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In article , (Someone
Somewhere) wrote: On 24/10/2017 09:43, wrote: A series about Paddington station started last night. They showed video of the HST derailment there along with recovery efforts which was pretty interesting and enlightening (especially the poor track workers having to work in human waste). Apparently the cause was track spread due to rotten sleepers. You'd think someone might have checked but I guess they didn't expect much to happen at 5mph. Strangely enough it was one of the few bits of TV I've watched recently and I agree it was pretty interesting. I do wonder with Paddington (and other covered stations where there will be no weather to deal with the waste) whether it would be possible to have installed some form of drainage underneath where the toilets are when the train stops (I know it's not exact, but some kind of trough in the rough location with a flushing mechanism could do the job and not leave it festering). Or of course retrofit the trains with storage tanks.... I don't know about Paddington but I've seen large metal trays in the 4 foot at other stations, presumably to catch some of the debris. However, the Paddington derailment was out of the platforms so trays in the platforms wouldn't help, presumably. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Paddington C5 program
On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:01:55 +0100, Someone Somewhere
wrote: On 24/10/2017 09:43, wrote: A series about Paddington station started last night. They showed video of the HST derailment there along with recovery efforts which was pretty interesting and enlightening (especially the poor track workers having to work in human waste). Apparently the cause was track spread due to rotten sleepers. You'd think someone might have checked but I guess they didn't expect much to happen at 5mph. Strangely enough it was one of the few bits of TV I've watched recently and I agree it was pretty interesting. I do wonder with Paddington (and other covered stations where there will be no weather to deal with the waste) whether it would be possible to have installed some form of drainage underneath where the toilets are when the train stops (I know it's not exact, but some kind of trough in the rough location with a flushing mechanism could do the job and not leave it festering). I woukd have thought it would be an ideal location for concrete slab track. They could have put a drainage channel up the middle so it woukd just need a quick hose down. The program mentioned having to break up concrete to remove the sleepers anyway. Anyone know why timber longitudinal sleepers are in use in parts of Paddington? --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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In article , () wrote: A series about Paddington station started last night. They showed video of the HST derailment there along with recovery efforts which was pretty interesting and enlightening (especially the poor track workers having to work in human waste). Apparently the cause was track spread due to rotten sleepers. You'd think someone might have checked but I guess they didn't expect much to happen at 5mph. The problem wasn't just the rotten sleepers but whoever thought that right next to the trap points was a good place to locate a vital electrification gantry. I think you are referring to a different derailment. This one was where the rear power car of an HST derailed as it was pulling out of platform 2. Not the one where an incoming ECS 'turbo' SPAd'd when approaching platform 1. |
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In message , at 16:04:54
on Tue, 24 Oct 2017, remarked: A series about Paddington station started last night. They showed video of the HST derailment there along with recovery efforts which was pretty interesting and enlightening (especially the poor track workers having to work in human waste). Apparently the cause was track spread due to rotten sleepers. You'd think someone might have checked but I guess they didn't expect much to happen at 5mph. Strangely enough it was one of the few bits of TV I've watched recently and I agree it was pretty interesting. I do wonder with Paddington (and other covered stations where there will be no weather to deal with the waste) whether it would be possible to have installed some form of drainage underneath where the toilets are when the train stops (I know it's not exact, but some kind of trough in the rough location with a flushing mechanism could do the job and not leave it festering). Or of course retrofit the trains with storage tanks.... I don't know about Paddington but I've seen large metal trays in the 4 foot at other stations, presumably to catch some of the debris. However, the Paddington derailment was out of the platforms No it wasn't: http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/20/train-...leaves-london- paddington-station-6865539/ so trays in the platforms wouldn't help, presumably. -- Roland Perry |
Paddington C5 program
In article , (Graham
Murray) wrote: writes: In article , () wrote: A series about Paddington station started last night. They showed video of the HST derailment there along with recovery efforts which was pretty interesting and enlightening (especially the poor track workers having to work in human waste). Apparently the cause was track spread due to rotten sleepers. You'd think someone might have checked but I guess they didn't expect much to happen at 5mph. The problem wasn't just the rotten sleepers but whoever thought that right next to the trap points was a good place to locate a vital electrification gantry. I think you are referring to a different derailment. This one was where the rear power car of an HST derailed as it was pulling out of platform 2. Not the one where an incoming ECS 'turbo' SPAd'd when approaching platform 1. Oh, yes! Silly me! -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:08:53 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 12:09:41 on Tue, 24 Oct 2017, remarked: Or of course retrofit the trains with storage tanks.... What trains are left without now? HST with only a few more years use and what else. IC225? (Yes, I know, they don't operate at Paddington). 317 (which did, once, have tanks). What about pacers/sprinters? |
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