by Acton Town S5
Just wondering the connection between the Red and Blue and Orange (Farragut N and McPherson Sq) how often is this link used and is it normal train operators or is there a special link.
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Sand Box John wrote:"Acton Town S5"SBJ,
Just wondering the connection between the Red and Blue and Orange (Farragut N and McPherson Sq) how often is this link used and is it normal train operators or is there a special link.
C&A connector under Farragut Square and B&E connector at Fort Totten are used multiple times a day, mostly during non revenue hours to make deadhead, maintenance of way moves between yards, the revenue collection trains also makes use of the connector tracks.
Greenbelt Yard is WMATA's major rolling stock service and repair facility and lay down staging area for rail replacement. Alexandria Yard also is major rolling stock service and repair facility and is home of the revenue collection facility.
Sand Box John wrote:"Acton Town S5"That is a lot of railway to train on or like you say due to seniority they tend to stick to certain routes. As they get more senior they can then pick a different position, over here there is a fixed roster and they rotate duties although they can do a duty change and at a lot of depots there is a mafia where those that like early shift get what they want and so on.
Again thanks, over in London on the tube there are Test Train Operators who are trained for the complete system and carry out any special movements but if a special move is only on one line then a local Train Operator would be used.
In WMATA land everybody trained as train operator is qualified to operate on the entire railroad. I think those moves go to the operators that chose those work assignments. Work assignments are based on seniority.
Sand Box John wrote:"Acton Town S5"SBJ I understand that the system has been built up over the year but someone starting today would get the whole system but then would be allocated a line perhaps for some time so if they had to go over any other lines they would need re-training.
That is a lot of railway to train on or like you say due to seniority they tend to stick to certain routes. As they get more senior they can then pick a different position, over here there is a fixed roster and they rotate duties although they can do a duty change and at a lot of depots there is a mafia where those that like early shift get what they want and so on.
Actually it's not, WMATA was built over a period of 45 years. The basic design standards put in place 45 years ago were use system wide. WMATA only uses 4 turnout types on the mainline #6 equilateral in pocket tracks, #8 and #10 turnouts in crossovers and #15 at junctions. So basically what one would see on one segment of the railroad will very similar to what one would on any other segments of the railroad.
Sand Box John wrote:All station platforms are straight with the exception of 2. The stations with curved platforms are under 1°.Which two?