Met line fog
One of the few images I captured on the day of such bad visibility due to the fog. The Met line also suffered a few delays because of this (drivers applying a bit more caution / slower speeds to be able to sight signals in good time), so here I was stuck somewhere on the Uxbridge branch for a good while, waiting for things to get moving in front of me.
The worst part of the day consisted of having the fright of my life whilst approaching every station platform. People leaning out and over the yellow lane and platform limits in order to try and see their train in the fog; they don't seem to realise that I have the same problem, but with the station and platform edges, and latterly, the same people leaning over that yellow line peering over the yellow line wondering when the vague shape that is approaching might materialise into a train...
North of Neasden, this remained much a familiar sight for pretty much the whole of the day, with no real respite even during the middle of the day. It is quite possibly the worst day's driving I've ever experienced, purely because of the completely lack of visibility. All the usual fixed reference points that I use to inform myself of where I am (bridges, posts, man-made structures) so that I know where signals are were completely gone in the fog, so relied a lot on signal repeaters and fog repeaters (though at one point that wasn't exactly foolproof as for some reason we have had a whole bunch of fog repeaters out of action, though funny how they were all miraculously working *after* the foggy day). Add general low rail adhesion due to the moisture and extended leaf fall to the mix... super fun times. Not.
I did have some pictures from when I was stopped at stations where I was going to show how many car markers you could just about see up to, but I think it will be better if I can get comparison shots and display them as a diptych so you can see how visibility is normally.
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Met line fog
One of the few images I captured on the day of such bad visibility due to the fog. The Met line also suffered a few delays because of this (drivers applying a bit more caution / slower speeds to be able to sight signals in good time), so here I was stuck somewhere on the Uxbridge branch for a good while, waiting for things to get moving in front of me.
The worst part of the day consisted of having the fright of my life whilst approaching every station platform. People leaning out and over the yellow lane and platform limits in order to try and see their train in the fog; they don't seem to realise that I have the same problem, but with the station and platform edges, and latterly, the same people leaning over that yellow line peering over the yellow line wondering when the vague shape that is approaching might materialise into a train...
North of Neasden, this remained much a familiar sight for pretty much the whole of the day, with no real respite even during the middle of the day. It is quite possibly the worst day's driving I've ever experienced, purely because of the completely lack of visibility. All the usual fixed reference points that I use to inform myself of where I am (bridges, posts, man-made structures) so that I know where signals are were completely gone in the fog, so relied a lot on signal repeaters and fog repeaters (though at one point that wasn't exactly foolproof as for some reason we have had a whole bunch of fog repeaters out of action, though funny how they were all miraculously working *after* the foggy day). Add general low rail adhesion due to the moisture and extended leaf fall to the mix... super fun times. Not.
I did have some pictures from when I was stopped at stations where I was going to show how many car markers you could just about see up to, but I think it will be better if I can get comparison shots and display them as a diptych so you can see how visibility is normally.
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All Rights Reserved, as stated. Re-posts are with expressed permission only. You may not use this image, edit it or alter it in any way (and as a result, claim the image or the derivative as your own). And it's not for Tumblr / weheartit.com either.