59CosG95
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Indeed it is; that's when the timetable change occurs.And hopefully Mentor will be making an appearance.
Thought it is needed to be be operational by May 20th?
Indeed it is; that's when the timetable change occurs.And hopefully Mentor will be making an appearance.
Thought it is needed to be be operational by May 20th?
Does this mean the signalling problems are not yet resolved?Looks like RTT gives an overoptimistic view of service plans.
Each day so far, it has shown full services for "tomorrow", but when tomorrow comes they are back to the hourly Airport only.
Same again today.
Looks like RTT gives an overoptimistic view of service plans.
Each day so far, it has shown full services for "tomorrow", but when tomorrow comes they are back to the hourly Airport only.
Same again today.
Energisation notice being sent out with Sunday 6th May at 2100 for turning on the juice.
My uneducated guess is that RTT shows the timetable, with trains being cancellable if the people running them don't have crew, sets, the will to live or whatever.
Doing it the other way round, with people asking to run a train when they have crew, etc would be "interesting".
Two weeks to test, sign off and do crew training is cutting it fine...
Dear Lyca, welcome to the forum and to this thread. You may have seen that we have built up a collection of photos and films of work on the line which we refer to as the "Combined Volume" (CV). I've put links to it at the end of this post.
If you click on the second link, then click on the very first image and look down its "Comments" you will see that several people have kindly agreed to have their work linked to the CV. This gives them extended exposure and puts their growing works in one place for this forum's users. It also addresses the problem that all threads such as this one are "rolling", so people might not see material such as yours because it was posted a few days before they looked in.
Would you be happy for me to link your films to the CV? I'm afraid I don't know what your "Channel" is, but I can easily link to the film above which seems to show your other work. If you have a link to your Channnel could you please copy it into your reply?
Please note that no money ever changes hands in this regard, in either direction; we do it for fun.
Here's the CV, in two parts: firstly 1945 to 2015:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157648767927083
then the current one which started on 1st Jan 2016:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127646831@N03/albums/72157661069863633
I look forward to hearing from you
Dave
It isn't usual for a track sectioning station to have street lighting is it?
They certainly seem to be bout to obscure a signal at Bolton.
I have been told by a friend of the railway that a test train is due about 2 tomorrow (Friday 20th). Real time trains shows a potentially interesting train arriving at 05:51 and departing at 14:28. Experience tells me that that is liable to last minute changes, including cancellation.
It seems rum to test the line with no juice on, but presumably the kit could test infrastructure alignment and the like.
It isn't usual for a track sectioning station to have street lighting is it?
They certainly seem to be bout to obscure a signal at Bolton.
There isn’t a TSS at Bolton, there are ATS at Clifton, Lostock and Blackrod. They will have external lighting on the buildings for security
That train has been in the database since September last year, running "As required" every Friday, so it's probably just a bog standard survey and nothing to do with the current works.
Edit: In fact, as far as I can see this train has never run in the lifetime of the current timetable.
Looking at LDECR's acres of pictures of progress, I am amazed at the acres of space left unused at Bolton.
The station probably has about 2 million passengers a year before full services (including electric) are introduced and if the route and service improvements are to be seen as worth the cost, there must be an expectation of much increased traffic, particularly commuter patronage towards Manchester. Whilst it is a progressive move to have minimal car parking at a town centre station, especially if there is a linked bus station as at Bolton, is it realistic not to replace the passenger car-park that was permanently closed last year considering the generous amount of space around the station or is there a hope that town centre housing will soak up all of the land packets adjacent to the railway?
Perhaps I should have been clearer. My first sentence was about the lights at the ATS at Lostock. My second sentence was about a foundation for an OLE mast at Bolton visible in picture A032m. If a mast gets put on that foundation it looks likely to block the signal behind, as LDECR's caption notes.
A multi-storey car park is being built at the corner of Trinity Street and Bradshawgate, about 100 metres from the station.
The test train runs monthly. Obviously whilst the Blackpool line has been closed it hasn't run to there but has started at Carnforth instead.That train has been in the database since September last year, running "As required" every Friday, so it's probably just a bog standard survey and nothing to do with the current works.
Edit: In fact, as far as I can see this train has never run in the lifetime of the current timetable.
It's the national measurement train, Class 37 hauled. It ran last night (180K) and is presently berthed at Blackpool North platform 2.
It's the national measurement train, Class 37 hauled. It ran last night (180K) and is presently berthed at Blackpool North platform 2.
Hi-Viz jacket though?? heard about this on another thread.
Thanks for that link; interesting stuff. Dedication by Nodrog getting up at that unearthly hour!And Nodrog just uploaded a youtube of it