Recent content by ABB125

Not a loading problem, but I no longer seem to be receiving email thread activity notifications? Is anyone else having this issue? Seems to have stopped this morning. I've checked my account settings, everything looks fine there

I've got two upcoming day (well, technically slightly more than a day) trips to Ireland this month, from Birmingham, both on Sundays. First trip I haven't yet decided how I'm getting there, might be an overnight ferry or early morning flight to Dublin. Unfortunately the Liverpool Belfast ferry...

I'm not really a bus spotter so can't really confirm, though it was definitely a Caetano, so I'd assume so

There's such a wide range of things you can do with numbers, just depends on how dedicated/nerdy/weird (delete as appropriate!) you are. Personally, I record every train (ie: locomotive or multiple unit) I see, to be ticked off in whichever book is relevant. I don't bother with coaches, nor...

Two new 76s spotted today. Unusually, they were both diesel-powered. They did, however, have "National Express" written on the side, so probably don't count... :D I also saw something that wasn't new but I've not seen before: a Kuwait-registered Nissan Pathfinder, with what sounded like quite a...

Indeed - I'm very aware that they have far more important roles than (apparently) preventing development. Flooding and sewage/pollution inspection and enforcement, for starters. Not sure I've ever come across any well-publicised examples of NE or EA actively blocking housing development, so I'm...

Interesting development from the Conservatives that appears not to have hit mainstream media yet (possibly because it hasn't yet been actually announced...) https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/reaction-conservatives-pledge-to-scrap-environment-agency-and-natural-england-05-10-2026/...

Interesting move by the US... BBC News - US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmwyve191dlko

The number of them I've been receiving has increased somewhat over the last week or so, to about daily. Interesting how the frequency is being changed

Two 76 plates today, in Malvern. An Isuzu D-max and one of the Jaecoo variants. Both with engines (though the Jaecoo is probably hybrid) And an electric Ford Transit in Birmingham

An hourly service? That's rather frequent. Excellent

Yes, you can. However, that's not within the spirit of the rules, and is the sort of thing that RDG/DfT/anyone else might use as an excuse to leave Interrail (which I seem to remember was actually proposed a few years ago?).

50% is a stupidly good discount. A 3 month continuous pass is basically the same price as a 15 days in 2 months. Yes please!

There's at least one ECML supply site where the National Grid substation is several miles away - I believe the rail transformers are located at the NG site, then there's a 25kV line on wooden poles across to the railway (where presumably there is some switchgear etc, but not the transformers)...

Supposedly, Scammonden Reservoir could only be justified because the M62 was being built across the valley and needed something to be built on. And the M62 could only be justified because the reservoir was being built. Ie: neither project was viable on its own, but both together (with shared...