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LU sleet trains 22/10/2011 at 16:49 #21959
jc92
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just a quick question- they appear in the bakerloo WTT- what are sleet trains?
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Re: LU sleet trains 22/10/2011 at 17:09 #21960
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From memory they are deicer trains, they have brushes on them that basically coat the juice rails in deicer.

Steve McSherry or UKTM probably could tell you more.

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Re: LU sleet trains 23/10/2011 at 17:47 #21989
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They are normal passenger trains, which have de-icing equipment fitted. The brushes are used to sweep ice, and a nozzle is used to spray the fluid.
Certain train paths are allocated as being required as "De-icing" trains, and generally what this gives (particularly on a line like the Met) is an even allocation of trains carrying out de-icing over the whole line / all branches. It also means you have a few equipped trains out-stabled at various sidings overnight - this helps with early morning de-icing should the need arise.

The "sleets" are run dependant on the weather forecast - and there a several "tactical" ways in which we deal with keeping things moving. They range from running trains with the "de-icing" switched on from, say 1900hrs until end of traffic, or running additional "sleet trains" overnight if there is a severe risk from freezing conditions.

Years ago we did have a fleet of "sleet" locomotives built for the task, instead of having passenger trains equipped, but they no longer exist.

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Re: LU sleet trains 24/10/2011 at 07:53 #21996
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Were any of the Metropolitan Vickers locos used for this purpose ie "Sarah Siddons" ?
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Re: LU sleet trains 25/10/2011 at 10:42 #22025
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I believe that Sarah Siddons and Thomas Lord were mainly used for engineering such as pulling ballast wagons.

When steam finished on the Met they fitted de-icing boxes into the power rails and the fluid was spread by the shoes.

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