Recent content by de525ma

GWR doesn't go to Andover.

My sources say one train derailed and the other hit the back of the wreckage.

Thankfully linespeed is slow around the tunnel so hopefully this means a better chance of people being ok.

Yes. Coastguard Helicopter is in attendance 1635710267 Wiltshire Live now reporting the crash

Wiltshire police saying they are attending an accident near Grately on Twitter. https://mobile.twitter.com/wiltshirepolice/status/1454902372883476498

How awful... Best of luck to our emergency services in getting as many people out safely as they can.

PMS (Portsmouth and Southsea) and PMA (Portsmouth Arms)?

Indeed... They are all Hitachi AT300s however. 800: IET or Azuma 801: Azuma 802: IET. Nova 1 or Paragon 803/805/807 have no names yet 810: Aurora (395: Javelin) They are all so similar (barring perhaps the 395) that it is pretty confusing that they have so many different classes!

Compared to 2 hours on a 165/166, picking up the IET at Westbury is a dream in comparison. The only thing I dislike about them is that some seats don't align with the windows. But I believe they have more seats than the HSTs they replaced. In the summers pre covid, the GWR/FGW HSTs were packed...

The Boddam Branch, associated Cruden Bay Hotel and the Electric Tramway between the two?

And browsing a forum about railways couldn't possibly be conceived as "for geeks"? ;-) To keep yourself safe online it's in your interest to know what a web browser is, and which browser you are using. Easily Googled, five minutes of learning that may save yourself a considerable headache later...

Are you using an ancient browser?

Westbury. Ugh. Southampton Central - busy but grim. Peterborough.

Isn't any diesel carrying train likely to catch fire after a derailment? Is a DMU with engines under each carriage less susceptible to this?

Live helicopter pictures just on Sky News - could not even see the (leading presumably) loco.