"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 23:46:07 on
Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Bruce Varney remarked:
You close the station gates at street level, then run all the trains to
the depot.

And what would you do if the train operators had abandoned the trains and
taken the keys with them?

Trains have keys? Where do they fit - in the side of the steering column?

Yes, believe it or not underground trains need a key or keys to get them
moving, in fact so do most of the mainline trains as well. Up until the
Central Line stock two keys are needed, a control key to turn the train on,
so to speak, and a selector key which allows the train operator to select
which way the train will go.

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Roland Perry

In message , at 10:30:28 on
Sun, 25 Feb 2007, Bruce Varney remarked:
And what would you do if the train operators had abandoned the trains and
taken the keys with them?

Trains have keys? Where do they fit - in the side of the steering column?

Yes, believe it or not underground trains need a key or keys to get them
moving, in fact so do most of the mainline trains as well. Up until the
Central Line stock two keys are needed, a control key to turn the train on,
so to speak, and a selector key which allows the train operator to select
which way the train will go.

And these keys are different for each train? Maybe so, but I'd always
thought they were one key that fitted all of them. Isn't it a bit
inconvenient to have a different key for each train if you are reversing
tube trains using the "stepping back" principle (that's where one driver
gets in the far cab and drives the train straight off, while the
original driver walks down the platform to be ready for the next one).
--
Roland Perry

In message , Roland Perry
writes
And these keys are different for each train? Maybe so, but I'd always
thought they were one key that fitted all of them. Isn't it a bit
inconvenient to have a different key for each train if you are
reversing tube trains using the "stepping back" principle (that's where
one driver gets in the far cab and drives the train straight off, while
the original driver walks down the platform to be ready for the next one).
If I were you I'd give up whilst loosing, otherwise you'll fall.
You're just proving your ignorance to everyone else on here.
--
Clive.

In message , at 15:00:28 on Sun,
25 Feb 2007, Clive Coleman. remarked:
In message , Roland Perry
writes
And these keys are different for each train? Maybe so, but I'd always
thought they were one key that fitted all of them. Isn't it a bit
inconvenient to have a different key for each train if you are
reversing tube trains using the "stepping back" principle (that's
where one driver gets in the far cab and drives the train straight
off, while the original driver walks down the platform to be ready for
the next one).
If I were you I'd give up whilst loosing, otherwise you'll fall. You're
just proving your ignorance to everyone else on here.

I'm willing to learn. Tell me how they manage stepping back if each
trains has a different key.
--
Roland Perry