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Surely a Trainspotter would know that ?

What else annoys me above all else ? Auto announcers everywhere on trains and stations Noisy, screeching brakes on newer trains The strange noises made by many modern EMU's during acceleration and regenerative braking And even freight depots aren't free from annoying noises. You get the...

The freightliners are longer than before mainly due to the high power of the Class 66. (it's always going to be a 66 at a minimum these days so no need to reduce the load )

The noisy screaching brakes on the Class 800/801/802 series

At Barnetby you used to be able to hear the freight approaching a long time before it came into sight, particularly at night. Probably less so today due to there being much less freight around and what does run is now hauled by the much quieter Class 66 hauling newer quieter wagons, and less...

Most reliable diesel locomotive has got to be the Class 66. Some of the Electric locomotives might be more reliable, as there are less moving parts and less to go wrong.

Privatisation has become more about profits and less about being Green ? I have seen that all over the freight sector since privatisation. If it is more profitable to use a Diesel loco on a freight working then that is what will be used. Switching from Electric to Diesel is one thing. Under...

If you work somewhere where Sundays are Committed but outside the working week, you will be working 45 hours a week anyway on some weeks with not really much choice of doing any less.

Yes 323's, 331's and 350's make some very odd noises Older EMU's like 319's, 325's and 507's sound much more normal for an Electric powered vehicle

Mk1 coaches have all got seats arranged in bays, always 4 around a table. Solo travellers do not want this arrangement. You get more privacy with airline style seating.

At Northern there are two "Golden Sundays" that can be used per year to get rid of two committed Sundays. But they have to be used 10 days in advanced, so there is no way of knowing if wasting a "Golden Sunday" on a Committed Sunday that could have got covered anyway.

In the 90's there was a very lot of electric hauled freight on the WCML 1645211294 There was in the 90s as well

I have heard of some Drivers paying others £100 or so to volunteer to work their committed Sunday's for them at Northern

The car trains that go over the North WCML at night (Mossend/Dagenham?) used to be 90-hauled. Now always a 66 for some reason. I don't think DB use their 90's very much. I think I read once that only a very small number of the fleet are out at any given moment. If it wasn't for the Sleeper...

That's great news. I'm also glad to say that they've scrapped the repetetive Covid 19 announcements which used to go off at every station stop. The auto announcements don't go on half as much as they used to now. I have often said that they spoil the journey.