Recent content by 455/8

I had a look on there before and found a few pictures but I couldn't find any technical or like drawings. Thank you for the line and the suggestion though.

Hi all, As the title states, does anyone have or know of where I could get hold of some technical or like drawings of both the B5(S) and the B6 bogies used on the old slam door stock? I'm currently doing a modelling project and it would really help to have these line drawings to go off, I've...

SWT driving poilcy states for the 458/450/444 when maintainin the train at a stand place the pbc to F/S and the master to neutral. For 455s when at a stand you must place the brake controller to F/S but it is not required to move the master to neutral unless standing at a red or you are to leave...

If I'm driving 455's I tend to leave the it in forward when stopped at a station unless I have a red at the end of the platform (then it's F/S and neutral with DRA on) or I am booked to sit at the station for a long period. If I'm driving 444, 450 or 458 then I put it in to neutral at all...

I've noticed a lot of work has been taking place on substations and TP huts as I've been driving around recently, Ash Vale Substation has recently had things removed and knocked down and replaced. Weybridge Substation seems to be having something new built at the moment, so it would appear that...

forgive me for sounding stupid here but surely converting the section of line between Basingstoke and Southampton will cause a few problems to SWT? as it's been said before 3rd rail and over head cannot work together for long streches, so does that mean SWT Desiro's will have tobecome dual...

Huh...well I never knew that Network Rail can step in to recover failed trains as a driver they don't tell you that on training, we get taught what to do incase of a failure and if we are to assist or be assisted but each time it's by another train for the same TOC. It makes sense that they...

That's all down to the route controllers, SWT and Network Rail work together in the WICC at waterloo and they decide how a train is to be recovered or not as the case may be, most of the time they just get the next driver to assist the failed train and recover it to the nearest depot/siding unit...

I don't see why Network Rail would be responsable to recover a failed train unless it was one of their own, I thought that part of the franchise agreement the TOC/FOC was responsable since they run the service and maintain the stock, if a Desiro fails on the SWT network there's always another...

from what I read this wasn't due to start until 2013-2014 because there are still a couple of platforms that I believe need finishing. Don't quote me on this but I think SWT will wait to get the 456's first, then takea couple of 458s out of service to have the modicications done, so when one is...

ah well there you go, I did ask one of my Guards about it once and why the codes were playing up and it got so complicated I just changed the subject and those points were the only things I could remember :lol:

Unfortunately its a problem with system and it effects the Desiros as well as the 455's, basically from what one of the Guards told me a new company has been brought in to sort out the codes and announcements and from what I was told the person that originally created the system left the company...

A couple of years ago I had to Pilot a 159 from woking up to waterloo due to engineering works and the crew not having route knowledge for the diversion and when we got to waterloo I managed to get a pic of the codes used on one of the SWT 159s http://www.flickr.com/photos/sniper_al/7335400846/...

That will explain what I saw last night then, as I pulled into clapham jct on the up main slow heading towards waterloo I glanced over to the brighton lines and saw a 10 car 442 going wrong road from clapham jct P13 towards stewarts lane.

I had a conversation with a signaller that works/worked in Havant box about the reason why SWT services are held at/made to wait at Havant jct and the reason he said is because Southern and First pay more for pathings in that area so they get priority, so if a SWT service is running to time or...