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shouting and hanging out the windows is v strange behaviour. you do seem to get a good few drunken yobs at diesel galas! to be fair though I have seen far worse behaviour by drunks not at diesel galas so it's all relative! Tim

I really don't like terms like clag thrash hellfire cop and such like! but having said that every hobby develops its own language - jargon, clichés, abbreviations etc just listen to football radio phone ins! there are so many aspects to railways and railway enthusiasm it's a great hobby! Tim

there are trap points set to derail run away trains on the mainline then? is this v common on the network? Tim

yes some seacows went to eastern Europe (Bulgaria or Romania, can't remember where) some TEAs and TTAs went to the middle east somewhere too I just wondered if any other wagons had been exported in terms of coaches, I only can think of some going to Ireland and New Zealand. best...

what ex br wagons are currently operating overseas? I read some seacows went to Bulgaria and some tankers went to the middle east... have any other wagons been exported? Tim

would the competition commission or whoever rules over these matters allow the same company to run both main lines from London to Scotland?

good to hear some are preserved!

are any in preservation? Tim

might eurostar take some of them as spare power cars or coaches or even form a few full sets from them? maybe midland mainline can have them for st p to corby lol Tim

Yeh I think the horn on a dvt does sound different to other horns I have heard Is there some reason for this? Tim

does anyone even want a mk1 coach body???

Is it being repainted? The GA mk3s have remote condition monitoring? How does that work? Cheers

Would it be worth re-engining a 57 or waste of money?

what are the oldest wagons still in revenue earning use on network rail metals? What about coaches? I'm guessing RTC network rail test train stock is pretty old but what about other operators? Tim

There was an article on this in traction magazine last year I think or maybe year before that Tim

Cheers for all the replies! Tim

Birm to Leicester will be a 170 only v rarely is it a voyager

ok cheers they were nice ornamental features then giving the loco a kind of face in some layouts I was only born in the 80s so missed out on their real use Tim

just wondered when did disc headcodes go out of use? I've just seen a few pictures of class 20s and 40s running in the 1980s with disc headcodes in various arrangements, assume they were just arranged in any way the driver wanted but had no actual meaning at this time? Cheers Tim

Is there a website that lists all the wagon types on the network, brief overview, technical details, how many there are and who operates or owns them? cheers Tim