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January 11th 10, 01:09 PM
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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. |
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January 11th 10, 08:06 PM
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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. |
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January 11th 10, 08:10 PM
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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. |
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January 11th 10, 11:30 PM
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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. |
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January 12th 10, 01:07 AM
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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 |
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January 12th 10, 05:54 AM
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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. |
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January 12th 10, 06:41 PM
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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. |
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January 12th 10, 06:43 PM
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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. |
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January 12th 10, 08:10 PM
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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 |
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January 12th 10, 10:30 PM
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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 |
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