Recent content by kevinwaltets

I always though the 442's were much better at handling the track geometry than the awful 444's and worse still the 450's. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

444's are and will always be a poor mans version of a 442. When they were on the SWML to Weymouth they were the best trains in service in Britain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All of these terms were never designed to cause offence or disrespect. Unfortunately today, as we are so controlled and live in a world where the politically correct word mongers get on their high horse about so much of society, innocent words that we have used for generations suddenly become...

Could it be the train was cancelled because of the damage done on previous services. If people wish to go to festivals and expect public transport, they have to learn to respect that transport when it arrives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nothing personal but why did you feel the need to comment?

Salisbury this evening. I asked for platform ticket and was invited through the barrier. Staff helpful and most accommodating. Saw her at 1, Milbrook, on an overbridge. 2, Near Dean, 3, at Salisbury, 4 leaving Reading. 200 miles in car and I don't do kettles. Sent from my iPhone using...

Now find the link to the 09

Disgusting to have dogs on seats

I was only joking. The REP's were fantastic and I travelled many thousands of miles on them. I also have to suffer 444's quite regularly these days. Although I probably only travelled 20 times on the 442's when is BR and SWT, I think they were brilliant for comfort and layout. I have no...

I expect the 442 motors could be reused in a new build

If the class 73's can be rebuilt so can the 442's. Never say never but time will tell.

Well it's twenty years since I was involved developing the systems that were used in bus and rail applications. Internet was virtually non existent then and each validator had to be programmed individually to validate the ticket. The data that could be encoded was and probably still is very...

Having written software for mag stripe tickets in the past. I can tell you that without multi track encoding and readers there are just not enough bytes available on the stripe. Remember that the Ticket has to be able to be read by both automated barriers that control the speed of swipe and on...

I linked to this document wY back up thread. Before you go running off to the MCA you should contact ABTA.

Exactly right and if it starts costing shipping companies loads to pay delay repay compensation for circumstances out of their control, then the only people that will pay for this are the travelling public. Ships are much different to trains as I have tried to explain and the delay margin...