Martin Miller I have been on some trains with flat spots and they quickly get annoying while on long journeys, however I thought they were supposed to get fixed to stop them causing damage to the rails? Also it seems to be much more common on northern trains (or at-least the ones in this video) than on scotrail trains when comparing specifically the 156s
@@kieranhendy - Northern do seem to suffer more than the other train operating companies and I am sure Network Rail would be concerned at rail damage. The speed of remedy I guess is down to wheel lathe availability and having sufficient replacement wheel sets when turning is not an option
@@london5876 - a flat spot is usually caused by the train sliding when under braking giving the steel wheel a flat area that make the sounds you can hear - Martin
Just me or does it sound like every northern train in this video had a flat spot?
I have found that they seem very prone to flats which must be quite expensive to rectify - Martin
Martin Miller I have been on some trains with flat spots and they quickly get annoying while on long journeys, however I thought they were supposed to get fixed to stop them causing damage to the rails? Also it seems to be much more common on northern trains (or at-least the ones in this video) than on scotrail trains when comparing specifically the 156s
@@kieranhendy - Northern do seem to suffer more than the other train operating companies and I am sure Network Rail would be concerned at rail damage. The speed of remedy I guess is down to wheel lathe availability and having sufficient replacement wheel sets when turning is not an option
What’s a flat spot?
@@london5876 - a flat spot is usually caused by the train sliding when under braking giving the steel wheel a flat area that make the sounds you can hear - Martin