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I failed 165029 at Marylebone last week with zero lighting in the London end vehicle, I suspect the batteries were flat due to a charging fault as the alternator would not kick in. prehaps this was the same vehicle.

Except the 1710 BSH-Marylebone which is a two car 165 and gets wedged :roll:

I was trained on the Class 165 when they were brand new, the instructors told us to use all brake notches as required and it was deemed to be a very efficient brake until leaf fall season and the several spectacular incidents including Slough Bay occured. I believe the brake cylinder pressures...

This is the new station control room where the announcer, fitter, station manager and route controller have been brought together to manage the London end of the Chiltern operation.

I did both my Secondman and Driver Training at the Southside Training School in the late 70's early 80's, never heard any stories about it being haunted. It was fairly run down then and probably wouldnt be acceptable today as it only had one entrance via a staircase between the substation and...

Officially you have to apply through the VLO as they like you to have a induction day, unofficially we could arrange for you to visit us as a guest to see what goes on, ask any questions etc and go from there. PM me if you would like to come over. By the way my colleague at work cycles most days...

I am an SVR volunteer of over 20 years, I became active when D821 was moved there from the NYMR, we try to encourage new people to join our small diesel department at Kidderminster but for some strange reason we dont get many offers of help and I can say I think we've had about six serious new...

Worked the 1710 departure from Snow Hill last night, 2H60 is booked a 2 car 165 and we left wedged to the gunnals.. to be honest it was fairly well loaded all the way to Mbone even though its a bit of a stagger calling at numerous stations.

I had a good run up from Kiddy with the 06.10, seven late into MB having followed a preceeding train from South Ruislip and thats with all the ESR's....

There was a block on in Stourbridge yard for the duration of the rebranding process it is fenced off from the running line, why do they need a HVV!!

The fact that the Chiltern Press release does not mention Steve Murphy may be due to that Adrians letter was sent out to his staff at Chiltern, I am told that the senior managers were informed of his decision a few minutes before the letter was sent out by email to all other staff. Prehaps this...

Tend to agree RPM, I wonder if its a directive from the Berlin Bunker or the North East of England!!

Adrian Shooter has written to Chiltern staff today to announce his retirement at the end of the year. He will stand down as Chairman after Christmas and will be replaced by Steve Murphy who is currently at LOROL. Sad to see the Boss go, just hope Arriva dont start interfering once he's off the...

And yes it is Marylebone, it was filmed a few weeks ago over a weekend on Platforms 5&6. The area where the band is playing is the emergency exit to Rossmore Road....

172 103 spotted at Banbury at 14.30 this afternoon awaiting the road north...

The Chiltern bubble car is only allowed to carry passengers on two specific routes namely Aylesbury- Princes Risborough and Aylesbury-Quainton Road, it is limited to 40mph and the CDL must be operational. If the unit is being transferred ECS to another location it can run at 70mph.

Unidentified Chiltern 172 seen at Small Heath last night at approx 18.55 heading south, couldnt see any seats fitted other than a row behind the cab at each end......

Tis the Chiltern Driver training train, should be about all week from Monday, stabling at Moor Street Mon-Wed then Stourbridge Thurs, returning to Wembley Friday lunchtime.

It'll have a job to call at South Ruislip!! prehaps you mean West Ruislip..:)

Im afraid your wrong, the bubble car retains its glass partition/blinds at the saloon end, the van end always did have a solid partition.