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43096's latest activity
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43096 replied to the thread EPR (Europhoenix Rail) - Class 60s.No, not correct. It was bought by an individual. -
43096 replied to the thread 125 GROUP TOURS - 2026.It’s on 125 Group’s Facebook page.
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43096 replied to the thread HST Allocations.TOPS is wrong, as it often is, then. They were scrapped in 2022 and then de-registered on the national vehicle register.
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43096 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.The 37/4s were not an option - they had/have a low ETH index (to prevent them - as Regional Railways locos - being borrowed by InterCity...
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43096 replied to the thread SBB plans to buy High-Speed trains.They were not "technically bought by SBB". SBB have ordered and had delivered 41 sets - the Westbahn sets are additional to this.
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43096 replied to the thread Class 158 seats across TOCs.The 158/9s are Beacon (previously Eversholt) owned, not Porterbrook. But it is not as if all the Porterbrook 158/159 sets are fitted...
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43096 replied to the thread HST’s in Preservation.43159 now has HST 50 plates like 43025/048/060; they were fitted at UKRL during its repaint.
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43096 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.The ETHELs were ex-Class 25 and they were for the Fort William sleeper (not Inverness or Aberdeen) before the Class 37/4s were converted...
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43096 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.No, you can't. Standard ETH is ~800/1000V, the sleeper sets use 1500V south of Edinburgh when hauled by the 92s. The issue is the high...
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43096 replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.The 175s don't need repainting now, so it is a waste of money; even more so that it is into an obsolete livery.
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43096 replied to the thread 125 GROUP TOURS - 2026.A little something extra ahead of this weekend's tours...
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43096 replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.The same way it copes now: by using its diesel trains in a way that covers the gap. The true electro-diesel equipped Azuma fleet isn’t...
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43096 replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.That is rather underplaying it. There were fundamental issues with them - the report produced for SNCB NMBS was damning. The locos were...
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43096 replied to the thread 2026 UKR railtours.Unfortunately businesses don't survive on goodwill. Railtour operators need bums on seats.
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43096 replied to the thread Attempting to located Azuma unit number.True, although they are easy to find out. There are the regular pitfalls of BNS ≠ Birmingham New Street (it's BHM; BNS is Barnes) and...