Kings Cross to York - a 'proper' cab view
(2 messages)
Date: 23 Aug 2005 10:26:25 -0700
Hello all,
This is nothing to do with me but I can recommend it after buying it on
ebay. This is an outstanding DVD from Newcastle to Kings Cross and back
but unlike Video 125 efforts (although very good) this is unedited ...
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Kings Cross to York - a 'proper' cab view
(2 messages)
Date: 23 Aug 2005 10:24:23 -0700
Hello all,
This is nothing to do with me but I can recommend it after buying it on
ebay. This is an outstanding DVD from Newcastle to Kings Cross and back
but unlike Video 125 efforts (although very good) this is unedited ...
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SE Trains
(3 messages)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:17:50 +0100
The web site http://www.setrains.co.uk/ seems to have gone missing. Does
anybody know where to?
MaxB
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Excess Length Units
(4 messages)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:38:27 GMT
We (the CVR) have recently acquired a wagon carrying its original BR data
panel, which shows "Excess Length 3".
I understand that this relates to excess length compared to the Standard
Length Unit (SLU) of 21 feet, but what ...
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Looking for info on modern UK diesel
(24 messages)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:45:24 GMT
I'm from the U.S. and was watching a show last night called "Battlefield
Britain: The Boyne: 1690". It was about the Williamite Wars. The show
was narrated by a father and son team. In one section they rode a
passenger train ...
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37s on the Fort William Sleeper
(11 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 14:28:44 -0700
They still seem to be hanging on. Anyone know when the 67s are likely
to take over?
Basil
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'Track of old railway' but in this case abandoned for how long?
(12 messages)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:45:09 +0100
This must count as one of the longest lines, disused in its entirety
since ... I don't know, but well over a century ... if I have the right
line*, it's the one from 'Somewhere south of Cambridge' to 'Somewhere
west of Newmarket' ...
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Obliged to sell cheapest ticket?
(105 messages)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:41:53 +0100
I was travelling from Reading to Pewsey (one-way) and when I purchased
the ticket I requested a cheap day single. I was sold (which I didn't
notice until I got home later that day) was called a "STD Day Single".
The cost ...
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The Trainline International
(16 messages)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:43:24 GMT
Folks,
I,ve just noticed that
www.thetrainline.com now
has an off-shoot at
http://www.internationaltrainline.com
selling things like Interrail and Eurodomino online,
and offering to quote you for European point-to-point ...
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Pass the Sunglasses
(12 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 11:23:56 -0700
As if we needed even more variety on Birmingham - Coventry locals, the
last couple of days have seen an ex Anglia two car class 150 in use.
Blimey pass the sunglasses.
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Sharing staff from TOC to TOC
(6 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 09:33:24 -0700
London Lines, which I think is the name used by National Express for
Wagn, Silverlink and c2c were seemingly sharing staff when checking
tickets at Kings Cross this week. Now, I'm all for proper ticket checks
(not as good as ...
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Platform Rebuilding at Carpenders Pk Watford dc Lines
(24 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 05:44:18 -0700
They have been rebuilding the platforms here using the usually unused
part of the platforms while the work was going on. I had assumed that
they would only being doing enough for the current 3 coach trains but I
now see that ...
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Any unusual 313s?
(31 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 05:32:43 -0700
Here's one to get the memories going!
What is the most unusual place people have seen 313s at? I ask because
watching a vintage cab ride I saw one on the Royston-Cambridge line
which is off their beaten track. So anyone seen ...
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GNER diversionary routes
(10 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 05:31:14 -0700
Can anyone enlighten me as to which diversionary routes GNER drivers
sign? Is there any others apart from Hertford loop?
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Buying the Right Ticket
(33 messages)
Date: 24 Aug 2005 00:45:09 -0700
Knowing how awkward the revenue staff can be how can I check whether I
have the right ticket. Following 7/7 I am travelling from Watford to
Vauxhall via Clapham Junc on a weekly all zone travel card. Watford
Junc assured me ...
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Sleepers - the wood and concrete varieties
(26 messages)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:44:27 GMT
Travelling back from Brighton yesterday to Portsmouth i noticed that the
sleepers at some of the stations were Wood , but concrete between stations.
Angmering is an example. Some looked pretty rotten so they have been there ...
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It's probably just me but ...
(26 messages)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:19:38 +0100
I actually prefer trains where you open and close the doors yourself,
carriages where you can actually open the window, with compartments where
you can either get your nose in to a good book or have a pleasant chat with
your ...
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Ticketing, break of journey
(2 messages)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:39:01 +0100
I think I know the reply to this.
I'm thinking of visiting Nottingham this w/e from Darlington.
I'd like to visit Lincoln. Via Newark is valid for Lincoln.
If I got a Lincoln saver and a Nottingham Newark return I could ...
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Why "Junipers"?
(39 messages)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:10:39 GMT
Can anybody please tell me why the recent-ish Alstom EMUs (Class 334,458,
460) are referred to as "Junipers"?
AFAIK this is their official product name but I'm bushed to find out the
reasoning behind this odd choice.
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Milton Keynes -> Leamington Spa line. Disused?
(25 messages)
Date: 23 Aug 2005 12:48:10 -0700
I recently bought an O/S map of this area (landranger 165) and it shows
the
line running from MK to LS (which also joins up with the line to
Quainton
railway centre) as being disused. Is this the case and if so how come ...
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