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Weather ‘warning’? What weather!

February 3, 2008 on 9:39 pm | In Misc |

I previously posted that we have had a weather warning issued by the Met Office and to be prepared for the worst. Well down here in the south at least nothing happened. Yeah sure there was a bit of strong winds and some rain, but where was the snow that we were warned about?

For a change nothing actually happened on the railway. The overheads at Huntingdon DIDN’T fall down in the windy weather which must be a first. The signals at Finsbury Park DIDN’T fail.

Roll on next week, and the next wednesday disruption.

4 Comments

  1. We had a lady faint on our train just outside Finsbury Park this morning. I had to pull the emergency alarm, the rain ground ot a halt and then we were waiting for ages until the driver announced that we had had an emergency alarm and would be stopping at the next station to investigate. It was a bit of a shock becaue we assumed we’d be able to talk directly to the driver over an intercom.

    Surely there must be a better system?

    Comment by JD — February 5, 2008 #

  2. The old trains don’t have such a facility at all - it’s just a glorified emergency brake, but then again I’ve yet to speak to the driver on a 365 - so I wonder if they have the option, or the driver simply prefers to stop and then go to investigate?

    Comment by Jonathan Morris — February 8, 2008 #

  3. Hey, the signals failed today (well, Friday) !!

    Comment by Jonathan Morris — February 9, 2008 #

  4. I felt the same way. ‘What snow?’ I said. Then I went on a daytrip from York, across the North York Moors to Whitby. Half an hour out of Malton, the snow was piled chest-high by the side of the road where the morning snowplough had shoved it aside.

    Weird weather. And apparently the North York Moors railway had a hard time for a few days….

    Comment by Mikeachim — February 19, 2008 #

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