What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On 11.01.10 14:09, martin j wrote:
A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.
Sounds like it.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On 11 Jan, 21:06, "
wrote:
On 11.01.10 14:09, martin j wrote: A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

Sounds like it.

I've now seen relevant posting in uk.railway and it is all about
couplings and motor not handling cold very well.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On Jan 11, 2:09*pm, martin j wrote:
A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

Its the old and decrepit drivers who can't be bothered to get out of
bed to do a full day's work, coupled with incompetant management who
can't be bothered to sort the problems out. There's a debate on the
issues at uk.railway CJB.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

martin j wrote:
A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

I found

"Rail passengers travelling with Southeastern were warned some trains
would have fewer carriages as several had damage to their coupling gear
caused by the icy weather."

at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8451776.stm

Rgds

Denis McMahon

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On 12 Jan, 00:30, CJB wrote:
On Jan 11, 2:09*pm, martin j wrote:

A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

Its the old and decrepit drivers who can't be bothered to get out of
bed to do a full day's work, coupled with incompetant management who
can't be bothered to sort the problems out. There's a debate on the
issues at uk.railway CJB.

You misunderstood. He wasn't asking for someone to invent some total
crap.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On 11.01.10 21:10, martin j wrote:
On 11 Jan, 21:06,
wrote:
On 11.01.10 14:09, martin j wrote: A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

Sounds like it.

I've now seen relevant posting in uk.railway and it is all about
couplings and motor not handling cold very well.

Is that really a feasible excuse? I mean, there are other places in the
world where it gets a lot colder than in London, yet EMU-class trains
there continue running without a problem.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On 12.01.10 2:07, Denis McMahon wrote:
martin j wrote:
A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

I found

"Rail passengers travelling with Southeastern were warned some trains
would have fewer carriages as several had damage to their coupling gear
caused by the icy weather."

at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8451776.stm

Rgds

Denis McMahon
I wonder what kind of damage.

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

In message , at 19:43:44 on Tue, 12
Jan 2010, " remarked:
"Rail passengers travelling with Southeastern were warned some trains
would have fewer carriages as several had damage to their coupling gear
caused by the icy weather."

at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8451776.stm

I wonder what kind of damage.

Ice inside the electrical connectors, which then "bends the contact
pins" if you force them together?
--
Roland Perry

What's with the no Thameslink services today?
 

On Jan 12, 7:41*pm, "
wrote:
On 11.01.10 21:10, martin j wrote:

On 11 Jan, 21:06,
wrote:
On 11.01.10 14:09, martin j wrote: *A guy at Streatham station got a spiel from the Help Point about how
the rolling stock is so old the couplings are frozen and hecne can't
be got out of the depot.
Is this total crap?

Martin J.

Sounds like it.

I've now seen relevant posting in uk.railway and it is all about
couplings and motor not handling cold very well.

Is that really a feasible excuse? I mean, there are other places in the
world where it gets a lot colder than in London, yet EMU-class trains
there continue running without a problem.

Similarly, there are places in the world where it gets a lot warmer
than London, yet private houses there are pleasantly cool in the
summer.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org