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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Ordering food to be delivered to trains..I have effectively done that: phoned in an order as I was approaching Upper Tyndrum, walked down to collect and then on to Tyndrum Lower...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Ordering food to be delivered to trains..The buffet at Crianlarich used to do advance orders which would be handed over during your stop. Obviously most trains join or split...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread WCR - Jacobite 2026.I do not believe any such application has been submitted to ORR. If one were submitted I am confident ORR would consider it without...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread WCR - Jacobite 2026.Whitby is indeed what I intended to type... :frown:
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread WCR - Jacobite 2026.With replanning I would expect this to be possible without impacting ScotRail: might need to leave earlier to ensure passing at...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.Last time I was there (2021) it was conventional loco hauled (single phase) ETS. As others have mentioned, it predates privatisation.
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.I remember the Inverness frozen pipes incident. Recent enough to have been on the mk5s. The real irony is that Inverness has shore ETS...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Banking trains in the UK.It was well over 40 years ago now however the merry-go-round trains over the Woodhead route would usually be double headed with class...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.It would appear that the southbound Lowlander was sent to Edinburgh, offloaded and then the stock used to form the northbound Highlander...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Is 5mph the slowest speed limit possible?.Not a track limit per se, however the speed for hump shunting, certainly at Tinsley, was 1.3mph to ensure that one cut cleared the...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.Thursday 8 August. As @Twingo37175 suggests above, the Highlander (all portions) terminated/started in Edinburgh that morning/evening...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.Enllac in Mallorca is an interchange with no public access (or at least none when I was there around 10 years ago). Enllac is the...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.It's worse: last night's southbound Aberdeen and Fort William portions were caped at Edinburgh, together with the northbound Inverness...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Northern phone lines shut 12-2.It is a legal requirement (in the UK) to have a minimum 30 minute (meal) break after 6 hours. The law doesn't stipulate that this has to...
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BBill57p9 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.So far all going near enough according to plan for tonight's southbound services, however northbound is not looking as positive...