Recent content by Muzer

Anything still on REs on the Marschbahn, for tomorrow?

I know that charter rake Mk 2s and Mk 3s still have Motor Alternators (MAs) to power their auxiliaries - for those unaware, this is how they converted DC to AC back in the day before modern solid state power electronics, by spinning a DC motor mechanically attached to an alternator (ie an AC...

Are we fully expecting 011 to remain the loco or is there a chance of 012 (which of course came south last week) being swapped in?

I'll be catching 1F18, the 1041 to Liverpool, from Euston on Thursday. I was wondering if this would have the breakfast service or rest of the day service? 1753956561 I can confirm breakfast was served on this train.

Very quick one, I assume the last edition of this to have been printed was the December 2019 one, of which I still keep a (now very worn) copy in my pocket? I assume they never made a post-COVID comeback? (Obviously I know both maps are available online as PDFs, I'm talking about paper...

GWR is allowing you to select Bond Street, I'm told.

Crikey, what a bloody mess! Seems just as crazy as the whole faff with Merseyrail not doing ToD. Presumably they enable it on the machines they operate outside the core?!

I've seen conflicting reports on whether ToD is possible on Elizabeth Line core TVMs. I'm specifically interested in whether the machines at Bond Street offer it - Hanover Square entrance is fine. I'd assume they do but does anyone know for sure?

A colleague travels mostly from Tonbridge to Cannon Street, but occasionally wishes to travel via Greenwich at the beginning or end of the working day. We have noticed that the season ticket price difference for Tonbridge to London Terminals route NOT HIGH SPEED and for Tonbridge to Greenwich...

Looks like replacement buses next week on RB73. Shame as I'll be in the Berlin area around that time!

Hi, could I confirm that 2D52 today (9th June) was 466016 on the back, or was it 018? I was fairly sure it was 016 but it was dark and I was a bit drunk so who knows... cheers!

If anyone has any Summer (June-September) 1955 passenger working timetables or supplements for sale, I would potentially be interested in purchasing them — I already have a fair collection but I also have rather a lot missing. I've been scouring eBay/online bookshops/etc. for some time now, so...

I've had times with SWR where I've recorded the train arriving into the platform because I know it's on the borderline of a 15-minute claim, and the official offsets tend to assume a much less "defensive driving" approach into Waterloo (RTT's are a bit better but still can't account for the...

Has anyone got recent experience of buying CrossCountry weekend firsts? My dad is planning a day trip tomorrow where he intends to use them, but I've just noticed that all reference to them has ominously disappeared off their website, and their website is no longer selling them either. The fares...

Just an odd question that popped into my head. Obviously in the UK (and to some extent in Ireland) there is the concept of a "Parkway" station, originally named after an early name for the M32 (the Bristol Parkway) — this is a station with good road connections and large car parks that usually...