[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PZtZ0cCJU8&feature=related[/youtube]
I understand it’s cheaper per foot then LGB brass.
And yet again the UK - this time its railways - gets made to look like a bunch of backwards stiffs living in the 1950’s
Oh, you mean the movie was actually MADE in the 1950’s?
That’s OK then - I wouldn’t like you folks to think that the once every ten minutes 150 mph express trains that pass through our local train station rely on tracks laid like this…
tac, ig & The Friends of the ‘Mallard’ Boys
Wait, you mean that The Titfield Thunderbolt isn’t a documentary of the current state of rail travel in the UK?
And hopefully, there’s no “OH Shit” when they get to the last piece…
Ken Brunt said:Interesting that your comment was censored by the software in the thread, but not on the main page preview :)
And hopefully, there's no "OH Shit" when they get to the last piece............;)
They do still use this method occasionally, it’s called Panel Track in the US.
Jon Radder said:I feel cheated as I missed it in the preview :D RalphKen Brunt said:Interesting that your comment was censored by the software in the thread, but not on the main page preview :)
And hopefully, there's no "OH Shit" when they get to the last piece............;)
Your right Jon!
neat video, Bob… thanks 
There’s one that shows up after called “Safety on the Track…” If ever there was an argument for battery power…
Later,
K
Hi Bob and Tac:
Bob, thank you for posting this video. I never would have believed that sectional track was laid like this in prototypical main line practice.
Tac, my late Father told me of how he and his fellow Canadian soldiers were amazed as to the use of chain links for couplers, that “funny” locomotive whistle and the small but yet powerful colourful locomotives. My Father had fond memories of those locos such that he later collected OO English model trains back in the 1980’s. Of course back in 1939 my Father would have no preknowledge back here in Ottawa as to what a British train really looked like. The Canadian troops really admired those British trains.
Norman
Hey dere Bob, wha’ hoppen to de peecture, mon?
Ken Brunt said:The Brits have had that one figured out for some time ....
And hopefully, there's no "OH Shit" when they get to the last piece............;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9rk1s-aGHO8&list=PL15BA5E59D9E987DE#t=140s
Matthew (OV)
BTW, the original of that is much better… this was the best I could do on short notice!
Just as a matter of semi-passing interest, British Rail - the title of the 1948-nationlised UK railway network - adopted the use of continuous rail welded track in 1959.
tac, ig & The Benton County Boys
Ken Brunt said:They just bring out a 40 foot long hacksaw.
And hopefully, there's no "OH Shit" when they get to the last piece............;)
Kevin Strong said:
There's one that shows up after called "Safety on the Track.." If ever there was an argument for battery power.... :)Later,
K
Especially that last scene
Imagine that hand cart was a nice brass locomotive on a DCC powered line with high-current fuses. Can you say melted locomotive
The railways of the British Isles, make North American railroads look like 2nd or third rate pretenders, who are just now trying to say that they want to look at something like High Speed Rail. Do any of you realize that In North America, a passenger train is hard pressed to even average 40 MPH over a trip of less than 500 miles…yes, we do haul more freight in heavier trains, and everything is bigger due to larger clearances…but speed here is extra slow compare to across the piond.
As far as the original pictures…check out what happens in many situations here in NA, after a wreck, or where there is a need to replace track quickly…track pannels…even pre fabricated switches…are quite normal…now…but the Railroads over there were, and still are way ahead of NA…
…they even manage on a regular basis, like, almost every day; to have trains arrive and depart ON TIME…even to the point of being very upset if a train is “Down” by one or two minutes.
Buy a British, or Europeian Rail Magazine, once in a while....it will be a great eye opener.....North America is NOT a leader when it comes to railroads, in fact it's way behind.
I know that this article and the comments are meant in humour...in most cases, but it does show how uniformed some people can be, when it comes to railroads out side of North America.What??? Trains run on time??? That’s fascis… never mind, we don’t want this thread locked, too. :lol:
Of course, on the high-speed rails of JR, the trains not only leave on the very second they supposed to, but they also arrive on the very second they are supposed to. Passengers waiting between the painted lines on the platform step exactly into the correct car in front of them. Shinkansen pilots are allowed an accumulative amount of variation in a month of duty - exceeding the figure means a reduction in salary and removal from the Shinkansen trains until they have carried out a remedial check-ride with the Chief TDI.
And the amount - per 20-day working month - that they are allowed to accumulate on a three times per day journey?
45 seconds.
tac, ig & The Wasco County Boys
tac said:
Of course, on the high-speed rails of JR, the trains not only leave on the very second they supposed to, but they also arrive on the very second they are supposed to. Passengers waiting between the painted lines on the platform step exactly into the correct car in front of them. Shinkansen pilots are allowed an accumulative amount of variation in a month of duty - exceeding the figure means a reduction in salary and removal from the Shinkansen trains until they have carried out a remedial check-ride with the Chief TDI.And the amount - per 20-day working month - that they are allowed to accumulate on a three times per day journey?
45 seconds.
tac, ig & The Wasco County Boys
Along with this I would take it the engineers can be quite liberal with the posted speed limits then? I think that’s the biggest problem over here in the USA, if an engineer even goes 2-3 mph over the posted speed limit, the GPS automatically downloads and reports them. 5 mph over and its big time trouble. 10 over and it’s an FRA violation. That said I’ve personally ignored the speedo a few times, but most engineers would rather run 5 mph or more under the posted speed limit because it’s not worth the trouble. Go slow and make more dough!*
Having not worked for Amcrash I wouldn’t know if they have the same policy. But if you get slowed down by the dispatcher there is only one way to make up time…
Craig
- tribute to Tommy “Two Notch” who was killed while working for the RR in Longview WA in March of 2011.
