Recent content by Victor C

Changes are afoot at Swansea... It's ironic what hasn't changed through all these years though!

Thanks – corrected!

I went on a trip to the STEAM museum in Swindon yesterday, and took a Class 800 out and another one back. 800012 has a different type of fabric used for seat covers in standard class: This is the door panel on 800012, although I was told by the Guard/Conductor that it's not actually used...

Britain's railways should be deregulated and more privatised (like the Japanese model), so that: Each railway company (not TOC) will have complete control over its assets, i.e. it will be able to build, own, operate and maintain both its track and trains. There will be direct competition...

Wow. Source

The train depicted is a N700 series owned by either JR Central or JR West (some of them - the 'R' sets - are owned by JR Kyushu, but those have a different livery), not the 700 series (which, just like the N700, was jointly designed by JR Central and JR West). Interestingly, Tsukuba Express...

From what I can see from some pictures, it looks like the cab is on a flat floor entirely above the gangway, similar to the E351 series it is designed to replace:

To be honest, I'd much prefer the E353 series by JR East, which has its driving cab above the gangway: