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43096 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.But everyone on here knows them as 458s - and the National Vehicle Register says the same. I suspect 459 is used for diagramming... -
43096 replied to the thread EPR (Europhoenix Rail) - Class 60s.The bodyshell would require painting regardless. The primary purpose of paint is to protect the body from corrosion: you can’t just slap...
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43096 replied to the thread Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August.That looks to be the leading vehicle of 387304, not trailing. If it was the trailing vehicle, the side in the photo would have been the...
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43096 replied to the thread Future Class 73 replacement.Yes. The GBRf locos not used on the Caledonian Sleepers work off the third rail whenever possible.
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43096 replied to the thread ECML animals incident near Grantham 20-21/8.This. Glad someone gets it!
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43096 replied to the thread Could the undamaged 158 vehicles from Talerddig be reformed?.The TfW fleet have Perkins engines. Northern have a mix of Perkins and Cummins engines on their 158s, so no incompatibility with the...
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43096 replied to the thread Could the undamaged 158 vehicles from Talerddig be reformed?.With the greatest of respect, "a Northern guard" is not a reliable source of fleet information. All four vehicles from the set remain...
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43096 replied to the thread Getting passengers to spread out along the platform.The gold, purple etc zones were an InterCity thing, not Virgin. There have been all sorts of ways tried, in different countries to try...
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43096 replied to the thread Progress with 345 071 - 345 080.Could? Maybe. But they've clearly decided taking the units to London is a better bet. Old Oak makes sense as that is the depot with the...
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43096 replied to the thread 2026 New Haulages.A few days in Germany, with the aim of clearing up a few locos missed previously, as well some of the new introductions (DB Fernverkehr...
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43096 replied to the thread EMR Class 222’s - declining reliability.Technically, all of them have been re-formed: there’s none left in their original formations.
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43096 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.That rather depends if Porterbrook will accept them back before the lease end. If SWR hand them back early they’d be perfectly entitled...
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43096 replied to the thread Banking trains in the UK.Banking is to get a train up a bank (hill). That’s why it is called banking.
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43096 replied to the thread Berlin hbf timetables.Why? There’s plenty of better stock in Berlin! And for timetables, the OP might try https://www.bahnhof.de/berlin-hauptbahnhof and then...
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43096 replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Oh You might want to ask yourself why Railtrack and NR have not acquired their own locomotives for shifting pway materials. Probably...