Recent content by leezer3

There are always two sides to the story. Frankly, a lot of the flak that came their way was totally unjustified, and there was a small posse of self-proclaimed experts who delighted in jumping on *anything*- of particular note IMHO was the Fell- it took ~40 pages of the thread over 2+ years to...

Essentially at the minute it can't be opened. There are mechanical issues which prevent this, along with new bridges further along which effectively make it poitless and there's a rumbling ongoing closure proposal...

Nonsense- total myth. It makes absolutely no difference. Look at any road transporter you pass- they get loaded in whatever direction is convenient, and at all sorts of interesting angles too. The only reason they're loaded facing forwards is that rail stock is roll-on-roll-off...

It's likely to be far simpler than that. I think you're forgetting that this was an era before accurate maps for the man on the ground or distance measuring. Similarly, no computers or magic filing systems. Therefore, you need a unique identifier for each structure which you can then give to...

Most larger Heritage railways will have a dedicated dining / catering set :) This is where the money is, not the on the day punters.

I agree with the poster above completely. For what I suspect to be a slightly less garbled version of what you were told: https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf

I'd suggest the OP has found what may be another 'clever' loophole route, and is attempting to obsfucate via indirect references to it, whilst looking for confirmation from forum members. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mg11-for-journey-with-itinerary.299576/unread Suffice to say I've got...

Looks that way to me too. I'd speculate that the bogie derailed first and the force of impact has just lifted the tender off + over the pivot, hence why its detached and in the ballast. The bogie itself is of pretty lightweight construction, and probably mostly relies on the mass of the tender +...

What would be far more interesting is the duty roster pattern for the signallers, and how that correlates to the usage of the release. I get the strong suspicion that said release is likely to have been used predominantly at times of high road traffic. If this is the case, the suitability /...

Whilst incidental to the thread, reduced items in retail and staff are a massive, perennial problem. It's just not as visible, as many get nowhere near the customers. I guarantee this exists everywhere in every industry, you've just had a visible example here.

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/125656-br-mk1-discotheque-coach/ Real, some actual details in the thread above.

It's from here (who as far as I can tell are just his LTD): https://www.quicksilverpublishing.co.uk/product-category/limited-editions/ (I can't find it in the wayback machine, so possibly pre 2005) I'd suspect not publicity, probably just licenced from Virgin. Going by the others, there are...

Yes, P6. P5 is just the earlier steam layout, so nothing of interest. Good spot on the date, not noticed the bottom corner :) 1768762951 Nothing usefully citeable at the minute. Nothing in Mechanical Signalling in Plymouth (too late), can't find the relevant Pryer volume at the minute... Have...

This is the page from the third printing of Cooke's diagrams. (No date mentioned, but ~1975 from the latest alterations) I'd strongly suspect its the HST shed and Wikipedia is wrong. I'll do some more digging in my somewhat too large reference library; this is my patch; but may take a little...

Please don't start turning this into a pro union rant, its embarrassing.... Similar things have absolutely happened with directly employed staff. I'm certain the person on the ground won't have been the only one in the decision chain either. At the end of the day, its the railway as a whole...