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43096 replied to the thread Carriage lighting.That doesn’t apply to more sophisticated preserved stock i.e. Mark 3s. -
43096 replied to the thread 2026 New Haulages.I’m currently at Vienna Airport on the way back from my last foreign jaunt of the year: just under a week in Czechia (mainly) and a bit...
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43096 replied to the thread Chiltern MK5s Starting 2026 (non speculative updates thread).Which seems to be a uniquely British problem. I have recently spent time in Czechia and Austria, where plenty of new trains are being...
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43096 replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.And relief, too, that they won’t have to pay for two fleets of trains for the same work for as long.
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43096 replied to the thread Class 334 Lease Extension.That rather depends if the owner is prepared to sell.
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43096 replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.323s replacing 304s around Manchester. Just a massive improvement in every way.
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43096 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Which is a self-imposed restriction that SWR decided to do.
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43096 replied to the thread Chasing loco haulage in Belgium - AI itineraries.What a load of AI slop! Apart form those already mentioned, the Rotterdam EC service is top'n'tailed by TRAXX MS2 locos as far as I am...
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43096 replied to the thread GBRf Class 60s.D - Awaiting maintenance U - Stored unserviceable X - On maintenance/repair
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43096 replied to the thread HST’s in Preservation.There's a status summary of the 125 Group fleet in every issue of its magazine. By far the best way to know what is going on is to join!
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43096 replied to the thread Should EMR cancel the Class 810 order and/or return the trains?.So the solution to a Hitachi train with reliability issues is to order more trains from Hitachi. Talk about rewarding failure...
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43096 replied to the thread HST withdrawl/scrapping dates.Except the three accident damaged cars 43011 (Ladbroke Grove), 43019 (Ufton Nervet) and 43173 (Southall). Next to go was 43140 (Carmont...
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43096 replied to the thread HST withdrawl/scrapping dates.There weren’t any HST power cars scrapped around that time.
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43096 replied to the thread Karl Bushby and the Channel Tunnel.From what you posted it was a promotional event involving Eurotunnel. Karl Bushby is just a random individual who thinks he deserves...
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43096 replied to the thread WCML Accidents in the 1980s.The 87 was derailed but did not go down an embankment. Are you thinking of the Watford collision in 1975 that deposited 86209 down an...