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Old August 18th 03, 06:46 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Christine Christine is offline
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Default Shielding 750 volt 3rd rail ?

Displaced Conductor rails do happen, but not as often as damaged
overhead wires. And it doesn't take as long to repair.

C



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 07:07:29 +0000 (UTC), Mike Bristow
wrote:

In article ,
Boltar wrote:
OTOH hand , when was the last time that you heard of trains being stuck or
cancelled because the 3rd rail fell over?


Sometime around last year, around Bank. I can't remember the
details, but I think the central conductor rail "fell over", rather
than the outer one.

(OK: so it was trains being stuck/delayed/canceled because the 4th
rail fell over, rather then the 3rd. And it was a rather unusual
incident.)



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