daveb0789:
Soupstone:
The railways not about what you do, it’s about what you know.
That aside, it’s AWS telling you what the signal in advance is, and brakes if you dont aknowledge it.
TPWS will apply the brakes if you are speeding or trying to go through a red.
Just to add more if this hasn’t been said already :
AWS only warns if the signal is either green or not green (double yellow/yellow/red). It is only an aid. Drivers must rely on a visual sighting of the signal.
If you get a TPWS activation or intervention you are putting your job at risk. You will be taken off driving duties and be interviewed to find out what happened. Do it a few more times and bye-bye driving job.
TPWS does not prevent a train going through a red light. It’s designed to lessen the consequences of doing so. TPWS is only fitted to certain signals and certain speed restrictions (approaching tight bends). The driver is still ultimately in control. Many trains are not top speed limited either. Driving a coach I’ll have my foot hard down because the limiter was set at 60 mph not 62 mph and running parallel to the road is the railway line and I’ll be easing back to 25% power to avoid exceeding the 90 mph limit !
How do you go on in thick fog, do you rely on AWS, to show you the signals next aspect ?
perkibre:
daveb0789:
Soupstone:
The railways not about what you do, it’s about what you know.
That aside, it’s AWS telling you what the signal in advance is, and brakes if you dont aknowledge it.
TPWS will apply the brakes if you are speeding or trying to go through a red.
Just to add more if this hasn’t been said already :
AWS only warns if the signal is either green or not green (double yellow/yellow/red). It is only an aid. Drivers must rely on a visual sighting of the signal.
If you get a TPWS activation or intervention you are putting your job at risk. You will be taken off driving duties and be interviewed to find out what happened. Do it a few more times and bye-bye driving job.
TPWS does not prevent a train going through a red light. It’s designed to lessen the consequences of doing so. TPWS is only fitted to certain signals and certain speed restrictions (approaching tight bends). The driver is still ultimately in control. Many trains are not top speed limited either. Driving a coach I’ll have my foot hard down because the limiter was set at 60 mph not 62 mph and running parallel to the road is the railway line and I’ll be easing back to 25% power to avoid exceeding the 90 mph limit !
How do you go on in thick fog, do you rely on AWS, to show you the signals next aspect ?
Yes exactly but always check the signal anyway. Unless there’s a problem it is very unlikely the next signal will be red if you’ve just gone past a green. Most of the time there is sufficient braking distance from a yellow to stop at a red signal. There are locations where this isn’t the case but a driver will know these by their route knowledge. In fog providing the signals are green keeping your bearings to slow properly for speed restrictions and stations is the hard part.
Now we know why train travel is so expensive,thanks.
Everyone tries it on with the railway. Building contractors charge 4 times the market rate. It’s ridiculous.
Also Alan this was over Christmas - there should be a good bonus for having to work Xmas and Boxing Day.
