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On 08.06.17 16:55, Recliner wrote:
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On 08.06.17 13:18, tim... wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
news On 08/06/2017 01:02, Basil Jet wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937

In the diary.

you really have to go on the first day

tim



I'll likely visit sometime in the autumn.

Has anybody here ever ridden the line in its entirety? It doesn't have
any sort of wayside signalling, does it?

Given that the original trains were unmanned, what would be the point of
wayside signalling?

There were some manned, battery-powered trains, however. If there was a
curve in the line that would obscure the line of sight and another train
were stopped beyond the curve?

It shouldn't be there, the battery locos were used during overnight
closed periods or to tug failed trains with the power off.

Also worth noting that the trains could obtain speeds upwards of 35 miles.

The trains were stopped and started by turning the
power off and on on the section of track they were travelling on.

Did power supply from the track feed into a relay for the trains' brakes?

Ov - brakes on/normal (spring brakes), 150v (in station area) 15mph,
206v (approaching station), 440v 40 mph.
[http://www.mailrail.co.uk/operation.html]

What would happen if another, unmanned train were on the track ahead?

You should have a dead section behind it.

Will the tentative journeys on offer run from Whitechapel all the way
out to Paddington via Mt. Pleasant, BTW?


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