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I took a trip here on Saturday and yet i was sadended by how much of a dump the Station actually is.
I could see that there are some maintiance Sheds at twards the end of the current platforms, When where theese closed ?
Also i noticed that there looks to another Building at the top of the...
I have opened this thread to save other threads going greatly off topic!
One of the things I would like to discuss about EMT is East Croft Depot Nottingham.
Recently there has been a great deal of failures of there Class 158s and yet the majority of the failures I believe are with the ex...
Does anyone know why Network Rail are having so much trouble with clocks in Lime Street Recnetly ?
I have noticed that the two on the Departure Boards are now covered over with posters.
It is not so long agon since t he Big Clock above the VT travel centre went extreemly slow and is now...
I think I asked a question about this before in another thread but can't really find it but never mind.
Anyway i would like to know where do FGW run to / from within the West Midlands because apparently you can use a West Midlands Day Ranger on there services so :-
A-Do they run to / from...
Well there i was sitting there at Widnes last night waiting for the 21.05 EMT Service back to Lime St.
I was a little board so what i did was write sevral fleet number on a peice of paper that i had in my pocket.
One of the fleet Numbers was 158806 and what should turn up at 21.03 158806...
I am Looking for some history for this route namely:-
*When it First Started
*Timetables from Day 1 to EMT Operation
*What Rolling Stock was used from Day one up to CTs 170s
*Route Descriptions or Maps
I notice something rather odd about this particular service as according to its scedule it is sceduled to take 1hour and 04minutes but yet has no Calling points making a Direct Fast Service but yet still seems to take a long time considering it has no Calling points so the questions i have is :-...
I know that all three diagrams are Booked for 153s but one does Start off in the Morning Peak as a 158 Do we know which one this is and how do they do the change over and what does the 158 go onto and how does the 153 that replaces the 158 ?
Also do all three 153s Return as a trio back to...
What iam intreeged to find out is how i would be able to work out is how the cycle works as to what unit will be on the Journeys i intend to travel on in order to plan my East Anglia Trip / Bash.
To put it in another context i whant to be able to travel on :-
21.37 Liverpool Lime St...
The Big Question is Whom is going to win this year My Money is on :-
1st Urika
2nd Verene
3rd Coolio
or
1st Verne
2nd Urkia
3rd Coolio
Who would you like to see win and or in the top three ?
Last night 17th / 01 /2009 170 308 Worked 1F72 19.10 Leeds-Liverpool Lime Street is this the first time one of FTPEs 170s have worked this route as it is the first i have ever seen.
One thing i couldn't understand about it was the fact that the destination display was not displaying Liverpool...
I sent off My application and all the required info including a cover letter to Rail Travel Made easy on Tuesday of last week and was wondering how long does it take for it to come through.
Hope Mods don't mind me advertising this here but require a quick sale.
I have an Inovix 5 mega pixel Standard Point and Shoot Digital Camera for Sale for Just £10.00s.
It comes with:-
Box
Instructions
Carrying Strap
2x AAA Rechargeable Batteries
Software CD
Memory Card Slot...
Just a few questions about thus service which are :-
A-When it arrives at Man Pic where does it go to turn back ?
B-I have noticed recently that ATW have been using 158s again on this service on one or two diagrams is this a regular thing now or just a shortage of 175s.
C-What is the...
Iam keeping my eye out for Vacancies with XC and was wondering where there Train Crewe Bases are and where there Engineering Depots are can anyone shed some light on this query please.
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