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Mail Rail (Post Office Railway) visit
Roland Perry wrote:
In message -sept ember.org, at 21:49:11 on Sun, 11 Mar 2018, Recliner remarked: Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it. I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be used for surface access? If there's no surface access, how did they get the tour-trains in there? The surface access is in the former depot area, now turned into the tourist train base and station. That's probably partly why it's so shallow, just below the surface. The running line is deeper, a proper tube railway. That doesn't answer the question: "how did they get the tour-trains in there?" Through the depot surface access, of course. So they can use that for other trains too. Not without dismantling the museum. |
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-septe mber.org, at 09:01:35 on Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Recliner remarked: Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it. I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be used for surface access? If there's no surface access, how did they get the tour-trains in there? The surface access is in the former depot area, now turned into the tourist train base and station. That's probably partly why it's so shallow, just below the surface. The running line is deeper, a proper tube railway. That doesn't answer the question: "how did they get the tour-trains in there?" Through the depot surface access, of course. So they can use that for other trains too. Not without dismantling the museum. The museum's the other side of the road - or are you saying they've entombed the tour-trains having built on the site of a former surface access to the depot? -- Roland Perry |
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message -septe mber.org, at 09:01:35 on Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Recliner remarked: Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it. I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be used for surface access? If there's no surface access, how did they get the tour-trains in there? The surface access is in the former depot area, now turned into the tourist train base and station. That's probably partly why it's so shallow, just below the surface. The running line is deeper, a proper tube railway. That doesn't answer the question: "how did they get the tour-trains in there?" Through the depot surface access, of course. So they can use that for other trains too. Not without dismantling the museum. The museum's the other side of the road - or are you saying they've entombed the tour-trains having built on the site of a former surface access to the depot? I'm talking about the Mail Rail exhibition/museum in the former depot under the Mount Pleasant GPO site, not the entirely separate Postal Museum. |
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-sept ember.org, at 09:29:30 on Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Recliner remarked: Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it. I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be used for surface access? If there's no surface access, how did they get the tour-trains in there? The surface access is in the former depot area, now turned into the tourist train base and station. That's probably partly why it's so shallow, just below the surface. The running line is deeper, a proper tube railway. That doesn't answer the question: "how did they get the tour-trains in there?" Through the depot surface access, of course. So they can use that for other trains too. Not without dismantling the museum. The museum's the other side of the road - or are you saying they've entombed the tour-trains having built on the site of a former surface access to the depot? I'm talking about the Mail Rail exhibition/museum in the former depot under the Mount Pleasant GPO site, not the entirely separate Postal Museum. That's alongside the running tracks down to the tunnels, not in the way of them. I suppose you noticed that some running tracks remained in the waiting area? -- Roland Perry |
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Mail Rail (Post Office Railway) visit
Roland Perry wrote:
In message -sept ember.org, at 09:29:30 on Mon, 12 Mar 2018, Recliner remarked: Additionally the conductor rail has to be removed to allow the passenger train to run; this is not a problem in itself but it does prevent future demonstrations of automatic trains (something I'd love to see, but I don't know if it's on anyone's agenda) if you remove too much of it. I didn't know the line had been used for trials of automatic trains? How would they get them up and down, given that the old depot can no longer be used for surface access? If there's no surface access, how did they get the tour-trains in there? The surface access is in the former depot area, now turned into the tourist train base and station. That's probably partly why it's so shallow, just below the surface. The running line is deeper, a proper tube railway. That doesn't answer the question: "how did they get the tour-trains in there?" Through the depot surface access, of course. So they can use that for other trains too. Not without dismantling the museum. The museum's the other side of the road - or are you saying they've entombed the tour-trains having built on the site of a former surface access to the depot? I'm talking about the Mail Rail exhibition/museum in the former depot under the Mount Pleasant GPO site, not the entirely separate Postal Museum. That's alongside the running tracks down to the tunnels, not in the way of them. I suppose you noticed that some running tracks remained in the waiting area? The waiting and film show area is on a false floor on top of the former depot floor, complete with tracks. |
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