"Richard J." wrote in message
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Robin Mayes wrote:

"Paul C" wrote in message
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A sharp rise in atmospheric pressure caused havoc with the fine
workings of Electrostar 357 trains used on the Essex Coast to
London services run by the c2c company.
[..]
"The atmospheric pressure in the c2c train area this morning was
more than twice what it was yesterday and this led to an airlock
which, in turn, led to the falling down of the pantograph which
collects power from the overhead wires."
[..]

Here's the "story". However, at Southend the pressure rose 10 mb in
12 hrs 8pm to 8 am, hardly an "extreme change". (Source - METARs).

Indeed; roughly a 1% increase rather than the 100% claimed by c2c.

......and surely negligible compared with the pressure surge when a train
enters a tunnel at speed ?

Has anyone got to the bottom of this weird story? Apparently it was on
Channel 4 News last night, but I missed it.

Steve P
Acton Bridge, WCML