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Wow! That brings back memories. ! was on a train that passed through the site Didcot train crash within hours of it happening. (Would that happen now?) All I can remember (I was a child) is seeing upturned steam locomotives and carriages on their sides in fields on the left as we were travelling...
Thanks for all the info. Heljan are producing O gauge classes 149, 150, 121, 122 and 2 and 3 car 117 DMU's. These formed the backbone of my train spotting youth and I went on several Western Region Sunday mystery tours on these DMU's. They used to couple together loads of them into quite long...
Did the class 149 the driving trailer of the class 117 genre ever have the inter-car connections fitted at a later date like the class 117's did, I imagine not but don't know?
The class 149's were often coupled to a class 121 where I lived (West Drayton - Uxbridge, Vine Street) although you...
I did this job on LU (Call Point Car Examiner - Later Train Technician) for many years and very interesting it was too. Door valves, heater/lighting fuses, motor control circuits The list is endless of jobs that can be done whilst the train is still in service. I was on the western end of the...
Is it likely that we will see a 24 hour rail service into London for the Queen's lying in state bearing in mind the number of people who will want to attend?
I wanted to attend the funeral of a work colleague on Wednesday 7th. September. 10:00am. Acton High Street.
Simple journey - SWR New Milton to Southampton Airport Parkway - XC to Reading and Elizabeth line to Ealing Broadway.
New Milton To Southampton Airport Parkway - 06:23 faultless -oh! all...
Not so much slang as use of abbreviations. Called to a defective train as a Call Point Train Technician the driver/guard reportet no pilot light or bell which when testes no fault was found. Thisxwas a common defecton the Underground and wascusually reported as NPL&BNDF. (No pilot light and bell...