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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 2017\06\22 23:44, wrote:
On 22.06.17 17:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:

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.

.... and then forbid every effective execution method.

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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).

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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.


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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.