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RE: Race condition...
I couldn't remember whether it was Potters Bar or Hatfield - thanks for
the correction.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Denis A Nicole [mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 March 2010 14:58
To: Tony Gore
Cc: Ian East; Jones, Chris C (UK Warton); occam-com@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Race condition...
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Tony Gore wrote:
> He told me that the Potters Bar rail crash was inevitable once the
railways
> were split up into parts. Here is why.
> Hard metal on hard metal is not a good combination;
> ...Then we had privatisation.
> ...And this gave us the critical condition of hard wheels and hard
track;
> ...resulting in the flanges repeatedly making contact with the rails
and
> effectively giving them a hammer blow.
I'm from Potters Bar, and my dad installed the signalling on that line.
As I
remember it, the failed rail was at Hatfield---two stations north; the
Potters
Bar problem involved loose and missing bolts on points. I think the
company
involved in Potters Bar, Jarvis, went to the receivers on Monday.
See: http://www.jarvis-uk.com/
Denis A Nicole WWW: http://www.hpcc.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dan
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