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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Thameslink: "formed of" Vs "which has".Privatisation brought about a huge decline in literacy on the railway, mostly because different TOCs seemed to want to be different for...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Grand Central apply for Newcastle - Brighton direct.I had assumed that this would be rejected for many reasons, the closest to home being the present signalling of the NDL precluding many...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Grand central apply for new routes.Agreed - the practical side of me sees the huge potential for problems under the existing signalling regime on the route, but the...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Grand central apply for new routes.Oddly, this proposal popped up on the Google news feed while I was 'doom-scrolling' yesterday! I must admit I hadn't heard about it...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.Often not the case at complex road junctions.
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Does anyone using the railway (apart from a few 'insiders') know or care that green livery equals First Group? In short, 'leaving a...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.I actually would have liked the GWR green to be the basis of the GBR livery - simple, understated and elegant. It would need tweaking...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.I would have thought that any stock being repainted anyway now should be into the GBR livery, despite the fact that I much prefer the...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Exactly! What a wasted opportunity to go for GBR (much though I dislike the livery). Short-termism rules supreme.
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.My question is; is the considered opinion that if the 175s had not gone to storage as they did but transferred directly from their...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Yes, but my point is that stock should be redeployed more quickly and efficiently to avoid long-term storage. The railway is short of...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.Indeed, but today's stock is so much more complex and delicate compared to a few decades ago that there is so much more to go wrong.
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.I thought the days of a 'good driver' making up time were long gone, with over-speeding, etc., banished? Unless the schedule has a lot...
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.So, is it 10,000 or 1,000 miles that are required to be run fault-free? Both have been quoted here recently.
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DDeepgreen replied to the thread Lineside Fire Causes Chaos at Waterloo 23/09/26.Same thing for all intents and purposes.