what happens when you flush the toilet at a station while you are on the train ? does it go on the tracks ?

Answer 1

On the older trains, it did just that and the freight RR's said "tough". However, in the very early days of Amtrak there were some high profile incidents with fishermen fishing under bridges being sprayed by effluent.

So retention tanks became the gold standard for new cars and rebuilds.

Still even into the 1990s there was equipment that didn't have retention tanks, and part of the crew's job was to evict people out of the bathrooms and lock their doors if the train was coming into a station.

Answer 2

Flushing the toilet used to mean duming the contents of the toilet on to the track, that's why back in some of the earlier diesel locomotives, where the toilet was back in the engine compartment, you NEVER flushed when the unit was in Notch 8 throtting, because when the engine is in notch 8, it's trying to suck in combustion air from any opening it had to the outside, basically creating a vaccum, so if you flushed, the contents of the toilet would either end up sticking to the ceiling or your @$$.

Anyways back to passenger trains nowdays, since then, EPA has made some rules that say the toilets can't flush onto the track. But the reason I thik that they don't want you to flush while in station is that they could have the outlet from the sewage tank open to empty it, & now just think of what will happer if they're done emptying it, but haven't put the cap back on yet & you decide to flush... Don't think that the people standing by the train would be too happy with it.

Answer 3

you won't be able to flush any of the older trains interior the station because of the fact the waste is emptied at cutting-edge onto the song, and as such might soil the station and at last the scent could be rancid, because it might combination with the diesel in many circumstances emptied on the song besides. New trains like Virgin Voyagers and Pendolinos, Desiros and so forth. have what are called 'controlled Emission Tanks'. those tanks are crammed whilst the bathroom is flushed, no count the place the prepare is. because of the fact the call implies, the tanks are vented and that they launch the probable risky build-up of methane that could happen in this form of tank with such contents. those tanks are emptied at depots that have CET pumping centers. The trains are in many circumstances emptied a minimum of once or twice an afternoon, as whilst the tanks are finished the lavatories will in many circumstances take themselves out of provider or will only overflow and could be manually taken out of provider via the prepare conductor/look after. there became into an uproar up north someplace approximately 6 months back whilst some song workers have been splattered via an emptying bathroom of a GNER prepare whilst it went around a bend at approximately a hundred twenty five mph. for sure that each and each physique started calls to get rid of each and all the previous form lavatories on trains yet as there is not any area to in advantageous condition CET tanks on all inventory, operators are caught with them till they're at last replaced with extra present day rolling inventory.

Answer 4

In the UK since the phase out of the old MK1 rolling stock, it does not.
Most Automatic door trains and all IC units have an under coach storeage facility that collects the waste until it can be pumped out at a central depot. Hence why sometimes you will find all the toilets locked in the evenings on some trains, or by Sunday, where the train has not been able to go in for its normal clean and spruce up due to the Engineers being on a weekend off.

Answer 5

No. the tank is called a micrphore.
It has chemical solvents to treat the waste.
It is chemically disolved.
When the train returns to the depot or the yard there is a machine called a honey dipper.
It takes the discharge from the train.
It is removed environmentally to the standards of the jurisdiction.
The a new set of chemicals are added to the train with the lavatory to accommodate the people on the next trip


Old days 1950s. It did drop from the car to the train tracks.

Answer 6

I think that's actually illegal, I think it's an offence for which you could be prosecuted, as it leaves a big stinky lurker between the platforms. The trains used to have a notice to say don't flush the toilet whilst train is standing in station, but don't know if they still do. Not very nice for the other passengers, not to mention the station staff who have to clean it up.

Answer 7

I Used to on some of the very old trains but modern ones have a tank for the discharge and this is emptied at the depot periodically.I tremember on prewar trains there used to be notices about not using the toilet while stationary in a station.

Answer 8

No it doesn't go on the tracks otherwise it could be dangerous for other trains. A bit of you know what could land on the track and make the train skid. No it goes into a sceptic tank that gets emptied every week or whatever. Answered your question?

Answer 9

It always used to hence the sign dont flush in stations, but modern trains have tanks underneath

Answer 10

Apparently it goes into a tank with special chemicals to dissolve the solids and is emptied as required. I doubt it could be dumped on the tracks for Health and Safety reasons?