{"id":76,"date":"2021-12-15T17:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=76"},"modified":"2022-01-11T19:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:45:57","slug":"snow-ice-treatment-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Snow & Ice Treatment Train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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GBRf Class 66 No. 66717 ‘Good Old Boy’ working the return 3Y88 Totton Yard to Totton Yard via Weymouth across Holes Bay, Poole. 66755 ‘Tony Berkeley OBE RFG Chairman 1997 – 2018’ assists at the rear of the consist – December 15th 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week saw the first runs of locomotive hauled Snow & Ice Treatment Trains (SITT) in Dorset along the South West Mainline to Weymouth. Passenger trains along this route from London Waterloo draw their power from a conductor rail, commonly known as the Third Rail as it is positioned alongside the standard railway track. If ice forms on the surface of the conductor rail, the flow of electricity is interrupted and trains are unable to draw power to move. To combat this, Network Rail has a fleet of treatment trains which scrape the ice off the conductor rail using metal brushes and spraying thousands of litres of anti-icing fluid to prevent the formation of ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GBRf Class 66’s No. 66717 ‘Good Old Boy’ and 66755 ‘Tony Berkeley OBE RFG Chairman 1997 – 2018’ top and tail 3Y88 Totton Yard to Totton Yard via Weymouth on December 15th 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nameplate of 66755 – photograph courtesy of @da_buckley967<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nameplates for 66717<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GBRf Class 66 No. 66755 ‘Tony Berkeley OBE RFG Chairman 1997 – 2018’ leading 3Y88 Totton Yard to Totton Yard via Weymouth through Hamworthy with 66717 ‘Good Old Boy’ at the rear – December 15th 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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