Re: [NSW] Friday dramas

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

Bexley North was always fun in the wet.  Single deck cars struggling to find
their feet on the down as they departed (only 1 in 60 however) and drivers
occasionally putting a couple of cars out of the platform on the up when
sliding to a stand.

My old man used to tell me stories of trains on the up at Cheltenham on wet
mornings in the fifties.  On more than one occasion all 8 cars slid beyond
the platform on the falling 1 in 40.  The reverse of this was stalled steam
hauled freights on the down.  The following 8 car spark (or sometimes two 8
car sparks coupled) would try and propel the stalled freight to Hornsby.
Much wheel slip and glowing banks of resistors would result with a rather
lengthy delay ensuing.  No bus replacements then, everyone just waited until
the line was clear.

Parcels Vans, 2, 4, 6 & 8 car standard sets all had load ratings for what
tonnage they could propel when a preceding train broke down.  Figures were
given in "First stop Central".for 1 in 40 grades from memory.  Do figures
exist for S, K, T and G sets or is all rescue work undertaken by locos
nowadays?

Chris

trendy rechauffé <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au> wrote in message
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> Chris Downs <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Much better to stick with the lead or trailing control cars (Glenbrook
> > issues aside).  Minimal bunching through the couplers, no nasty
transverse
> > lights, and the delightful sound of regen. slipping coming down the
> > Mountains on misty mornings (esp. between Linden and Faulconbridge on
the
> 1
> > in 33 and 1 in 31) in camshaft cars.
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> > Chris
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> Brings back memories of the old single deckers, wheel slipping and
tripping
> on wet mornings as they started up from Bardwell Park and Bexley North
> stations, on the way to Kingsgrove.
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> bye tr
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> > Anita Lukaszyk <neety@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > They are the ONLY  V set carriages I will not ride in.
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> > > David Johnson wrote:
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> > > > Anita Lukaszyk wrote:
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> > > > > What about the DFT's? They are the worst!
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> > > > That's the other one I was trying to remember.
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> > > Anita Lukaszyk
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