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Does anyone know what signaling system is on this line? Just trying to comprehend how a complete failure can happen. Perhaps a data flaw or something in an upgrade? Or a hard to source component? Thanks David

They use Victoria for that, used to be regular (weekly) 395 runs into Victoria to keep the drivers route knowledge up. Not sure if that still happens? David

ATO might have been talked about in the past but they are planning to install ERTMS in the core section, definitely need a driver for that!!! D

When they named the Merchant Navies they made 3 plates, two for the loco and one for the shipping company. My Dad worked for P&O for many years and often saw their 3rd nameplate. David

One I know of is modeltrade.net that is run by Hattons of Liverpool, I have the Android app which is quite good. Not sold anything myself so can't comment on how good it is, but it gives you exposure to the market you are after. D

Peco do all the parts you will need, or at least they used to, as I have a bag full of rail and pots for my layout. David

Nope I missed that one. And their web site of coirse concurs with you. However I saw a flyer advertising the F1 channel that led me to my original assertion, clearly stated that deal was for existing customers only.... But happy to be corrected! Even so £31 a month for the 10 races not on BBC...

Exactly you get it as existing customer, new customers will have to pay extra for it....

So BBC will only show 9 races live. New customers to Sky will have to pay extra for the F1 channel ( only existing customers get it free with HD package now). Is F1 purposely trying to kill itself in the UK? Last year I increasingly found myself not bothering if I missed a highlights race...

Apparently the brakes were locked on, heard od rescue 319 being sent wrong line from Wivelsfield to rescue it.

Motor coach used to be buffet but got converted to seating for Gatwick role. At same time the first class was moved to this coach and the old compartments opened out for standard class seating. Does anyone know which plastic pig it was that tried to bacon itself? David

A few years ago I was taking a late night train from Purley to get home, I lived in another London suburb at the time. At Purley there were no working ticket machines, no open ticket office. This predated the arrival of ticket barriers. There was one permit to travel machine that took only...

Your question puts the Deltics into my mind, when they had ETH fitted, it wasn't a power consideration but one of space. ETH generator was quite a tight fit. I wonder if there was actually enough room in a western for the generator? David

A couple of things from Victoria... For the last couple of years i've been commuting through London Victoria, often catching the GatEx home of an evening. Last year was approached by an American gent: 'excuse me, which way is this train going?' 'Gatwick' I reply, 'No, I mean this way or that...

Yes Redhill was very busy when I went through about 1735ish.... Our guard seemed quite excited to announce an FCC train had 'exploded' as the cause of the delays! 2403 seemed to have taken up residence in P3 of Horley. I presume detrained on an up GatEx, those passengers got far on their...