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Hate to say it, but maybe the driver requires the air conditioning since they are on the train for a much longer time than the average passenger.

I agree that all of its proportions are rather odd, particularly the rear dome of the upper deck - that curved area looks like its just a bit of thin flexible plastic! If they wanted to pay homage to the rounded dome rear ends of the RM, why not do it in the way AlexanderDennis did with the...

1W95 operates non-stop between St. Pancras International and St. Albans, hence the reference to a 'St. Pancras tp St. Albans' service, however the set starts from Brighton, and works up to Bedford.

Last night was a rather nasty situation indeed, however looks like things have returned to relatively normal this morning, with services running through the core, although some minor delays, cancellations, and short-formations. There was a major power failure yesterday evening in the Kentish...

Also - aren't the Class 380's a 23m body-shell, with new features intended for the Desiro City Thameslink bid, so you already have jigs ready for a 23m build, that could be modified to a Class 444 style door configuration?

Well, I prefer FS2004 since it runs far more smoothly and stably on my computer, and I dare say I am a pretty good hand at it - but I would no way imply that I would be capable of flying an actual B737NG for example despite the realism of procedures in the iFly simulation of it. I dare say I...

You would need to have a lot of infrastructure work in East Anglia for LIV-NRW to be 185 operated - because 185's are pretty much the heaviest unit on the network, they are unable to operate to any MU (Multiple Unit) or SP (Sprinter) speed differential, and I think Ely to Norwich is a 75/90SP...

All Route knowledge in general ml - lucky on DOO passenger CSR allows for immediate communication with the controlling signal panel. For freight drivers, think they operate on both CSR and the NRN which has to be kept dialled onto the correct frequency for the area the train is being...

Bear in mind however when it comes to refurbishments, that an EMU will last a serious amount of time longer than a similarly aged DMU - just look at all the slammers still running up into 2005, 45 years old at least, and who wanted rid of them? 319's are a good solid reliable unit, as seem to...

""On topic though, I'd always understood that this was the main reason for an earlier PTT departure than WTT, so it would seem sensible to apply that to remove the potential for confusion and missed trains."" Oh but then, cue the threads of 'My train was booked to leave at 11:04, but it...

Those results sound OK, pretty similar to how I got on in the aptitude testing for FCC, and I am now coming close to my 250 hours and potential assessment! Do remember thinking that all 42 questions on the Power Heat Light Control test needed to be finished - feeling rather stressed at only...

Would guess that it operates the same way as the trip-wires down from Gatwick Airport station - never realised they had them at Airport metro though it obviously makes sense with the 07 threshold not far away!

An R-reg bus was certainly not the first Low-Floor, I believe that you may be considering the first Low-Floor Double Decker which was indeed I believe a DAF DB250GS/Optare Spectra, correctly with AbuS of Bristol. The first Low Floor buses were L-registration, Dennis Lance SLF/Wright...

No pun intended I guess Jon - female police officers tend to 'take no prisoners', by the sounds of things maybe they take too many lol!!!

The plan is that the through platforms were switched to the eastern side of the station, to allow for the latest RUS, namely that the Sutton services are expected to become Blackfriars terminators under the control of TfL/LOROL, and the new layout will avoid confilicting movements since the...

I always fail to see why people are so incensed by people wanting to fight hard and retain conditions they have worked EXTREMELY hard for, whether under BR or, like myself, undergoing training 'off the street'. I ask you all this... if you were in the ATW Drivers' shoes, and really put yourself...

On DOO lines we use the key handover method to stop the CSR dropping out everytime you do a changeover, does make for very quick handovers at times though!

Regarding those tunnels, they are the entrance/exit for the single-bore tunnels that will link up the Thameslink route to the Great Northern route, not exactly sure where the exit is near the GN side as I don't think it is visible yet, but they seem to be getting worked on at the moment in...

Being a passenger on said train, we were initially delayed by overrunning engineering works at Stevenage, then delayed and terminated at Doncaster because of a tree being felled onto the line and bringing down the OLE at barwood near Retford. Nice to know what 67 hauled me, I was enjoying the...

If you go down the line between Drayton Park and Moorgate, all the stations there are still branded with NSE colours and flashes.