Recent content by Morpethcurve

Asking for a friend. (Really!) Were footplate/cab crews expected to get their own overcoats, boots, head wear, gloves etc., Were any locos noisy enough to require ear defenders, and were any used in that relatively unenlightened era? Many Thanks and HNY!

Much appreciated. Maybe I'll go tomorrow then! (on the 11:27)

EXD - PNZ 1527 today GWR HST showing canx on National Rail Enquiries, but not on RTT. Any other way I can verify, not involving long 'phone waits? Many Thanks

Many Thanks Both of You.

Planning on going down to Exeter for a round trip to Penzance. With one HST a day, what are my chances of being bowled? Much subbing going on? Many Thanks

I'm educated! Thanks both, for your patient and comprehensive replies.

Thanks for that. I imagined the alternator/gen output even at idle would be too great for the electrical system of a light engine to absorb.

I'm aware that there's an aux take-off or aux gen for train supply etc., and that the loco's batteries are being charged, but I wonder about whether the main generator output at idle is more than required for these consumers. Taking a stationary light engine, what differences are there between a...

Follow-up:- filled with confidence based on the information in your posts, we headed from the airport (Haneda, the closer to Tokyo of the two) to Shinagawa and got a Shinkansen to Shin-Osaka. We did a couple of round trips back to Kyoto, one so I could visit the railway museum which is very good...

Enroute to Aus via Tokyo in a couple of days and thought we'd delay the onward flight so as to ride a bullet. This is a short notice trip (former airline staff, using risky standby tickets so we can make impulsive decisions like this) so no research has been achieved. Flights arrive and depart...

For closure - and thanks again for the input - we did as much of the Circumetnea as possible, which involved the Catania Metro to Nesima, then bustitute to Paterno. The bus paralleled the track alignment for some of the way and much of the track had been lifted. Train from Paterno to Randazzo...

Thanks All posters. Ample information there for our short stay. Morpethcurve

A short trip coming up to the east side of the island. Can anyone recommend some nice rail journeys? Apparently there's a narrow gauge which almost completely circumnavigates Mt. Etna.

LNER did it, first class no less, for "Lets Go Round Again".

Ex PLY, 1st was about 60% full, most being enthusiasts. A handful joined at EXD. We bailed at TVP and I'd be interested to hear whether it becomes busier than usual further north