http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27497727
Next time use NMRA Gauge maybe? :)
Joe Staten Island West
Shades of the Illinois Terminal which was unable to run its streamlined interurban into Peoria due to clearance problems so it had to terminate at East Peoria (the other side of the river). Evidently they never bothered to measure key clearances before ordering the train and the initial run must have been exciting to see. And hear.
I am also somehow reminded of the Stonehenge scene in "This is Spinal Tap."
Dave Nelson
Dave,
Similar, but this is way bigger in terms of the problem and what it'll cost to correct. I think this sums it up pretty neatly...
Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier blamed an "absurd rail system" for the problems.
"When you separate the rail operator from the train company," he said, "this is what happens."
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Second Mike's motion.
Some latter-day (from a 1964 perspective) JNR passenger stock was built with bulging sides, about 200mm wider at seat cushion level than at platform level. Of course, the contemporary JNR was a single entity.
In most of the US, where rail-height platforms are standard, this would be a non-issue.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with high platforms)
In a craze to pseudo-privatize the former single-entity, state-owned railways in Europe, most of them were split up into different entities, One for passenger long distance services, various regional entities for commuter services, for freight services, for right of way and so on. The only effect this has shown is an inflation of the administration, combined with a lack of communication between the different entities. There is a certain rivalry between the entities - in terms of "profitability". This has led to neglect, cut backs on maintenance and postponed modernization investments.
When the dear new trains are a little to wide - that´s a rather harmless and only costly issue. The less harmless effects we have seen in Great Britain and Germany in past years - from a total regional breakdown of the rail network to spectacular accidents, killing hundreds of people.
joe323 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27497727 Next time use NMRA Gauge maybe? :)
Leave it to the French!
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Something stinks there and it ain't the Cheese.
I would laugh, but I have no right to criticize. I have a 4-8-4 that I cannot run on my current layout because it fouls on a retaining wall on one corner of the layout. It would be too much trouble to tear apart the area and realign the track.
So as they say: "There's a prototype for everything!"
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
It is not a big deal for the French to move the tracks out about six inches. That is a weekend job with modern track equipment. Changing the platforms would take many months with disruptions all over the place.
LIRR did this to move the tracks closer to the platforms to eliminate some of the platform gaps at the expense of slowing some reight trains down a bit through the stations. But the NY&A knows the deal, and must yeild to commuter needs, after all, it *is* the LIRR.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Guess what happened to me today?
I assembled the railing for my dock and installed it, using super glue! Than I took a car and ran it past the railing, only to find out that the car is to wide (or the railing too close to the track)! Fortunately, the glue hadn´t set yet, so I could disassemble it, shorten the railing by 0.30" and re-install - big of relief!
I should have known - after reading this thread
Gigi the GG-1 hits a bridge support on my layout. But, I can fix that easily enough.
BroadwayLion roared: It is not a big deal for the French to move the tracks out about six inches.
It is not a big deal for the French to move the tracks out about six inches.
The trouble is, the platforms are generally on the outside of the tracks. So, moving the tracks away from the platforms would reduce the distance between them, and likely cause clearance problems there.
And, they're talking about a thousand platforms. Even if you could reconfigure the rails at some of them, that's still a lot of work.
I still remember the truck accident that happened on Massachusetts Route 128, the "Technology Highway" as it was known. A truck hit the underside of a bridge, which is a fairly common occurance. Of course, the state immediately started accusing the driver of having an oversized vehicle and not being aware of the posted clearance. It turned out, though, that his truck was not oversized at all. The highway department had followed its standard practice of repaving a road by just pouring on more asphalt and rolling it flat. Over the years, the surface of the road had become about 6 inches higher, and it was the bridge clearance that did not conform to standards.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley Over the years, the surface of the road had become about 6 inches higher, and it was the bridge clearance that did not conform to standards.
Yup. New signs cost way too much.
My favorite site: http://11foot8.com/
BroadwayLion MisterBeasley Over the years, the surface of the road had become about 6 inches higher, and it was the bridge clearance that did not conform to standards. Yup. New signs cost way too much. My favorite site: http://11foot8.com/
Lion & MisterBeasley, your comments reminded me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35C2-8GrdDA. Lion, as a fellow New York native, you'll especially appreciate this one.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
THAT'S coming out of his paycheck!
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27