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I thought I was trapped in the cab and fully expected to need to be cut out of it. The guard was called Bob Williams and he'd been riding in the back cab. I think he stood outside the cab and shouted up asking if I was okay, then he disappeared for a minute before appearing in the cab next to me after coming through the engine room. It hadn't occured to me that I'd be able to leave the cab that way. Cheers. Ewan. |
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I've heard drivers moan about having to wear binbags in a 47 because the weather got in, but it sounds like the structural design was sound. It's a strange thing, vehicle collisions. In my youth I was a Retained Firefighter, and I've seen people step unscathed out mangled wrecks, whilst conversely fatalities have been pulled out of cars when both they and the car hardly had a scratch on 'em. As we know from recent Crumple Zone research, it's very much a matter of energy dissipation. The idea in modern vehicle design is to ensure the crash energy bypasses the humans and is channelled through the structure. PS: I wonder how a 66 would fare nowadays ? |
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Well despite much discussion there still haven't been cages incorporated into cab design. OK, there is a thumping great steel chassis on a 66 but it doesn't do anything to protect above solebar level - there's still only a fascia panel between the driver and the outside world.
I appreciate that the kinetic energy involved when a freight train meets a solid object is enormous, but it's worth a try deflecting it away from the traincrew. (At least when they made the 67s they used monocoque construction, which should be considerably stronger). |
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On another day I was given a DMU to work off Thornaby Depot. It wasn't one of our usual DMU's and looked to have come from a different area and there was draughts coming from just about everywhere. I went to the stores and got a huge roll of masking tape and taped over all the draughts. By the time I'd finished taping, there wasn't much left of the roll, but once again I was nice and warm for my shift. Cheers. Ewan. |
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Andre SF 47 Group |
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very interesting...Im glad you are here to talk about it...you used up one of your 9 lives there i think...
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