Recent content by YorksDMU

They were live from the guard.

Well, last Thursday I went to Scarborough again. A three car 170 each way. The journey to Scarborough was okay, not too many passengers, and a friendly guard. No distancing issues on it. The return journey was another matter. I won give too many details, but I have them recorded if required. The...

I recall, and you can see this on the preserved set, the way the driver’s desk sloped down in the Cravens cab. No one seems to have come up with a satisfactory answer except to say that it might have been to stop the driver from putting a mug of tea on it. ;) But the view from most of the first...

There are problems with rail when the following situation happens. Last Thursday I went to Scarborough. The train to Scarborough was well loaded, about three quarters full. But the majority of us had face coverings on, and there were no problems. The return journey was not good from Bridlington...

Thank you, I feel most happy and refreshed.

So today I went on the 13.32 Beverley, ex Hull, to Scarborough service, which was formed of 170456. I travelled in the rear DMSL. It was full, and everyone seemed quite happy. They were mostly younger than myself, and several groups/families were evident. There were no seats marked out of use...

Things appear to have changed in East Yorkshire since that survey. Today I travelled from Beverley to Scarborough , and the class 170’s were full. No ‘Out of Use’ signs on the seats, it was just like old times. People seem happy to be going by rail. We do need more trains running, but I’ll say...

I’m going with the Cravens Class 105 first generation unit, as already mentioned too. The power cars were exceptionally loud, with the two engines roaring and making everything rattle and vibrate. It really was quite an experience.

Tomorrow, I will be going out, on my bicycle, all day to Pocklington, amongst other places. I will not, repeat, not be staying at home. I may drop into a pub whilst out too, if one has no need for booking in advance. So the message is clear to me. Go out, don’t stay at home any longer. The stay...

I’m lost for words! Northern need a new MD. And they need to run as full a timetable as they can. Longer trains too so everyone can distance on them properly.

Earlier today, I saw a three car class 170 on the 09.32 to Scarborough pass by Beverley North LC. It seemed all seats, as permitted by the distancing requirements, were in use, indeed the most numbers of passengers I’ve seen on a train since the pandemic began. Hopefully, with Northern having...

Confusion in our local Asda today. There is a big sign outside saying that from today the social distancing rules have changed. It does not specify to what, but it does say all the old two metre signs and arrows are left in place to help people out. That is such nonsense. I’m just left totally...

I’ve had two train journeys to York as well as a couple to Hull since the 15th June. All went well, and the face mask caused me no issues. I’m hoping to go to Scarborough as soon as I can, but it’s the lack of trains, with only one every two hours that is a possible issue with that. Certainly...

I’ve just had a look at the National Rail Twitter feed, but that is still asking “Is your journey necessary?”. So no change there as yet.

Thank you, but it’s still only every two hours to and from Scarborough, however, and this is a big step in the right direction, a Hull to Bridlington service is started from that date. So, I’ll accept that improvement, but I hope we get a hourly service up to Scarborough once more before much...