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Tomnick's latest activity
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TTomnick replied to the thread How to obtain a copy of Mick Rawlings map.To be fair, "official" route maps issued to drivers are invariably next to useless for drivers. I've produced a book of my own maps for...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Setting the DRA.Sorry, missed this one. Uttoxeter, out in the wild west!
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TTomnick replied to the thread Setting the DRA.Sensible, both from you and your company! But, on setting it on the move... ...I generally set it just before I reach the platform end...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Setting the DRA.We have another place where you have the opposite problem. The previous signal is a distant that's invariably 'on'. The platform...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Setting the DRA.An interesting one on one of my routes is a station where you come in on a yellow 99% of the time, with the next signal (that's not a...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Incident at Talerddig, Wales - 21/10/2024.The problem with that approach is that any other train in the area will – or should – immediately come to a stand. Sometimes, that'll...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Overspeeding incident at Grantham South Junction (RAIB investigation) -- 25/2/25.Because that's not how flashing yellow sequences work. The signal in rear of the junction signal would be the one displaying a flashing...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Redcar Level Crossing Accident (01/05/2024).The handling of the indication fault on the home signal also struck me as a concern. Why did the signaller accept the train normally...
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TTomnick replied to the thread EMR Driver/Guard Diagrams out of Norwich.They have a couple of jobs with a round trip to Leicester in the middle. As above, there's preps on the early jobs and shed/ferry work...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Paid-for cab rides, would they be allowed in the UK?.On 15x traction at least, the most important thing in there is my bag, which contains my dinner – with the door swung around to open the...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Token block token exchange question.If I'm not mistaken, the integrity of the system is maintained simply by a circuit over a pair of wires between instruments having its...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Token block token exchange question.The train ready to enter the section has to be offered to, and accepted by, the box at the other end of the section (and "train out of...
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TTomnick replied to the thread Merseyrail semi-fast running antics..In the midst of disruption sufficiently bad to justify holding trains in platforms, I don't rate the chances of Control actually...