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    Northern 323s refurbishment and cascade

    6 car is fine at Kidsgrove, you just have to pull up past the signal to the end of the platform. They may have been dry trains but the punters certainly weren’t!
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    Has there ever been first and last number pairings

    I've had 142001 and 142096 recently.
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    Northern 323s refurbishment and cascade

    Take it from someone who drives them regularly, in passenger service you do not reach a ton on the Crewe line (ECS you can do although it is a slog). The nearest you can get is when not stopping at Goostrey or Chelford - the fastest I’ve got is 95 on 319442. The neutral at Chelford kills quite...
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    Northern Class 195: Construction/Introduction Updates

    195/331 are currently set up differently re camera timings and require software tweaks. 331 turn off at 13mph and do not turn on until at a stand (or shortly before). 195's the opposite way round. Arguments for both options but I believe are being standardised to 195 option (for now). Useful...
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    Bob Crow announces yet another rail strike

    ...and why is that exactly? Because they are less competent in doing their job? Because they are spreading vicious rumours about colleagues behind their backs? Because they are defrauding the company? No, simply because they do not have the same beliefs as you. That's what really gets...
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    Stobart Tours

    A lot more than you, although it's not for discussion on a public forum. Nope. Hertfordshire Railtours was part of FM Rail. The Blue Pullman coaching stock was owned/leased by FM Rail. Everything was part of FM Rail. There was no separate company owning or operating the Blue Pullman in FM...
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    Stobart Tours

    Hold up everyone, alex57601 is the so called 'expert' once again... :roll:
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    Continual cancellations of railtours

    Quite, and this is the route that PF seem to be going down for a lot of "crank orientated" (as opposed to general day out) tours. The mindset appears to be "If it comes off, great, but if it doesn't then never mind, they'll be back". People will moan and groan until the cows come home, but...
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    Grand Central Discussion

    'Thunderbirds are go' as of later this week. Wonder if the staff will have to dress up like KitKat did with Virgin? :lol:
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    47828 and Gc in Scotland?

    Gone to use the EC wheel lathe.
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    86258

    Project was dropped and its sitting at Long Marston minus a few roof panels and internal bits of kit. Believe the plan was to install a small diesel engine/generator and a bank of batteries - diesel engine when running would charge the batteries. There was a bit on it in LIAR a couple of years ago.
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    The First And Last Of Everything...

    First 66 was 001, delivered to Immingham (as opposed to Newport for all 249 others).
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    Chasing 'The Grays Church Elegy' 26/04

    I do hope you had the relevant qualifications to be trackside jonb...
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    Grand Central Discussion

    DML/Bombardier/Marcroft have all carried out the work they were contracted to do. Maybe the work (as specified by GC/Sovereign) was scaled back or maybe it wasn't that extensive at all in the first place...the latter statement was made going on a quick shifty round one of the PC's a while back.
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    Livery lists for LM,XC,EM,NX

    The reason they are getting through them so fast is that they are VINYLED not painted. Takes an average of a couple of days from start to finish.
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    Livery lists for LM,XC,EM,NX

    NX repaints are being done as and when a P/C comes due for a heavy exam (which includes a full repaint), regardless of power unit type (and anyway, 306 IS an MTU).
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    Stobart Rail Mk3 coaches.

    Eddie is coming to London on Tuesday...
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    Livery lists for LM,XC,EM,NX

    'Raedwald' and part of NC03 was done just in case ECML stock could not be released in time for a relivery. 'one' (as they are for another 40 mins or so) are now going to have a mixed set until the NXEA launch next year...good image that!
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    HULL TRAINS LHCS 86101+87022 starts this Friday!

    Unless you know the facts, don't speculate.
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    FGW Loco Hauled Taunton-Bristol-Cardiff (Dec/Jan)

    Due to the train only having 5 vehicles.

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