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Charles Ellson wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 18:25:44 +0100, " wrote: What would happen if another, unmanned train were on the track ahead? You should have a dead section behind it. A dead section additional to the one which stopped the first train, presumably? Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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BevanPrice wrote:
On 08/06/2017 19:18, Certes wrote: On 08/06/17 18:25, wrote: Will the tentative journeys on offer run from Whitechapel all the way out to Paddington via Mt. Pleasant, BTW? BBC: "Two new trains, based on the originals, will carry up to 32 passengers on a 0.6 mile (1km) section of the line." At £16 per 0.6m, it is even more expensive (per mile) than Heathrow Express. Is that 1km each way or 1km round trip? Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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On 22.06.17 14:21, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote: On 08.06.17 16:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: 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. Where 'some' = 'one', IIRC. Got it. I did not know how many manual trains existed, to be honest. |
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Recliner wrote:
wrote: On 22.06.17 14:21, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On 08.06.17 16:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: 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. Where 'some' = 'one', IIRC. Got it. I did not know how many manual trains existed, to be honest. I'm not sure there were any manual trains as such. I think there was a manual loco which could shunt the trains. There was one (royal) passenger carriage. Presumably there were some wagons for maintenance purposes. Wikipedia is rather unforthcoming on the matter. It's great to see the railway used again so one shouldn't complain, however I'd love to see (a) the opportunity to pay to undertake a longer journey, having signed a waiver about the lack of exits; (b) a demonstration of the automatic stock using the voltage control system. Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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On 22.06.17 17:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Recliner wrote: wrote: On 22.06.17 14:21, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On 08.06.17 16:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: 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. Where 'some' = 'one', IIRC. Got it. I did not know how many manual trains existed, to be honest. I'm not sure there were any manual trains as such. I think there was a manual loco which could shunt the trains. There was one (royal) passenger carriage. Presumably there were some wagons for maintenance purposes. Wikipedia is rather unforthcoming on the matter. It's great to see the railway used again so one shouldn't complain, however I'd love to see (a) the opportunity to pay to undertake a longer journey, having signed a waiver about the lack of exits; (b) a demonstration of the automatic stock using the voltage control system. The HSE would probably seek to bring back the death penalty for that. |
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:21:25 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver
wrote: Charles Ellson wrote: On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 18:25:44 +0100, " wrote: What would happen if another, unmanned train were on the track ahead? You should have a dead section behind it. A dead section additional to the one which stopped the first train, presumably? As I remember it, yes. If it was the same dead section then the following train would be braking at the same point where the now stationary train braked resulting in both sharing the same final stopping point (or trying to). --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:44:16 +0100, "
wrote: On 22.06.17 17:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Recliner wrote: wrote: On 22.06.17 14:21, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On 08.06.17 16:55, Recliner wrote: wrote: 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. Where 'some' = 'one', IIRC. Got it. I did not know how many manual trains existed, to be honest. I'm not sure there were any manual trains as such. I think there was a manual loco which could shunt the trains. There was one (royal) passenger carriage. One of the normal vehicles suitably modified IIRC. Presumably there were some wagons for maintenance purposes. Normal vehicles with the mail carriers left behind and the spring brakes held off ? Wikipedia is rather unforthcoming on the matter. It's great to see the railway used again so one shouldn't complain, however I'd love to see (a) the opportunity to pay to undertake a longer journey, having signed a waiver about the lack of exits; (b) a demonstration of the automatic stock using the voltage control system. The HSE would probably seek to bring back the death penalty for that. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On 2017\06\08 01:02, Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937 The words "MAIL RAIL" have now appeared in very large letters on the Phoenix Place side of the Mount Pleasant site. It looks rather unfinished for something supposedly opening in 18 days. |
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On Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:02:08 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937 They should have a first class and a second class section. |
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 01:06:36 -0700 (PDT), Offramp wrote:
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:02:08 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937 They should have a first class and a second class section. Is there a restaurant car? |
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Optimist wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 01:06:36 -0700 (PDT), Offramp wrote: On Thursday, 8 June 2017 01:02:08 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937 They should have a first class and a second class section. Is there a restaurant car? I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? |
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-sept ember.org, at 16:10:38 on Mon, 10 Jul 2017, Recliner remarked: They should have a first class and a second class section. Is there a restaurant car? I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Grilled jiffybag with Signature (on delivery) sauce? -- Roland Perry |
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On 2017\07\10 17:10, Recliner wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Apart from being second class? |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\10 17:10, Recliner wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Apart from being second class? There might be battered and shredded dishes on the menu? And perhaps they'll deliver someone else's order to you? |
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On 2017\07\11 06:02, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\10 17:10, Recliner wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Apart from being second class? There might be battered and shredded dishes on the menu? I'm sure the COD will be battered. |
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On 11.07.17 4:10, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\10 17:10, Recliner wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Apart from being second class? ;) |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\11 06:02, Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\10 17:10, Recliner wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if the museum has a cafe. I wonder if the food will have a Mail theme? Apart from being second class? There might be battered and shredded dishes on the menu? I'm sure the COD will be battered. I'd hope they have snail dishes on the mail menu. |
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Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40189937 Just in case anyone was planning to go for the grand opening next week, be aware that the railway has been delayed in the mail, and won't open till September. |
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-septe mber.org, at 15:04:43 on Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Recliner remarked: Just in case anyone was planning to go for the grand opening next week, be aware that the railway has been delayed in the mail, and won't open till September. They should have used Special Delivery. -- Roland Perry |
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message -septe mber.org, at 15:04:43 on Mon, 17 Jul 2017, Recliner remarked: Just in case anyone was planning to go for the grand opening next week, be aware that the railway has been delayed in the mail, and won't open till September. They should have used Special Delivery. It was delivered to Newsnight tonight. The tunnel stalactites are still there, and they've tried to leave everything as it was on the last day of operation. Reassuringly, apparently, the tunnels are largely rat-free, as they never had passengers dropping food to feed the rodents. |
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On 2017\07\28 00:24, Recliner wrote:
Reassuringly, apparently, the tunnels are largely rat-free, as they never had passengers dropping food to feed the rodents. .... until now. |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\28 00:24, Recliner wrote: Reassuringly, apparently, the tunnels are largely rat-free, as they never had passengers dropping food to feed the rodents. ... until now. Indeed… |
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On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote:
Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? |
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? It's the ellipsis character. It's available on my selected iPad keyboard, and Word does an automatic substitution if your keyboard lacks it. Some other grown-up characters on my keyboard include —, – as well as -; Ï€;Â*æ; µ; §; Æ’; Ω; ¶; ∞; ©; ®; â€*; ∫; «; ; ‰; Ø; â„¢; Â¥; ß; ∂; ∆; •; ¿; Ω; √; ∑; Æ, etc. Of course, I don't know if you'll see the same symbols on your screen as I typed… |
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On 2017\07\28 01:59, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? It's the ellipsis character. It's available on my selected iPad keyboard, and Word does an automatic substitution if your keyboard lacks it. Some other grown-up characters on my keyboard include —, – as well as -; Ï€; æ; µ; §; Æ’; Ω; ¶; ∞; ©; ®; â€*; ∫; «; ; ‰; Ø; â„¢; Â¥; ß; ∂; ∆; •; ¿; Ω; √; ∑; Æ, etc. Of course, I don't know if you'll see the same symbols on your screen as I typed… All coming up fine in Thunderbird on my MacBook. I can't seem to enter them on my iPhone 4S (with its slightly out of date operating system) though. |
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On Friday, 28 July 2017 01:44:17 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? How did you know it was a single character? |
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On 28/07/2017 01:59, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? It's the ellipsis character. It's available on my selected iPad keyboard, and Word does an automatic substitution if your keyboard lacks it. Some other grown-up characters on my keyboard include —, – as well as -; Ï€; æ; µ; §; Æ’; Ω; ¶; ∞; ©; ®; â€*; ∫; «; ; ‰; Ø; â„¢; Â¥; ß; ∂; ∆; •; ¿; Ω; √; ∑; Æ, etc. Of course, I don't know if you'll see the same symbols on your screen as I typed… alt; -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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On Friday, 28 July 2017 00:28:49 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:
Reassuringly, apparently, the tunnels are largely rat-free, as they never had passengers dropping food to feed the rodents. That has always puzzled me in horror films: loads of cobwebs and rats in damp cellars and metal tunnels where flies and humans apparently never go |
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On 2017\07\28 08:56, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 28/07/2017 01:59, Recliner wrote: Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? It's the ellipsis character. It's available on my selected iPad keyboard, and Word does an automatic substitution if your keyboard lacks it. Some other grown-up characters on my keyboard include —, – as well as -; Ï€; æ; µ; §; Æ’; Ω; ¶; ∞; ©; ®; â€*; ∫; «; ; ‰; Ø; â„¢; Â¥; ß; ∂; ∆; •; ¿; Ω; √; ∑; Æ, etc. Of course, I don't know if you'll see the same symbols on your screen as I typed… alt; ;) |
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On 2017\07\28 03:31, Offramp wrote:
On Friday, 28 July 2017 01:44:17 UTC+1, Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\07\28 00:57, Recliner wrote: Indeed… I've never seen three dots as a single character before. How did you do that? How did you know it was a single character? It looked much more closely spaced than three dots, so I tried and failed to delete a third of it. |
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