Recent content by stonojnr

fwiw a D lock doesnt really change the outcome, you can spend upto 100 on a lock, it can be cut through in less than a minute with an angle grinder. you can spend 150 on an anti angle grinder lock and it it just means theyll cut through the stand the bike is locked too instead, especially as the...

well Im a UK passenger and Im still convinced Julie Berry actually says "See it, say it, sort it" because I think her accent emphasises the word as "sortId" not "sortEd". I also think "sort it" makes more sense, you see a problem, you do something about it by reporting it, which is similar to a...

I realise its a local paper and half their articles feel like written by AI thesedays, but I was surprised that someone in their garden who heard the crash, got to the emergency phone to call it in and they got to stop the train, which was travelling at line speed I presume, before it got...

quite, and its reminded me actually last year around this time, coming back from Nottingham on a 158, on that exact same line coming back to Norwich, and I was convinced we'd hit a branch or some bit of tree that had dropped near trackside. as there was an almighty bang, followed by what sounded...

the BBC report claimed it was near Diss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-63013871 how near Diss who knows, I wouldnt have thought it a grand idea to evacuate the train on the GEML there. But thats why Im surprised GAs playbook is send a fitter first to find out what the problem is...

as there were three of you, did you fit all three on one side of the bike space out of curiosity ? or split it 2 -1 instead ?

Ive always felt Euston was the worst,its dark,you are completely seperated from the trains, and I dont go to a railway station to go shopping, I go to get on a train home, and maybe grab a quick bite to eat/something to drink, Euston invariably feels like the lets hurry up and get out of here...

Ride quality was fine and the journey on the train itself wasnt an issue, but it wasnt just the 3+2 setup we thought created a space problem down the aisles (which will be a problem when passenger numbers return to normal and people with cases/luggage try to move around on it) but the sets of 3...

similar to the treatment of the Anglia region, but I cant see anyone ever making the Stadler Flirts in the UK, at least when we had trains that other regions had used before there was always that hope it was just a new paintjob away from a release, now weve got completely bespoke trains theres...

because it should have been an avoidable crash. its not a freak that in December, officially winter, when its cold (as it was in the region last night) country roads are icy early the next morning. its fortunate that the only damage is to things that can be replaced and no one was hurt.

whilst I think of all the solutions that the new rolling stock has provided, it looks the best, though I think most cyclists would be happier transporting their bikes with the kind of space the Scottish Rail 153 active travel coach arrangement provides. Ive yet to be convinced theres enough...

because the design & manufacturing meets a spec and assuming not a general manufacturing glitch, maybe the spec doesnt allow for as much margin of tolerance these days precisely because we use technology to be more precise on these things than we would have 30-40 years ago. see the new Greater...

Id presume in normal times theyd have announced it and maybe had a final farewell run like the 86s did, but I suppose best not to make too big a thing of it to avoid crowds gathering around needlessly so ends the loco hauled era :(

but that could just be implied from the end of the extension of the DDA or that Grand Central really want some of the 90s sooner as well, maybe they could get some 37s and the Mk2s in formation again ;) I thought 321s had already done Norwich though, when they had lots of the carriages missing...

a train hitting a car on a level crossing, because the "systems" werent picking it up properly anymore, might be a bit more than an annoyance for all involved, fortunately it was only a nearly incident instead