Recent content by The Decapod

People who describe a modern electric or diesel train to small children as a "choo-choo train"

While it's possible China's true figures are under-reported, it's also just as possible they are correct. But even if the official stats were only one tenth of the true numbers, those would still be very low.

Apart from HS2, of course! [irony]

HS2 originally boasted 'futureproof' design for speeds of up to 250 mph. I don't know if that's still the case or whether it's been watered down. Given that the Channel Tunnel has a limit of about 100 mph for safety and operational reasons, any bits of HS2 that are in tunnels are likely to have...

This colour video is about Brush Type 2s (Class 30) being built at Loughborough with Mirrlees engines. There's footage of the locos on the move and in service. The engines sound different from their English Electric replacements - less of a chugging sound and more of a rumble I think...

What if a real person with the surname 'Sands' applies for a job as an inspector? Would they be ruled out because of their name?

Aren't there such things as working farm holidays where you effectively pay to work on the farm?

That's OK because they had particularly small wheels as well.

I assume that it wouldn't take long for people in France, Ireland or indeed the Isle of Man to realise that something catastrophic had happened here. Within a short space of time emergency forces from other countries would begin landing here, not least because they'd need to find out what had...

If they ban rucksacks, briefcases, suitcases and shopping bags, that would make even more space on the trains!

Logic would suggest an answer of 'yes'. I blame the government on this. They must have known the situation before the election but waited until afterwards to take any action. Now that George Osborne's 'Northern Powerhouse' concept won the Tories some votes in the election, it's done its job...

Perhaps some independent research would be useful. Find out whether the train operator's own 'escalation process' has been adhered to properly. Ultimately you could make a complaint to the ORR (Office of Rail Regulation). http://orr.gov.uk/info-for-passengers/complaints

Clapham Junction was named after a male bus passenger chosen at random.

Network Rail HQ, Euston? :D

Major interchange? For what? :lol: