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Mmike57 replied to the thread Carriage lighting.Probably exaggerated, assuming bulbs were 70v in a series string there would have been 9 in a string, so would probably end up seeing...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Reporting a rough ride as a passenger.I often wonder if its 'rose coloured specs' effect, but having been a regular ECML user since the mid-late 70's I still think the...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Reporting a rough ride as a passenger.There are two types of 'rough ride', that caused by track issues and that caused by carriage issues, things like dampers. For many...
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Mmike57 posted the thread Visit to the Musée des Transports Urbains, Chelles, Paris in Trip Planning & Reports.I finally managed to visit the Musée des Transports Urbains in Chelles, which is a suburb to the east Paris. The museum is around 12...
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MWhen were carriage lights left permanently on? Growing up i seem to remember that they would only be switched on for tunnels or as it...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Very-trivial trivia item: Stations on a Monopoly board.I spent the first 4 years of my life in Trinity Road, but can't really remember a lot, it was well over 60 years ago, We then moved to...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Very-trivial trivia item: Stations on a Monopoly board.Interesting, I remember my Mother talking about Totopoly, but it didn't even make it into my childhood. The carpentry business is...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Very-trivial trivia item: Stations on a Monopoly board.I also have this edition, from 1936, with the 'Patent applied for' text. It was passed down from my Grandparents, who were in business...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread New night train start-up - Nox.I have been following Simply Railway and Thibault Constant on YouTube for sometime, and I hope his Nox venture is successful. His plans...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Will existing DMUs will be re-engined to lower-emission engines to keep them going for longer, as e.g. Class 56s, or lengthened?.To me this is over regulation resulting in less than optimal solutions. Surely a brand new locomotive would be more efficent and less...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Stations with poor facilities of an evening.Seamer is another one, up to an hour to wait if you miss a connection, however you can carry on to Scarborough, but people from out of...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Stations with poor facilities of an evening.I think there are several levels of facilities to consider depending on station size/usage. At a really basic level every station...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Issues between Filey and Seamer.There was a 20mph restriction between Seamer and Filey. Things were back to normal yesterday, with trains back on the 'normal'...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread 9th August 1976 - 50 years of production HSTs in passenger service..I was a regular traveller between Yorkshire and London from the late 70s until the mid 80s as I was working in London Monday - Thursday...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread 9th August 1976 - 50 years of production HSTs in passenger service..As a regular ECML user I didnt travel on HSTs until I think late 1978, and agree that were transformational. Yorkshire - London journey...
