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brad465 replied to the thread RealTimeTrains website.Either Southeastern and GTR have decided that it's worth running trains on Christmas Day after all, or there is an error on RTT that has... -
brad465 replied to the thread Taunton Fairwater Yard.The Loco sidings just east of the yard still seem to retain some activity; how often do locos interchange between the two? The yard has...
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brad465 replied to the thread Southeastern metro fleet replacement/improvement.The overhauls are being done by sending the moving parts away to Crewe, but not the whole train, so chances are no new livery will be...
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brad465 replied to the thread The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions.Well the whole economy is essentially a pyramid scheme: more people are required at the bottom of the pyramid (workers) to support the...
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brad465 replied to the thread The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions.I think we're going through a very rough couple of decades where the baby boomer generation is going through receiving the state pension...
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brad465 replied to the thread Is 5mph the slowest speed limit possible?.Pretty sure such signs exist in the Drax Power Station area at least, I think it was visible on one of Don Coffey's videos.
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brad465 replied to the thread Wind Power and UK Energy Use.Gas prices have been elevated the last two months, presumably because the Strait is still not open and the Northern Hemisphere is buying...
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brad465 replied to the thread Sites for Labour's New Towns that already have rail connections.It was a stupid target to set for a first term back in power, even though I do believe they genuinely want to build more. It made more...
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brad465 replied to the thread Great Northern Class 387/1 - fitment of Alstom onboard ETCS.I've not been following this particularly well, but how has this unit been out of service for ~4 years? At this rate it could be...
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brad465 replied to the thread Reform UK discussion."I never thought leopards would eat my face, sobs person who voted for the Leopards eating People's Faces party"
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brad465 replied to the thread Getting passengers to spread out along the platform.This is the case at Abbey Wood, IIRC there are 3 footbridges between the Southeastern and Elizabeth Line platforms. Of course here the...
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brad465 replied to the thread Southeastern metro fleet replacement/improvement.I think it would be beneficial for Southeastern to get the add-on fleet of 70 vehicles on top of the full size 570 carriages, and have a...
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brad465 replied to the thread Borders line (Scotland) electrification news and updates.At least some of the Fife Circle can be utilised by LNER 800s if live before the new fleet arrives. The only thing that might use the...
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brad465 replied to the thread Borders line (Scotland) electrification news and updates.How far off is the BEMU fleet that will take advantage of this work? I get the impression at this rate the infrastructure will be ready...
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brad465 replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.Basically, Trump doesn't like that Oman and Iran are making progress without his involvement, so he thinks bombing Oman will solve the...