Recent content by Bill57p9

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 to pick up my train to Oban!

The buffet at Crianlarich used to do advance orders which would be handed over during your stop. Obviously most trains join or split there, giving enough time for the transaction!

I do not believe any such application has been submitted to ORR. If one were submitted I am confident ORR would consider it without prejudice, as they have every other application.

Whitby is indeed what I intended to type... :frown:

With replanning I would expect this to be possible without impacting ScotRail: might need to leave earlier to ensure passing at Glenfinnan. The relevent regulations apply to railways operating above 25mph rather than trains, the logic being around the risks of interaction between trains at...

Last time I was there (2021) it was conventional loco hauled (single phase) ETS. As others have mentioned, it predates privatisation.

I remember the Inverness frozen pipes incident. Recent enough to have been on the mk5s. The real irony is that Inverness has shore ETS available however it is not used by CS.

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 76s, with an additional pair of 76s at the rear banking up the Worsborough incline. The 76s were fitted with an intercom system that allowed the lead driver to...

It would appear that the southbound Lowlander was sent to Edinburgh, offloaded and then the stock used to form the northbound Highlander portions, presumably to ensure stock is available tonight.

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 points before gravity took hold on the next wagon, without the need to stop pushing. The class 13s had separate low range speedometers for this purpose

Thursday 8 August. As @Twingo37175 suggests above, the Highlander (all portions) terminated/started in Edinburgh that morning/evening. The 2 day coaches (seated plus lounge) ran between Edinburgh and Fort William. Unsure about the northbound service however sleeper passengers from Fort William...

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 interchange between electric trains to Palma, diesel to Manacor and diesel to Sa Pobla. Apart from start and end of service, all trains terminate there and passengers...

It's worse: last night's southbound Aberdeen and Fort William portions were caped at Edinburgh, together with the northbound Inverness portion. They ran empty to Polmadie a couple of hours ago. So I believe there are currently 3 portions out of position: 2 serviceable at Polmadie (with last...

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 align with meal times, and those working part time may not exceed 6 hours in a shift.

So far all going near enough according to plan for tonight's southbound services, however northbound is not looking as positive: Highlander empty stock arrived into Euston 89 late and still hasn't left Euston, 45 late and counting. Lowlander empty stock has not left Wembley yet (probably due to...