Labour Have Been No Time In Office And Yet...

[sandyRoe]

... they've already overseen a settlement of the rail dispute.

This must auger well for their time in office.

Agree?

[Deskdiary]

The Conservatices wanted to stop the 'Spanish practices', which seemed a sensible thing to want to do. My favourite example is from the RMT where if somebody was on their lunch break and a manager spoke to them, perhaps to ask how they are, that's considered 'work' and they're allowed to re-start their lunch break.

[Khandro]

//Why would he mention it if it wasn't relevant or accurate?//

Was he reminiscing about the golden age of steam when 'e were a lad ?

[New Judge]

"And common sense tells me they don't need 2 miles to stop. Perhaps you're thinking of giant oil tankers at sea."

Your common sense may not be serving you so well as you might imagine.

The normal stopping distance for paassenger train from 125mph is about 2.5km:

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/2002/nov/21/diesel-trains-stopping-distances

That article concerns diesel trains which tend, generally, to be a bit heavier than electric trains. But the stopping distance quoted for the lates "Azuma" electric express train is 2.2km (about 1.4 miles).

Freight trains travel much slower (usual maximum is 75mph). However, their weight is the greater consideration. "Intermodal" (i.e. container) trains regularly exceed 1,000 tons and some regular runs from Southampton to the North tip the scales at over 1,700 tons. But the Big Daddy of regular freight trains are the stone trains from the Mendips, which typically weigh in at more than 3,000 tons, and often exceed 4,000 tons.

These trains can take up to two miles to come to a halt when some adverse rail conditions are involved and all trains require a greater distance - someimes considerably greater - to come to a halt in poor rail conditions or if on a descending gradient. So whilst two miles to stop is not typical, it is not unusual.

It takes quite a bit of skill to bring a heavy or high speed train to a halt precisely where necessary.

[sandyRoe]

Ttt@9:46

If AB was restricted to people who knew what they were talking about it would be an empty, echoing, space.

[mushroom25]

// they sure don't move at 60mph //

in the UK, they do. and indeed some operate at 75mph, or 80mph. here's an example (see the second panel on the LHS)

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H15275/2024-08-15/detailed 

[mushroom25]

poxy system. delete the   from the end of the address.

[davebro3]

BTW - AUGUR means to foretell / AUGER is a boring tool. Nuff said...

[douglas9401]

One or two augers in evidence above. PMSL 🤣