Recent content by rick_suffolk

Madness prevails it seems. Aldeburgh-Leiston-Saxmundham now has 4 (mostly empty) buses per hour - services 64/521/522 - many double deckers. Ridiculously overbussed. Yet many villages nearby have nothing.

Id suggest SM class AEC Swift

Saw this on companies house https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03574547

I took those lunchtime trains a few times out of Broad St - near empty Rolls Royce 3 car Class 125 dmu. The similar Saturday lunchtime departures from Moorgate Widened Lines Cravens 2 car Class 105s were likewise near empty until Kings X

Cheers both

Are both units unlocked? Or is it just one towing an empty unit?

Apparently Beestons have 2 similar tri axles on order due next spring per Sanders Bus and Coach page on Facebook, quoted from Tom Hinson from Beestons

It was mix of 150s and 153s. My experience was more 150s.

Hmm see page 2 of this thread https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7947&start=15

How about the Rolls Royce hydraulic class 125 DMUs that ran on the Lea Valley and later the GN suburban seeviea from Broad St and Kings X? They were withdrawn en masse after GN electrification. I think that Stratford was prob pleased to see them go

Back in late 70s/early 80s I was fascinated how all this was managed by Eastern Counties. You could for example go to Ipswich Old Cattle Market and observe departures and vehicle types on a Saturday and then again in following weeks and it all seemed so random! By then crew duties seemed...

Is posting about unreliable DMUs going off topic? Was thinking of the Rolls Royce class 125 DMUs

How about the platform at kings X suburban (was it 16 or 17?) from moorgate. A 6 car cravens (3 x power trailer sets) really struggled with full load of commuters

it is on 0648 NRW-LST this morning

The Felixstowe is indeed a 755/4 this morning