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  1. gregh

    Tysley Depot

    Are there any drivers on here that sign it? Now, rather than in the days of steam lolol :lol: If there are, i'd very much like to receive a PM from you, as i'm looking for a favour :)
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    Question about FGW HSTs

    I was up the front of an HST (2+8) out of Reading the other week, and she made 125 for several miles before braking for Didcot. Acceleration to 100 was very swift, with the final 25mph taking a little longer...
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    A train with a wheelflat?

    I'd rather pee on it than touch it, i know that. Better a cloud of steam than a singed middle finger. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Over-charging an air brake system will have exactly the opposite effect, i.e. to release the brake. Over-charging an air brake system is a...
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    A train with a wheelflat?

    Smell, touch, and pee too ;) Pee on it, and if it turns to steam, it's flippin' hot :lol:
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    Get your wallet or chequebook out!

    I had a good look at 37707 and 895 at Bescot this evening. They are not in good condition ;)
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    Class 70 on the tail ?

    Either a Llandaff or a Llanishen RFC boy then?
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    59205 starts petroleum flow

    Thanks - got a link?
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    any details on this freightliner working?

    I was on this working last Saturday morning, the 6th of March. It went to NAW as 6Z20, loaded, and then went to Crewe Basford Hall as 6Z21. I'm not sure what the stone is being used for. Basford Hall as a destination suggests an engineering job, but the stone we haul out of NAW is too fine to...
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    Class 70 on the tail ?

    No, i'm at Stoke Gifford, just behind Bristol Parkway. Wentloog, the Cardiff terminal, is owned and operated by FL Intermodal, and to the best of my knowledge there are no train crew based there. Those of us at Stoke Gifford all work for FL Heavy Haul. I live in Cardiff and support the...
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    Class 70 on the tail ?

    006. I've been on her most of today and she's had no problems at all - she's worked proper tidy.
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    Class 70 on the tail ?

    Yours truly was Thunderbird 2 on the 66 at the front ;)
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    59205 starts petroleum flow

    There was a 59 down at MArgam last Saturday morning when i went past with the Abbey Wharf empties - was it 205?
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    The next five classes to be withdrawn

    Thanks for clearing that up. I guess dependant on the noves required within the worksite / T3, and the direction the train would be exiting from, a 66 at either end would be needed, which may very well make the hauling to site of the HOBC by Class 92 a bit pointless. But the point you make...
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    Stagecoach calls for vertical integration

    Which the Tories have never done, of course!!
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    The next five classes to be withdrawn

    Does there not need to be a current isolation when the HOBC is operating then? I would have thought that there would be, especially if the MFS wagons were to be topped-up on site....

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