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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote:
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
On 24/06/2017 15:23, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? So they can clean the windscreen? -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
Basil Jet wrote on 24 Jun 2017 at 15:23 ...
On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? The line has to be visible by anyone standing at rail level. If the top of the curve at the front of the train is the highest safe level, and if that level was continued round to the side, it would be on the roof and probably not visible from rail level, hence the lower level at the sides. Some other stocks have an upward curve at the front, e.g. class 700, 158, 159. Railway Group Standard GM/RT2111, Appendix D https://www.rssb.co.uk/rgs/standards...%20Iss%201.pdf -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
On 24.06.17 15:23, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? Rain deflectors? |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote: In message -septe mber.org, at 19:54:35 on Fri, 23 Jun 2017, Recliner remarked: Can we thus assume that Phase I of Crossrail service has started, with the first 345 wheels turning in anger? Well, sort of. They're not using the Elizabeth line branding yet, as the current route is no different to what it was before the new trains were introduced, though there's been lots of trackwork. You could have done exactly the same trip long ago. And, this isn't even the first Crossrail track to be used: the Stockley Flyover has that claim to fame. http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/arti...hed-in-the-con struction-of-stockley-flyover So Heathrow Connect's use of the Stockley Flyover from the end of 2014 could be said to be the first phase of Crossrail to have been brought into use. And the 345s aren't even phase 2; the Acton diveunder probably gets that award: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/201...ls-critical-ac ton-dive-under/ So this latest development might be best described as the third phase of Crossrail to come into use (unless I've missed out any others!). They've been doing trackwork south of Shenfield station, and it's possible that some new movements, which that permits, are in service. But I've not been on site. I saw a report that the Shenfield track work had been completed recently. There's also been track work elsewhere on the Liverpool St electric lines and OHL renewals. What I saw at Ilford looked well overdue, with catenary that looked to date back to 1949. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
On 24/06/17 15:20, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\06\23 13:34, d wrote: I'd love to know what blind ******* designed the ugly front end. It looks like a disfigured duck. Now you mention it... Class 345... https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1nrN9gwvyL.jpg Orville The Duck... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg I see the resemblance. That's the nickname sorted out. |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? Isn't it just decorative? |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
Recliner wrote on 24 Jun 2017 at 23:18 ...
Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...ford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? Isn't it just decorative? No, it's a warning line to indicate the upper limit of safe working under a live overhead wire. You see them on any train that operates under the wires. See the link I provided earlier. -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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Class 345 in service (Crossrail Elizabeth Line)
In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote: Recliner wrote on 24 Jun 2017 at 23:18 ... Basil Jet wrote: On 2017\06\24 15:20, Basil Jet wrote: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.co...rain_arriving_ at_Ilford_depot.jpg Why does the orange line on the front curve upward? If it's supposed to represent a safe distance from zap, shouldn't it curve downward if anything? Isn't it just decorative? No, it's a warning line to indicate the upper limit of safe working under a live overhead wire. You see them on any train that operates under the wires. See the link I provided earlier. As far as I can see, you see them on any train whether it operates under the wires or not. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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