Bit of a wheelslip

[60041]

Not forgetting that to move they would need to get the wheels out of the dips in the rails created by the spin.

I'll bet they were not as bad as these ones!

And is there another set for the other bogie?

Alas, I don't know anything about it; a friend of mine in Germany sent me the image which he had got from a colleague.

[StevieG]

First received that image around eight years ago, when the impression (unconfirmed) was that it was of N. American origin.

[mr B]

i'll bet it would'nt have happened to Workington or Skinningrove steel rail's , the present day imported crap gets churned up by the 142's


mr B

[Mickey]

i'll bet it would'nt have happened to Workington or Skinningrove steel rail's , the present day imported crap gets churned up by the 142's.

I recall that was the rumour that i heard that was going around in the aftermath of the Hatfield high speed broken rail accident back in 2000 (4 passengers killed) that 'cheap Italian' steel rails were being imported by Railtrack.

I remember Railtrack were running trains of 'replacement rails' all over the place as class 1s (to get them to there worksites ASAP i presume?) around London, i recall there was a BIG RELAYING job one weekend when they closed and relayed Clapham Junction completely!!.

[Blink Bonny]

i'll bet it would'nt have happened to Workington or Skinningrove steel rail's , the present day imported crap gets churned up by the 142's.

I recall that was the rumour that i heard that was going around in the aftermath of the Hatfield high speed broken rail accident back in 2000 (4 passengers killed) that 'cheap Italian' steel rails were being imported by Railtrack.

I remember Railtrack were running trains of 'replacement rails' all over the place as class 1s (to get them to there worksites ASAP i presume?) around London, i recall there was a BIG RELAYING job one weekend when they closed and relayed Clapham Junction completely!!.

Ay up!

Well I remembered the Hatfield broken rail. I diagnosed it from the train less than a week before and I'm not a pro railwayman. Still, that's what we get when folk who know bugger all about railways are put in charge!

The Pacers will mangle any track, even Workington and Skinningrove made quality. Horrible things and why anyone would want to preserve them is beyond me!

Mind you, there are folk who same the same about A4s. No accounting for taste, is there?

[Mickey]

When i was at Camden Road s/box on the North London line covering it first as a relief-signalman (1987-90) and then as a regular-signalman (1992-2004) the Kings Cross Incline (a single line with bi-directional working) coming Up & going Down to & from the former Goods & Mineral Junction on the GNR (Belle Isle) suffered from a fair bit of 'rail burn' especially on the curve length towards the bottom due to the increase in heavier and longer trains that used this connecting line to gain access to the North London line from about the mid/ late 1990s onwards, the gradient for a shorth distance on this Kings Cross Incline was 1 in 37 the same as the famous 'Lickey Incline' before easing off near the top of the Incline in the Camden East Junction area (near to former Maiden Lane) and crossing the Midland main line out of st Pancras.