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What is the articulated train shown at the beginning of each programme?

I went on a basic welding course whilst a train maintainer at Northfields depot. Never used the knowledge gained though.

Reinstating X Country services stopping at Brockenhurst?

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...

Do 2 class 43's at each end of a train have more traction than acouple of more recent diesel locomotives?

..... and still should!!!!!

Does the May timetable reinstate Brockenhurst as a regular XC stop?

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...

Not my photos so no, sorry. They came from a colleague at Ruislip depot.

Ever wondered what happened to it.

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...

Is XC going to re-introduce stopping at Brockenhurst of all trains rather than the miserable 2 per day now? I never did understand what saving this gave XC.

I can see the main line between Sway and New Milton and there are several 444/450 combos a day. During the peak of lockdown there were also plenty of 12 carriage 450's but few if any now. There are also a lot more 8 or 9 carriage 220/221 Voyagers on Cross Country lately and since lockdown but a...

Due to Covid Cross Country have reduced the number of trains to Bournemouth. Of these only one per day each way stops at Brockenhurst. Bearing in mind that all Bournemouth trains have to pass through Brockenhurst how does non-stopping Brockenhurst gain anything especially as each Bournemouth...

Following on from my thread about the TfL Privilege Ticket Authority Card (PTAC) I gather that these are not used by National Rail staff. What do National Rail staff have to obtain privilege rate travel? It was stated in the first thread I created on this topic that TfL PTAC's were for retired...

1638716627 Thanks for your reply; both on here and DistrictDave's website