"Boltar" wrote in message
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On Jul 30, 10:13 pm, "BH Williams" wrote:
Third-rail gear will be removed pretty sharpish, I imagine- it can be a
real
pain if it decides to fail in the down position, as I discovered when
one
took out some track-circuit- related equipment at the UK portal at the
beginning of a morning shift. They were still fixing it when I finished

What idiot decided to put the equipment where it could be fouled by
shoegear? Given a 319 traversed the tunnel when it first opened this
equipment must be an afterthought.

ISTR 319s having trouble when they worked to Rugby, when their shoegear
fouled nice high ballast shoulders on the WCML.

Peter

In article , Peter Masson
writes
ISTR 319s having trouble when they worked to Rugby, when their shoegear
fouled nice high ballast shoulders on the WCML.

Memory says that when the 313s went to Clacton for a while, they had to
have the shoegear removed for similar reasons. And I'm sure I've seen a
notice that 313s were banned from certain tracks on Euston-Camden if
they had shoes.

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"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
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In article , Peter Masson
writes
ISTR 319s having trouble when they worked to Rugby, when their shoegear
fouled nice high ballast shoulders on the WCML.

Memory says that when the 313s went to Clacton for a while, they had to
have the shoegear removed for similar reasons. And I'm sure I've seen a
notice that 313s were banned from certain tracks on Euston-Camden if they
had shoes.

ISTR that the 377s that now work the Watford junction service have
retractable shoegear ...

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