Recent content by richa2002

Or perhaps a crossing that has been there for 100+ years can simply continue like that for another 100+ years? The modern day safety culture is truly toxic and totally out of proportion.

Why is so much of this argument carried out with the assumption that 'lockdowns' work. If 'cases' (which are based on unreliable data anyway) go up, we haven't locked down enough, if they fall, it shows the restrictions have worked. Does it ever cross anyone's mind that lockdowns don't actually...

Don't feel bad. A lot of us are in the same boat and I do find this thread encouraging. Sometimes you feel as though you're the only one who thinks this all is wildly disproportionate and damaging. Hang in there!

Just as a reminder too, the government means we are paying for it.

Bang on. I've long given up on even having the illusion that TOCs or the DfT care about comfort.

Only in The Guardian... Cloud cuckoo land.

Wow. People really have gone stark, raving bonkers. Use your critical faculties and assess whether what you have said is even close to proportional. You would fit right in under Stalin's Russia or Hitler's Germany. Absurd.

Or how about we just pass the benefit entirely onto the individual and let them spend their money how they wish.

This is where your argument fails. There is nothing "surely" about that. Cars are a safe cuccooned environment, trains or buses are not. Tough luck if you can't drive. People need to get a grip and have a sense of proportion. This is not the bubonic plague and evidence is increasingly coming to...

I would say deceptive is the wrong word. Unclear/unhelpful is more accurate.

Here's a photo of the kind of thing available "back in the day". This was very shortly after NXEC took over from GNER.

If your ticket was not operator specific then I would suggest to the host that it is irrelevant which service you were planning to take. Virgin would get their ORCATS cut regardless from this fare.

The main problem here is the supplying of ETS. 68s are actually really quite quiet when properly idling. They rev up quite significantly to supply ETS. If what is said above is correct about the high ETS index of Mk5s, the loco will be working even harder to keep the stock supplied. I would...

Sounds like you're describing the British Pullman to Chatsworth House, which runs from Victoria and up the MML via Dudding Hill. More information can be found here: https://www.luxury-trains.co.uk/british_pullman/castles-homes-2012.htm

Spot on. Won't get fooled again comes to mind but it seems people do over and over and over again.