Recent content by Tin Rocket

I would say a ploughmans lunch and a cold glass of beer outside a country pub on a sunny day,or an ice cream on the promenade..can't wait

Hindsight is a wonderful thing,looking back now should we have started this charade with Lockdown version 2,then 3,and should we be in the strict Lockdown version 1 now?? Seems like sage and the government got the lockdowns muddled up.

How will Covid affect the financial viability of HS2? Also will Brexit affect anticipated business demand for the service from the Continent?

Ah right I wondered why it disappeared,I used to look at it when working on plain line multi track areas and it was always accurate from what I recall.

Platforms are red zone prohibited though,no way anyone should be down there in the first place without a safe system of work in place which would be a line blockage separated green zone I suppose. And there is no such thing as phoning up the bobby to ask for a margin or if anything is about for...

If the MOM deemed this bag as affecting the safety of the passage of trains then he should have faulted it with the appropriate authority,stopped the job and rectified the situation under a line blockage. His actions however well meaning almost resulted in him being bowled over by all...

The rule book would disagree with you I'm afraid,and this is the type of behaviour NR are trying to eradicate for good reason.

Margins are a thing of the past,he should be requesting a line blockage from the correct signaller.

Don't forget that 9 times out of 10 track staff will have SSOWP's on them with all relevant information geographically about where they are on the infrastructure,this will include the relevant sectional appendix and hazard directory information,if its maintenance attending a fault then they...

When Track Locator kicked off,must be best part of 10 years ago now,it used to be accurate enough to give you the the line code if you were standing in the 4ft,2100/1100/2200 for DN fast/DN slow/UP fast for instance.

Two to the ECR and One to a Bobby in 24 years.

Yes in the 3rd series one of the unfortunate victims was discovered in the 4ft of what looked like a branch line.

Just finished watching all 7 series of Spiral on the beeb iPlayer and I have to say what a marvellous watch it has been with chief inspector Laure Berthaud among many other characters. I am slightly surprised the beeb aired it and some were made in conjunction with bbc4 I believe as it is very...

Dr Mark Sloan is a good one..Grey's Anatomy:D

I'm afraid I'm not a very good quizmaster so I would like to humbly defer to somebody who has some good questions..