Recent content by Hairy Bear

Can I point out that it's the Train Managers and on board staff that are taking part in the strike action, not the drivers. They are in a different union called Aslef and are not in dispute withe the company.

More like 6 years, why bother repairing it when you can have a sticker made up. They also assume that the passengers can recognize the switch on the floor, it not that obvious.

Not true, there been unreliable since day 1. Still describing it as teething troubles 20yrd later....

9539 no hopper windows, no train supply so will be working off batteries. Therefore no a/c, heat or battery charging. Not the best choice to be included in rake. Do they not have any mk2 a/b brakes cdl fitted ?

Nah, stock to supplement the Skeggy's.

This site can be useful I've found, nearby sheds give you a flavour. https://shedbashuk.blogspot.com/p/index-of-shed-visits.html?m=1

There's no valve on vacuum braked vehicles, your confusing it with air brake ones. And as for the vacuum leaking out and brakes releasing, anything between an hour and a week.

Completely different in that the later Pcv version merely transmitted a succession of lights, not controlling the loco in any way. It was not a multiple way of controlling the loco.

Kettering in the morning and evening. Sheffield, Nottingham,Derby and Pancras thoughout the day. Very regular event in service.

Cannot be central driving position, driver needs to look out.

Didn't bother me at all. The first thing I would do would be to raise the blinds. But sometimes the retaining straps would be broken, so they had to stay down. And at night, they had to come down, far to much light from the saloon. You could see the disappointment on the passengers faces but I'd...

Probably red hot brake discs cooling off !.

Even in multiple, only a single 31 will be supplying the ets, they were rated at 66index, so quite sufficient for long trains.

Definitely EMR. The mml code gives it away as I remember that's what each individual item code started with.