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Balcombe Tunnel report and concerns
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Mcr Warrior
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:roll: Only been through that tunnel some 5,000+ times (!)
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A terrible tunnel to work in.
Direct link to the RAIB Report:
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130815_R132013_Balcombe_Tunnel.pdf
I'm not quite clear why the NR engineer in the BBC report should be called 'whistle-blowing' - he's not saying anything that isn't mentioned in the report as far as I can see. Usual 'Media' hype, I think!
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130815_R132013_Balcombe_Tunnel.pdf
I'm not quite clear why the NR engineer in the BBC report should be called 'whistle-blowing' - he's not saying anything that isn't mentioned in the report as far as I can see. Usual 'Media' hype, I think!
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Just watched the video linked to in the article. Nothing amiss, until a section with a CGI animation depicting the 2011 failure showed a bright yellow TGV running through the tunnel! :roll:
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ok then
As I remember the tunnel was like a train washer, cleaned the screen in the summer though
Maybe they should have added a soap dispenser, instead of catch trays. Would probably have been a lot cheaper.
Thanks for the links tony6499 and John Webb. The BBC might be hyping, which isn't uncommon but the original report will make for interesting reading, nevertheless.
It's not often one gets to see photos from inside a tunnel they semi-regularly travel through. I would love to be able to visit some of these tunnels from outside the train but quite rightly I can't.
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Before they introduced the drainage trays into Balcome Tunnel, where there a lot more problems with trains being stranded due to electrical power supply problems caused by the water?
It's not often one gets to see photos from inside a tunnel they semi-regularly travel through. I would love to be able to visit some of these tunnels from outside the train but quite rightly I can't.
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Before they introduced the drainage trays into Balcome Tunnel, where there a lot more problems with trains being stranded due to electrical power supply problems caused by the water?
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Bishopstone
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The reporter 'enters the tunnel' in First Class, and leaves in Standard!
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Maybe wanted to take a second look.
northofthesand
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With the BBC cutbacks maybe he was told to try and blag into first class
then got turfed out by the guard ?
Xenophon PCDGS
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As I remember the tunnel was like a train washer, cleaned the screen in the summer though
Are there similar water-ingress problems of this type in the 2 mile plus Bramhope tunnel on the Harrogate line ?
edwin_m
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Don't know about Bramhope, but there is another report on the RAIB website about the 185 damaged by hitting an icicle in Summit Tunnel which had formed during several days of no service.
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Has not railway engineering knowledge been expanded since March 1837 ?
To be fair, according to the report, the LB&SCR did re-line the tunnel in engineering brick in 1908, so things have progressed a bit since then !
A reliable opinion - not!
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