Drivers! What have you failed trains for?

[hougtimo]

Just interested to hear some of the things that trains get failed for

 

[Cherry_Picker]

No cab heat, which is probably one of the more common causes in December/January/February.

 

[pendolino]

The last time was for a non-functioning CSR.

 

[RPM]

Broken windscreen wiper was the most recent one.

 

[142094]

How about this?

 

[alexf380]

Send the unit up to Scotrail, they'll run it on the Fife Circle! :P

 

[class377man]

How about this?

That's just bizarre. Presumably someone put quite a lot of thought into that :/

 

[142094]

That's just bizarre. Presumably someone put quite a lot of thought into that :/

Seems a lot of effort to go to, to actually suspend it across the tracks. Easier would be just to chuck a balloon/bag full of it from a bridge.

 

[hougtimo]

Seems a lot of effort to go to, to actually suspend it across the tracks. Easier would be just to chuck a balloon/bag full of it from a bridge.

Interestingly enough I was on that train!

 

[Barrett M95]

Failed horn, broken ARB mount, various radio failures, rectifier modules, suspect gearbox oil sample, broken or missing lifeguard, non functioning windscreen wipers, wrong side signalling faults.... This could go on.... And I'm not a driver. Yet.

 

[Hydro]

Faulty gen set, damaged 415V electrical jumpers, laser system not working correctly.

Trains I have worked, but have been failed by the driver included: Non-functioning CSR, frozen brake pipes, no power able to be taken from one loco, RETB equipment failure, multiple working equipment failure on a 31 (leading engine was a 73, you kinda need that extra 1470hp), speedometer cable ripped off from loco, brake cylinder valve leaking, causing gradual pressure drop from the system which put the brakes on every 5 minutes (after spending an age building the pressure up again)...I'm sure there has been more...

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Broken pane of glass in the corridor connecting door midway down a 317 (safety hazard).

The pane was reinforced with a wire mesh, the unit was shunted into the depot, for a replacement to be fitted.

 

[Rugd1022]

Cracked windscreens, broken drivers seat, wheel flats, cab heater not working, coolant loss, broken door locks, broken gauge glass (rendered the brake needle as useless), all sorts really.

Oddest one I ever had was with 60 091 on the Sutton Park line many years ago, I was in the dip between Aldridge and Streetley when it just died on me. No fault found but it refused to start again so I declared it a dead duck. Had to wait an hour and forty miunutes for another pair of 60s to come (all the way from Worcester, there was nowt spare at Bescot or Saltley!) and push me into Bescot..... we pulled up at the peg on the Up Goods and I gave it another try and blow me, she fired up! I never did find out what was wrong with it....

 

[Bon Accord]

No cab heat, which is probably one of the more common causes in December/January/February.

I recall a few years back that a 3rd rail unit was failed as the cab heater wasn't working.
This took place in early October (when it was nippy ish, but not that cold) and said unit was a peak working from Victoria (I think) - cue a LOT of very, very, very, nonplussed commuters and particularly negative press!

 

[142094]

Interestingly enough I was on that train!

Hope the window was shut wherever you were sitting!

 

[hougtimo]

Hope the window was shut wherever you were sitting!

It was a 158 so no problems with windows being opn. I do always sit close to the front so I can hear aws\tpws stuffs though

 

[strange6]

No cab heat, which is probably one of the more common causes in December/January/February.

LOL That doesn't apply on a Northern. I wish you had been on the 142 going down to Salford last year at 8am in the big freeze. I have never experienced anything like it

 

[driver9000]

No heating, wheel flats, coolant leaks, poor brakes, no headlight, flat batteries, failed wipers, defective vigilance, sunflower stuck on black, roof leaks, blood on the floor following a fight, failed compressor (frozen), failed horns.

Not a train failure but I had to run a service as a 2 car vice 4 as the BSI electrical pins were exposed meaning I was unable to couple. Coupling up with the block exposed would have caused a lot of damage to the pins rendering the coupler useless.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

I remember reading about a driver failing a train because the cab inside was wet due to windows open through the wash!

 

[ralphchadkirk]

I remember reading about a driver failing a train because the cab inside was wet due to windows open through the wash!

For good reason as well.


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[Cherry_Picker]

LOL That doesn't apply on a Northern. I wish you had been on the 142 going down to Salford last year at 8am in the big freeze. I have never experienced anything like it

Really? Why is that? Who would refuse the driver the right to fail a train where he/she feels the conditions in the cab might interfere with the safe running of the train? If a cab is so cold that all you can think about is how bloody cold it is then you cannot focus on the job at hand. It is unsafe and it needs to be addressed. If there is a culture at a company where people are expected to take it anyway then nothing will ever get fixed and things wont improve.

 

[Tomonthetrain]

For good reason as well.


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I (personally) would not trust electrics that'd have possibly been soaked! IMO the driver is right in if he/she thinks the train is unfit, it should be failed. A family drove buses once and they occasionally refused to take it out of the depot if he didn't think it was fit for working.

 

[boing_uk]

Really? Why is that? Who would refuse the driver the right to fail a train where he/she feels the conditions in the cab might interfere with the safe running of the train? If a cab is so cold that all you can think about is how bloody cold it is then you cannot focus on the job at hand. It is unsafe and it needs to be addressed. If there is a culture at a company where people are expected to take it anyway then nothing will ever get fixed and things wont improve.

Hey! If the passengers get no heating, why should the drivers?

 

[es373]

I know a driver who failed a train as every time the brake lever (A60 Stock) was touched a discharge of static was suitably given!

Made me giggle when I saw him touch it. Once..buzz...OOOH! Twice...buzz...OW! 3rd...Buzz....F**k this!

*Sits here giggling to myself lmao*

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Hey! If the passengers get no heating, why should the drivers?

I know you are saying that with tongue in cheek, but the passengers are not responsible for the safety of the train. The driver is, and if he is freezing his balls off then perhaps he is unable to drive the train safely? Fail a few trains for no cab heat and the company become a lot more focussed on making sure that train cabs heaters work on cold winter mornings. Believe me, I've seen it.

 

[boing_uk]

I know you are saying that with tongue in cheek

Then take it in the way it was intended and leave out the rants.

 

[Smudger105e]

freezing his balls off

What about the female drivers, what do they freeze off?

 

[es373]

Quite simple that one Loco Fitter:

Tits!

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Then take it in the way it was intended and leave out the rants.

It was really a rant was it? More a clarification of a point that is actually quite serious.

 

[boing_uk]

More a clarification of a point that is actually quite serious.

A point that is being taken too serious on this occasion, mate! Chill your beans. My comment was made entirely in jest, Buzz Killington.