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Have to admit, I'm quite liking the black front of the Voyager so far. Granted though, it looks a lot something you'd see on TfL Rail, and I feel that even with a bit of Virgin branding it won't be able to escape that comparison. Unless of course it becomes a whole lot redder even.

Personally I'd rather a bluish-purple stripe on First Class coaches if you ever were going to put anything on them. I think it's more pleasing to the eye than a yellow line running along the top, which I doubt will be any better than a "1" on the side of the window bands, simply because nobody...

The difference here is that the people who we went to war with in Germany are either dead or close to it, and as such are completely powerless. Since the war, Germany has tried to forget about the past atrocities and don't really take pride in what Hitler did. No reason to hold a grudge against...

I must have missed it. Cheers lad! :smile:

If I were to guess I'd say that "Reserved" would only show up if the station call that the passenger was due to get on has been called at. I mean maybe the passenger would quickly go to the toilet while someone without a seat is wandering around looking for one. If it said "Reserved From [Insert...

Would stations that have a four track layout but with platforms only being on the outer two tracks count? I've noticed some have cited Tamworth and such which, on the WCML route, has the two fast lines running without any contact with the platform. Anyway, for my contribution, I'm going to take...

Had no idea there was a planned split, but I would assume that both liveries would be set to the franchise rather than the operator. My only wonder is whether the split will occur when the franchise runs out and has a split, or if it will happen mid-point. It's not unknown for that to happen...

I would say that your idea is somewhat correct since it is making assumptions based on race, but it's quite funny actually, because there are certain traits you can apply to someone based on their skin colour because of genetics. Lighter skin tends to preserve Vitamin D better thanks to the...

So it seems at the minute winter is considered a worse season, but are there more people who can testify to what is worse?

I've seen it documented a few times that in the winter, snowfall and ice can cause serious issues on the railway resulting in slower speeds and such and even halting some trains, with no shortage of delays and cancellations. However, I've also known railways to buckle under the hot sun given...

Watched a video online recently and noticed that the London North Western Railway livery is less colourful than the West Midlands Trains livery in that it was mostly white between the cabs of the train. Nice to see the new colours coming to Liverpool at least. Did anybody ever actually know this...

If profitability is a major issue along with widespread delays due to path crossings, then would the CrossCountry franchise benefit from having it be split up and ran separately in certain areas? I mean surely if it's too big to be profitable and such because of issues of the network then it...

Of course it isn't racist just simply based on the context of whiter than white meaning "morally beyond reproach". Even with LBC arguably having some kind of right-wing bias (though I don't know enough about it to really confirm that as such), this is just a total non-story that shouldn't have a...

I think the scenario has a pretty simple answer. The mother of the child was free to ask the person to turn off Homeland if she felt it wasn't in the best interest of the child to see it. The woman in turn was free to say no, and that would be that. Then the mother should probably swap seats...

I don't think Liverpool was ever considered for HS2 in any of the phases. For some reason government's don't see it as an important city anymore, and at times I wonder if we've lost our importance as a major maritime port city. It's hard to see why it would have been missed out in initial phases...

Why exactly might there be very little interest in the CrossCountry franchise? Is it the complexity and size of the network, the general rolling stock and overcrowding issues, or a variety of factors?

Now I don't drive, but I am pretty sure that if someone collides with the back of your car because you stopped for a cat, it is their fault. As far as I am aware drivers are supposed to keep a safe distance from vehicles in front for the very scenario of them suddenly braking for an object on...

At what point will we find out who is planning to bid for the new franchise? I presume we will know at some point, and I've been curious for a while now to see whether Virgin will try and get it back after losing it a decade ago. I also wish to see if FirstGroup want to have a try with it as...

When do we think the first Class 221 will be getting out? I look forward to seeing one of those in the new livery scheme. Personally though I'd have thought they would've waited until the Pendolinos got done first. Evidently not so.

Now I love cats, and I have three of them myself which I love very much and would hate for them to be stolen from me. But unfortunately, a cat is a natural explorer, and arguably the least domesticated of all pets, so if it wanders to someone else's back garden there's nothing to be done. Since...