m puzzled as to how people are going to get in and out of the village, the only other road in via the Llwyngwril end by the old toll house isn’t exactly built for 2 way traffic and anything bigger than a van perhaps @wombatofludham Can enlighten us? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wombatofludham Posted October 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 Access to the village will indeed be via Penrhyn Drive South which as you say isn't really built for two way traffic. Fortunately, our semi-detached Parliament in Caerdydd has introduced a 17 day circuit breaker lockdown so more by luck than judgement, I suspect the level crossing closure will have less impact than had normality been resumed, but there have been notices put up in the village asking people to be careful and considerate when using the lane. Not quite sure how our infrequent bus service is going to cope with the closure and diversion. A Lloyds Optare Solo is quite a lump to navigate via Penrhyn Drive South. Curiously, Barmouth level crossing was shut for a similar length of time last week which forced traffic for the prom to squeeze under the height restricted bridge by the Last Inn, again fortunately the T3 Traws Cymru bus which uses double decks didn't have to use the diversion or I suspect Lloyds might have had a few cabriolet buses by now. The fact our level crossing is closed a week later suggests some sort of upgrade to the signalling or track circuiting for the crossings, although Barmouth is manually operated by train staff rather than by approach treadles/circuits as I understand it. Anyone have any clues? Presumably NR are taking advantage of the closure to do the other work - I wonder if it is connected with the incident the RAIB investigated where the gimcrack ETRM system forgot some sighting speed restrictions on some level crossings following a computer crash? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wombatofludham Posted October 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 As usual, a complete lack of official info on the closure but thanks to a trawl through the official notices at the Caernarfon Kremlin's highways department, it seems the crossing is being upgraded, and is having a new power feed installed as we type. I have to say, the crossing is a bit unreliable and uneven and could do with a complete rebuild, although it had half barriers installed a few years back after a risk assessment, they were piggy-backed onto the existing open crossing system, and they have had a fair few reliability problems including a spectacular very early failure of the original, very trendy "triffid" traffic enforcement cameras which now have a couple of temporary cameras strapped to a scaffold pole on top of them. Perhaps this will be a substantial rebuild and refit to sort out the rather poor vertical alignment of the road across the crossing? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2020 From a train drivers point of view the crossing is a pain in the bum on a 97, it’s 5mph across it (or equivalent kph) and every time I’ve driven toward it from llwyngwril direction the ertms has bought me to a stop despite only being within the braking curve As discussed many years ago it’s an unusual Crossing in so much as it’s an open crossing with barriers (AOC-B) I wonder if there will be accompanied pedestrian access across the crossing as they did an onibury a few years back to allow people to get over the line to meet the local buses which were on diversion 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted October 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2020 Last minute ‘can you just’ last night, banbury to didcot then another one north didcot to hams hall banbury unusually on the southbound trip I got routed out of the goods at hinksey on the down line to didcot due to work going on at Culham on the up line, it’s a move I’ve never done before and didn’t know you could actually do but you end up running wrong direction all the way to Appleford, it’s a good 8 miles before the first signal in the wrong direction followed by one with a route indicator to cross back over to the up just after Appleford crossing didcot Didn’t get any pics of the northbound train as it was too dark, tomorrows job has gone awry as the southbound train was cancelled from Donnington yesterday so it’s a last minute change of plan 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted October 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 Couple of days of trains in and out of Donnington (Shropshire) with one thing or another happening the train ended up being diverted via crewe and Stafford don the return instead of running round in shrewsbury and heading back through wellington Hereford on the 1st day, an hour late Running round stafford the crazy thing about running wellington to stafford is we had to go shrewsbury-crewe basford hall-stafford which is about 60 mile or so round trip, the terminal at Donnington is built on the track bed of the old line from wellington to stafford via Newport which using Google’s measure distance tool is 14 mile from the buffer stop to the old stafford north jn! and one from this morning in Hereford, running right time back in tomorrow morning, class 37 on an IM train crewe to derby RTC 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted October 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2020 66789 was down our way on Wednesday, at Marchwood; https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3668750229850258&set=a.1132036623521644 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted October 30, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 That’s the same train I worked north just a few from this evening at crewe, LSL midland Pullman in its first run from Eastleigh 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I rather like the high level headlight 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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