On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:31:15 -0700, Boltar wrote:

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.

In Continental Europe, that position is 'fair game' for line side
equipment.
They could have built the tunnel with all gear clear of the 3rd rail
shoe, but all that does is move the problem of fallen/non retracted shoe
gear to the French portal.



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Matthew Geier