Michael Portillo is out & about again

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[BerkshireBugsy]

I was wrong, sorry....just remember them filming it as it was testerday!

So many continuity errors! And who checked MP^▸ (Member of Parliament)'s ticket leaving BAN? Didn't look like a train guard/manager to me....:-)

On the subject of leaving Banbury what sort of wagons were those pulling out to the left of the shot? They looked like the railway equivalent of glazing wagons.

[paul7575]

That's roughly what they are.  They are known as 'Kirov tilting wagons' and they carry out of gauge panels for switch and crossing (S&C^▸ (Settle and Carlisle ) or points) replacement.  The yellow framework sections you saw in the Banbury shot are in the travelling mode (at about 60 degrees away from horizontal), and are lowered once on a worksite.

News item here refers:  http://www.rail-news.com/2009/11/26/tilting-wagon-delivers-milestone/

The key point  is that S&C panels can be manufactured and tested under factory conditions and moved to their intended location without having to be dismantled and then reassembled trackside, hence speeding up renewals.

Found a set of four videos with a complete train including the Kirov rail crane unloading the panels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aATnpHQUNUw

Paul

[BerkshireBugsy]

That's roughly what they are.  They are known as 'Kirov tilting wagons' and they carry out of gauge panels for switch and crossing (S&C^▸ (Settle and Carlisle ) or points) replacement.  The yellow framework sections you saw in the Banbury shot are in the travelling mode (at about 60 degrees away from horizontal), and are lowered once on a worksite.

News item here refers:  http://www.rail-news.com/2009/11/26/tilting-wagon-delivers-milestone/
Paul

Thanks Paul - great explanation.