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LNER should go back to diesel operation between Peterborough and Doncaster permanently to stop these frequent dewirements on that ECML section.

Give the 68s and Mk5s to GWR for Bristol - Penzance, replacing Castles/158s/IETs. At night, use them on the Night Riveria replacing the 57s. Then GWR has a business case to order some Caledonian Mk5s to replace the Sleeper Mk3s. I'm a genius, right?

Darkness, tunnel rings and mice. No sign of any remedy work.

Overground (ARL) can change voltage on the move 20mph or below, GTR have to stop to switch over.

I was told if you knock the PCB out of OFF by mistake then ATO reverts back to manual mode? That must be annoying if you accidentally knock it with your elbow!

It will be Siemens for SE Metro replacement, I put my money on it. 1) SE already have the x30 Class 707s from SWR, which are incredibly popular. 2) An additional order of British-built Desiro Cities at Goole after the Piccadilly Line order to secure the factory future. 3) Steve White MD is an...

Interesting you should mention the speed restriction at Green Park, because it's not a speed restriction... I was up front with a Victoria Line driver quite recently (old friend) and it's 33kph through the affected section, but it's shown as a *permanent* speed restriction - not a temporary...

From what I've seen, the PCB remains in OFF position and the driver pushes a single ATO START button. I've often wondered if the DSD has to be held down in ATO too. Strange that it's a single ATO START button because the Underground demand two pressed together to make it a positive action. See...

Considering these 24TS are meant to be lightweight units but have bogieless carriages which means two sets of vehicle weight hanging on one bogie, what is the axle load for these units? Surely a conventional two bogie design would have reduced vehicle weight / axle load even more than the...

The doors were already closed and orange BSL lights off, the driver was just waiting to apply power / start ATO. No attempt to reopen was made, either.

Do the GBRf 92s have the TMS for the CAF stock? Or is it internal to the rake of Mk5 coaches only?

Yes, the platform staff made several attempts to walk the unit and make PA announcements but to no avail. I was almost prepared to suggest to the driver to switch to manual mode and drive out at 1-2mph for the sake of getting moving, rather than take off like a bat out of hell with ATO...

Yes, the driver was staring at the internal DOO monitors, the platform monitors haven't been used since 319 days. I was standing opposite the cab for Car 1 (First Class) and heard the whole conversation, the platform staff just hopelessly arguing with the driver (see post #1) that this a lost...

Drivers side of the conversation. Standing at the cab window, looking at the DOO cameras and shaking his head in a 'nope' fashion, whilst grinning towards the two platform staff. Reply from the platform staff was an open armed gesture of "what do you expect us to do?" whilst staring back...

Any updates on these Class 93 locos? Despite ROG shouting from the rooftops about their new toys - images on the front of every rail magazine and a constant stream of articles about how amazing their new asset will be - it seems now the first loco is physically here in Blighty, it's all gone...

Leaving this sinking ship of a country for pastures new. :lol:

Reading the article, it seems the volunteers thought they had free reign of the station group and NYMR senior management had no power to intervene - resorting to threats of violence to protect their home turf. Glad to see the Levisham Station Cartel has been disbanded, Mexico drug lords eat...

Wasn't there an incident quite recently that involved a man being pushed in front of a tube train in an attempted murder case, who ironically was also the CEO of Eurotunnel?

Strange statistics in that PDF. How can LNER - who run diesel bimodes for considerable distance - be more environmentally friendly than the likes of c2c who use a fully electric fleet?

As a daily user of the Brighton Mainline, 'effing the fare to Hassocks is waaaay to early in the journey and has potential to get caught - which is what happened. They should have bought it halfway to Balcombe, instead! o_O Just saying - not implying I do any fare evading myself! :lol: