Recent content by norbitonflyer

Poor joined up thinking. I note that, likewise, Alnmouth will only have RRBs on the day of the Aln Valley Gala

I drew that inference from the comment that the gates were often left open (and indeed had jumped to the cloclusion it was probably user-worked because most such accidents happen at such crossings

Quite compatible. Much of the traffic is buses, delivery vehicles, etc. Even with no cars at all it could be congested. (Compare the "red wall" of nose to tail London buses on car-free Oxford Street

Hors de combat, maybe?

Military term - it means "missing in action"

Travelled on the Lowlander to Glasgow last night. The only failure was the coffee machine in the lounge at Euston.

Have 170s always worked the Borders Line?

011 and 032 both working this evening

5g77 currently on the northbound track (is that up?) just north of the trailing crossover

There's a crossover jusrt noth of the Goods loop. Do they use that?

52 units in service has been acheived seven times so far, first on 29th July and then on 3, 4, 5, 6, 21 August, and then again yesterday.

The Highland Sleeper only has two seated cars leaving London, but runs to three destinations. The two seated cars run to Aberdeen and Inverness. Seated passengers for Fort William have to transfer to another car which is attached to the Fort William sleeping cars during the shunting manoeuvres...

Indeed - they change at, i think Wimbledon to say they are going to Richmond, and at Norbiton to say they are going to Waterloo. Similarly in the opposite direction, at Richmod they say Wimbledon, and at Strawberry Hill they say Waterloo. However, the talking ceilings give the entire route -...

Many years ago I joined a train at High Wycombe with "Little Kimble" on the destination blind. Obviously it was actually going to Aylesbury - as indeed was I. Now, I can understand the train being advertised at Marylebone as only going to Little Kimble, but from any other stop on its route...

No, but they were being wheeled and looked too bulky to just carry on easily, especially as they were carrying other bags on top of the wheeled ones.