Rail Head Treatment Train workings 2017

[Toad2017]

I have seen lots of photos of a pair of 20's doing RHTT...How can i find out if they are doing a RHTT service near me please? Sorry if posted in wrong thread.

 

[Harbornite]

Do you live in Yorkshire? That's where they're being used.

 

[DarloRich]

Where do you live?

 

[Toad2017]

Where do you live?

I have 2 lines near me the Hounslow Loop and the Twickenham line

 

[221129]

I have 2 lines near me the Hounslow Loop and the Twickenham line

Then no there are no class 20 RHTT circuits near you.

 

[DarloRich]

I have 2 lines near me the Hounslow Loop and the Twickenham line

Neither then. Best you will get is an mpv. You may get a 73 if you head to clapham. Perhaps

 

[DarloRich]

Neither then. Best you will get is an mpv. You may get a 73 if you head to clapham. Perhaps

The 20's only run one circuit out of york covering harrogate and west yorkshire. They may also appear on the selby/ Sheffield legs however 68's are also in use

 

[theblackwatch]

The 20's only run one circuit out of york covering harrogate and west yorkshire. They may also appear on the selby/ Sheffield legs however 68's are also in use

This year, it's been 66s on the Bradford/Ilkley/Knaresborough circuit so far, with the 20s on the Sheffield/Hull working.

 

[DarloRich]

Oh! Not conexted to the matrix at present. .......

 

[yorksrob]

I've seen them twice accidentally this week - once coming through Wakefield Westgate on Monday morning and yesterday evening coming through Normanton.

Always nice to see/hear them around

Of course, in terms of the O.P's patch, oh for the days of a converted SUB or EPB !

 

[xotGD]

I've seen the N/W Yorks set a couple of times at Leeds. Both times it was 66s.

Mind, the 73s on RHTT duty at Chatham yesterday was a much nicer sight!

Does anyone know what class is normally working the RHTT off Carlisle that ventures down to Skipton?

 

[TimboM]

I've seen the N/W Yorks set a couple of times at Leeds. Both times it was 66s.

Mind, the 73s on RHTT duty at Chatham yesterday was a much nicer sight!

Does anyone know what class is normally working the RHTT off Carlisle that ventures down to Skipton?

DRS 66s by the looks of it. If you go on Railcam's Facebook there's an interesting photo from today of 66428 and 66302 over Ribblehead Viaduct on 3J11 (with their RHTT tanks still jetting away!) hooked onto the back of 6M95 (Hull Coal Terminal - New Biggin British Gypsum) giving it assistance after DB 66096 ran into difficulty.

 

[xotGD]

DRS 66s by the looks of it. If you go on Railcam's Facebook there's an interesting photo from today of 66428 and 66302 over Ribblehead Viaduct on 3J11 (with their RHTT tanks still jetting away!) hooked onto the back of 6M95 (Hull Coal Terminal - New Biggin British Gypsum) giving it assistance after DB 66096 ran into difficulty.

Thanks!

 

[johnnychips]

I know I could Google it but what’s an RHTT? Just like the convention of not using station codes on the first post, could this please apply to other not-often-used rail abbreviations on the Forum? That is, I don’t mean things like HST or EMT.

As a guess R=Rail and the last T=Train?

 

[yorksrob]

I know I could Google it but what’s an RHTT? Just like the convention of not using station codes on the first post, could this please apply to other rail abbreviations?

As a guess R=Rail and the last T=Train?

Rail Head Treatment Train - to get rid of the leaf mulch !

 

[johnnychips]

Rail Head Treatment Train - to get rid of the leaf mulch !

Thanks Rob! I had some idea when a water tank was mentioned.

Silly question again, but does it ‘squirt’ all the time; or does it automatically detect poor adhesion and operate then; or does the driver/some other employee realise poor adhesion and do it manually?

 

[yorksrob]

Thanks Rob! I had some idea when a water tank was mentioned.

Silly question again, but does it ‘squirt’ all the time; or does it automatically detect poor adhesion and operate then; or does the driver/some other employee realise poor adhesion and do it manually?

I'm not sure, but I assume it squirts all the while someone has it switched on. The one I saw on Monday was definitely squirting as it went through the platform at Wakefield Westgate !

 

[Ploughman]

I believe that a pair of 20's worked between Bridlington and Scarborough earlier this week.
Is this a regular move and which RHTT route would it be on?

 

[DarloRich]

Thanks Rob! I had some idea when a water tank was mentioned.

Silly question again, but does it ‘squirt’ all the time; or does it automatically detect poor adhesion and operate then; or does the driver/some other employee realise poor adhesion and do it manually?

No there is a man in the cab who turns the spraying equipment on and off. There are locations where spraying is not allowed such as over a level crossing.

 

[jbqfc]

No there is a man in the cab who turns the spraying equipment on and off. There are locations where spraying is not allowed such as over a level crossing.

i often seen them on the Brighton road crossing in Crawley and they are nearly always spraying

 

[Freightmaster]

I believe that a pair of 20's worked between Bridlington and Scarborough earlier this week.
Is this a regular move and which RHTT route would it be on?

That's one of the two York-based RHTT trains (3S14/15) - it visits Bridlington MWFO evenings,
and runs as far as Hull on TThSO afternoons.


MARK

 

[Condor7]

I am a member of Marks site Freightmaster which each year has a full list of the RHTT’s their routes and times. With of course all his other freight timetables.

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

I believe they have been running to Holyhead all this week treating rails diagram as below

Shrewsbury - Machylleth -Shrewsbury - Bidston - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Chester - Holyhead - Shrewsbury

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H24209/2017/10/17/advanced

 

[robbeech]

I managed to see this one as it came back through Worksop on Tuesday.

 

[ABB125]

Does anyone know which locomotives are in charge of the train that is (I assume) based at Gloucester Horton Road this year?

 

[Harbornite]

Does anyone know which locomotives are in charge of the train that is (I assume) based at Gloucester Horton Road this year?

66848 and 848 are being used.

 

[Freightmaster]

Does anyone know which locomotives are in charge of the train that is (I assume) based at Gloucester Horton Road this year?

66846 and 66848 since day one!


MARK

 

[ABB125]

66846 and 66848 since day one!


MARK

Thanks very much.