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  1. Lawman

    Tesco magazine offer

    Folks, for your info if anyone interested,At Tesco right now,Rail express(£3.95) and The Railway Magazine(£4.90) both for £3.95 on special offer.....:)
  2. Lawman

    More Train telly(Television)

    Folks, Here is my Saturday morning rant:evil:.There are plenty of Railway magazines on the market covering a wide range of the spectrum.My issue is the lack of tv programes that are available. l have Sky TV.Anyone who has this service will know that there are about a trillion...
  3. Lawman

    Train Driver Gets Lost

    Folks, Story in Todays News Of The World......Service from London Victoria to Brighton was stopped early in its journey as the Driver "did not know the way". Passengers were informed of this much to their amusement. A wee delay occured until a new driver attended (who knew the way)...
  4. Lawman

    Driver misses station

    awrite scotrail.. pure red neck ken?? lol :p
  5. Lawman

    Driver misses station

    Carter, The driver had a pure beamer! :oops:
  6. Lawman

    Driver misses station

    oh yeah.. the conductor had announced over the tannoy that there were awaiting to hear from the signaller. It appeared to many passengers that the condcutor was making it out to be a signalling problem and not a driver error. The driver and conductor were having a wee giggle about it...
  7. Lawman

    Driver misses station

    Folks, l don't want to name the station in this incident just incase some wee train driver gets a row. My girlfriend is on the train heading home from work today. The train was supposed to stop at a certain station however the train flies past station. Train has went past station...
  8. Lawman

    Seatbelts on Trains

    May sound weird,but are there any trains that have seatbelts fitted.I know that the chances of a head on crash are limited,but obstructions on the line,level crossing incidents and poor tracks can cause accidents. Could it ever happen,and has it ever been discussed by dft?
  9. Lawman

    Northen/Scotrail trains

    folks, When on route from Glasgow to London whilst heading through Carlisle l have observed on many occasions scotrail loco's at the station.l was wondering if Northan trains go from Carlisle to Glasgow,as l have not seen any at Glasgow Central.Have they ever in recent times worked this...
  10. Lawman

    Virgin Train Drivers&staff

    Folks, This may be obvious,however,what would happen with all the virgin employees on the west coast route if virgin lost the tender.I know there is a lot of money in training their drivers on the pendalino and other staff ect. I would imagine Virgin would re-deploy staff were...
  11. Lawman

    no service wcml

    Folks, What would happen to the service on the wcml if say virgin trains failed/lost/did not want to renew/ there franchise.Say for instance that no other operator put a bid in for this contract,what would happen to this service,would the government,dft,have some sort of back up plan for...
  12. Lawman

    visitors allowed or not?

    Interesting!
  13. Lawman

    visitors allowed or not?

    not even a sneeky wee visit...without a cab pass:wink:
  14. Lawman

    visitors allowed or not?

    Folks, a wee question l hope someone can answer. On a long or even short distance journey is the train manager or even csa allowed to visit the train drivers cab mid journey and allowed to keep him company for part of the journey.Must be kinda lonley sometimes being a driver:cry:
  15. Lawman

    MailTrain

    Folks, l have recently seen the Mail Train a few times passing Motherwell in the wee small hours.Do Royal Mail still use this service.l thought they had withdrawn it.Anyone shed any light?
  16. Lawman

    Sleeping Train

    Folks, thats me saving up again,my plan is to take a wee trip on the Caledonian sleeper,Glasgow to London,l have never done it before,l was hoping some of my fellow forum users could offer me their opinions on this service,berths,carriges,noise,passengers food and any others stories...
  17. Lawman

    1st class ticket 3rd class service

    Folks, Saved up my hard earned wages and booked a 1st class ticket for me and my partner on a virgin Glasgow to London service on sat 12 feb. l have travelled many times in virgin 1st class midweek.l find the staff,service,train and whole journey excellent. l was however very...
  18. Lawman

    Virgin Cafe

    Thanks for the replies folks
  19. Lawman

    Virgin Cafe

    Folks, l know this subject has been covered a zillions times:roll:(do apoligise) l am traveling 1st class this saturday on virgin Glasgow to London service.l know there is no hot food/sandwiches that are dished out at your seat.Can you attend at the onboard cafe,produce your 1st...
  20. Lawman

    Police at level crossings

    When an incident occurs at a LC BTP will often attend at this locus and monitor persons/motorists behaviour re offences.There main objective is public saftey re Crossings however if offences are observed then persons will be reported for that offence. Civi police are made aware of incidents...

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