Recent content by broomster

I guess the location and current staffing of NR and contractors - it'll have taken all day to resource the equipment and people to do it - I doubt anyone there will be "local" ie within an hours drive.. Plus I believe RAIB were on site - so may not have been a choice they had... 1724776517...

Been told everything they need to recover is on site - but not expected to start recovery till 2100...

Yeah, that's the one... I've got one in my collection, and know the going rate - which suggests there weren't that many issued... Some have been as low as 500 issued (The adidas trainer ones), 1000 for the Adidas Arsenal one.. up to 1,500,000 for the Buckingham Palace Jubilee one... I'm...

I've been spending some time researching the various limited edition oyster cards, and trying to find out how limited they are especially the Tutunkhamun visitors oyster. I put an FOI into TFL -...

Thanks both, I hadn't come across this before - it's definitely not an actual oyster card though, just a wallet.... Appreciated :-)

You're probably better off selling the first generation cards on ebay - the ones with the red roundel are going for £40-50 currently...

I've currently got a collection of over 20 different Oyster card variants, and whilst digging around for information on them all (and looking for new additions to my collection) - I've come across one on the Wikipedia article entitled "2015 London Design Awards "Girls Night Out" at...

Indeed.. This short clip shows how a vacuum implosion can happen on tanks... YouTube clip of tank implosion

175112/175107 112 leading. 107 detached at Cardiff.

It's a common problem I've had... I live in Mid Wales myself and have applied to various TOC's with a mixture of success rates... Had interviews with Northern (however - I put my mums address in Hull on the application - which is where i'd be if I got the job...) - interviews and assessments...

43076 is today on 1B16/1D22/1B43/1D47 43061 is today on 1C22/1D32/1B53 so no on that count :-) Can't help you on these sadly....

Yeah, external to FGW, though work elsewhere on the railway in a non safety critical role... My original application went in back in April 2013 .. That's what I was told by the managers at the end of my interview when explaining what the next steps where, should I be successful... I...

I sat my final interview (for Bristol) on Friday and sadly I'm out.. I've been given some positive feedback to work on for the future, which I'm grateful for. Good luck to those remaining.. I was told that the people starting the course in May were at interview back in November/December - so...

I've just done a similar trip myself - London to Barcelona - but I did it slightly different... I did Eurostar to Paris - £62 (couldn't get cheaper as i'd left it a bit too late to get the £40 fares.. Then I did Paris to Perpignan on the Tren De Nuit - for the loco haulage and to save on...

Thanks - I'm hoping for one of the 7200 loco's - however they both look interesting :-)