Recent content by swrailuser

This would be best especially if they were to include bomb film in it too so that in the event of a break the glass stayed in place.

Try the Line to Barnstaple as an example it works as all but Crediton and Eggesford are request stops, unless the train is booked as a fast and does not stop for requests this makes about a 15 minute difference on the Journey

We often have 4 car voyagers down in this neck of the woods especially the 1644 sardine can from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth/Penzance which get cancelled at Exeter when is a high tide with a stiff breeze

Hopefully with the Refurb planned on the 159's from Exeter and Salisbury this problem will be fixed if enough of us have had our concerns noted in the hand over

To prevent passengers being swept off the platform by the backdraft of a passing train as once occurred at harpenden when a small person was thrown across the tracks after a passing HST at speed had been through and the person was standing on the edge.

never Temple Meads has been canned parkway is as close as you get

yes great for an East coast rail user but not for a west country passenger where the train is in diesel mode for up to 80% of its journey

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With the tripling costs of the complete cock up of the electrification on the GWML suddenly the bi-mode are the way forward, unfortunately these trains will be a much poorer replacement for the HST, so far none of the train companies have considered a replacement power plant such as the Methane...

With The current position of the electrification of the GWML these new trains for the cardiff swansea route will spend about 50% of their time underperforming whilst in diesel mode ( a noisy 95 mph max) and those who will be on the 802's will have to suffer this for up to 80% of their journey as...

From what I can see on various historical sources the Private sidings dept were a division of the LNWR that managed the interconnection of company sidings to the LNWR main lines.

max speed on third rail 110 if your lucky OHLE 325 KM in europe 140 mph here transformer 3rd rail 1 per mile ole 5 miles or more economics power transfer and speed

Using the newspaper train from Exeter to Barnstaple with the lights out on a 110 or 101 DMU and seeing the countryside at night between naps on the wide bench seats:)

you can get historical info on trains from the NR app for 24 hours ---- useful when needing proof of delays when filing claim online.

WEll thats us down here on the SWML *uggered as we wil get more life expired kit while the GWML sector gets the AT800's 16X 397's etc and we end up with 143's 153's and worse with slow trains to the south west to replace the venrable HST's that have never been allowed to run properly over the...