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Now that brings back a memory of the good old days. in the mid 60s commuting into Liv St when the Class 306 trains were full, sometimes they forgot to lock the middle drivers doors and people could get in the cab and stand. The best bit was the speed o worked in all cabs, so could get the...

Memory jog please, were the class 315 fitted with a guards compartment I have not been able to find an original photo to confirm it I have an idea they were converted a few years after they came into use?

Anyone know where the original machine went, I think I read somewhere that they were being printed and sold to preserved railways

I think we should put the clock back 50 yrs, in the old days you had to join 48 hrs before gambling, stopped drunk people spending more than they could afford. as for credit any sniff of credit could lead to loss of licence I was working for a PLC in 1979 when most of the London clubs were...

No one has answered my question on page 107!. as a non railway worker I want to understand both sides of the issue, can anyone give us some examples of what are "the out of date practices" they want to reform?.. Grant Shaps used the illustration of a manager speaking to someone on a break the...

Sorry if this has been covered I have not read all 107 pages! Grant Shapps said on the Sunday politics round that many old fashioned practices needed to be changed. He said if a worker is on a break and the manager says "good morning" they have to restart their break , is that correct and any...

I welcome being corrected but I thought all GA stock was DOO south of Colchester, Guards needed to Clacton/Walton/Ipswich seem to take up duties at Colchester

If I were in charge of the railway I would have sent the refurbd 321s to C2C after all, the order was to relieve rush hour crowding get the 357 up to standard for general use then run the 321s as reliefs in the rush hour Save loads of money keep ticket prices down!. after all the cost of all...

Realtime trains seems unreliable, Local paper reports delays to services on GEML on Monday 2-5-22 at 9am Realtime trains shows all trains on time and gives departure times is there a better source of info on trains running?

I used to go to EU for fags aprox 1/2 price 800 allowed, good saving after paying for coach fare, now import limits 200 not worth it as to spirits I found in France and Belgium the price was almost the same as UK where can you get them at £11.50 saving?. beer very cheap but too bulky unless you...

I would have thought that was a sideway step. Chief political editor must be one of the top on screen jobs. A one hour a week show seems a step down..how does the money compare?

I get annoyed when I see the Halifax advert, I lost my pension savings in shares in HBOS when they went broke in 2008

Now we have left the EU, ( I am a regretful vote leaver ) The customs duty limits now seem to make it not worth it

I have the right hump, I had a virgin that I purchased in the Virgin shop, has worked fine ( but expensive ) but OK for about 6 calls a year, They stopped doing PAYG got my balance refunded but now I find the phone locked ( I paid cash for the phone ) now I find the phone is locked, I have...

I remember when they moved the ECML to by pass the new mine, we were told there was coal for decades of use I looked it up it was 1980, could they reopen it to serve essential equipment, i e railways fairgrounds etc

Class 306. ahead of their time, first generation EMU were the last with confey seats.

I have a complaint in to BBC about the background music on factual programmes on the Forbidden Art prog with Mary Beard the music was drowning out the talking Any other people find the music oppressive

remember in the good old days LT generated its own leccie Lotts Rd and Greenwich, yes yes I know they used coal but they were independent of the market

Thought here does anyone know how the 87 are getting on in there new home..are they well used?

Would there be any issues about gauge clearance, does a train at high speed move from side to side enough for the step boards to come into contact with the platform edge