Recent content by D1537

Paddington -S Wales services have been going "round the block" for a few hours now. If it is an extended closure, then presumably we will see buses between Parkway and Newport. Similar to the arrangements for the June closure...

I had a trip with 730022 from Bescot Stadium to New Street on Friday. Thoughts - perfectly OK, apart from - I'm not sure how well that carpet will hold up, and the seats are incredibly uncomfortable, they make the seats in 80x units seem like padded sofas. On the other hand, I suppose most...

Six. In order; 50006, 50017, 50019, 50001, 50047 and 50013. The next one, 50023, came out large logo.

Why do Avanti do this? It's almost telling people how terrible they are. Last time LNER canned one of my trains I got a text and an email which was really clear (well, actually I got four emails, but four clear emails are better than one unclear one). This really isn't rocket science.

On car forums it's well known as being a fake (and there have been sightings on more than one car). Of course, the vehicle would have actually been registered and insured under its real plate, and so - since K9 doesn't exist - it's not a cloning offence and you can only get a piddly fine for...

If it was in London or another city with emissions charges, there's a possibility it was being used to avoid those charges. But as you say, it is risky - it only needs a police car with ANPR enabled and it'll ping straight up on their system.

I mentioned this in another thread, but when I use the train to go to work (once or twice a month) I buy a Coventry-Hawthorns Anytime DR. It is inevitably accepted by the New Street gateline, and inevitably rejected - in both directions - by the Moor Street one.

I'd be very surprised if anyone could get steaming drunk on the free alcohol on LNER. It's not like you can say "hi, I'll have five cans of lager please" ... you get one each time the hosts come round. The most beers I've ever had on a single journey is 3, and even that was on a heavily...

My usual journey is Newark to Edinburgh and return. Having said that our usual outbound service on a Saturday is quite early, so perhaps they get more boisterous later on.

I've not had this experience and I use LNER first a lot, mostly at weekends. It's often busy, but I've not really noticed it being "noisy". Perhaps I've just been lucky.

That's a fake plate. K9 doesn't exist. A number of people have one as show plates for dog shows (K9 ... canine ... geddit) and so on.

When I was a kid, my neighbour used to own E3, it was on an Austin 1100. These days it is on a 1973 E-Type Jag! I wonder if it stayed in the family. 1713531729 I regularly see 20E ("ZOE"). It's on a mid-2010s Suzuki Swift.

The MkIs all have their doors locked out of use. So WCRC has knocked together a 7 coach train with only 4 CDL-fitted vehicles. No heat or aircon, of course, with no diesel or generator van.

Now cancelled. "This service was cancelled due to a problem with a steam locomotive (ME)"

It's odd. 47s and 57s can go to Mallaig, and WCRC have plenty of those with ETS power ... except the one they sent up with the stock was not fitted.