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  1. CallySleeper

    ATW North Wales diagrams

    Hi all, I'm looking for preferably up-to-date/current (or as recent as possible) diagrams for ATW, specifically their north Wales route for a new Simsig timetable. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! :)
  2. CallySleeper

    Honey, I just crashed an 830 grand car

    http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/story.php?id=3837 Pictures here. Anyone who's seen this car on Top Gear or elsewhere will know that it's a damn fine car he may have totalled.
  3. CallySleeper

    Scottish NR staff industrial action

    All services within Scotland look to be disrupted from 1200 Wednesday 7th as NR supervisory and signalling staff belonging to the RMT Union plan a 48-hour walk out. While NR is still negotiating to avert the strike, emergency plans have yet to be finalised but emergency timetables and further...
  4. CallySleeper

    If Nat Ex win the NEM franchise, this is what their 222s could look like

    I'll be honest, it doesn't look half bad. Apparently, the brand has more loyalty than the individual TOC names - and Joe Public doesn't recognise which TOCs are run by NX. Therefore the trains and logo would actually be of the National Express design to show their ownership. National Express...
  5. CallySleeper

    VT once again tries to win air passengers over during airline disruption

    Regardless of whether the current planned British Airways cabin crew strikes planned for this Tuesday, 30th and Wednesday, 31st January go ahead, Virgin Trains is offering all airline passengers holding valid tickets for these days free travel in first class accomodation on routes which would...
  6. CallySleeper

    57307 working VXC this evening

    57307 and 6 mkIIs worked a Newcastle run today, consisting of 1E45 and 1M95. 1M95 times are as follows: Newcastle d 17.17 Chester LS d 17.26 Durham d 17.33 Darlington d 17.50 York d 18.24 Doncaster d 18.52 Sheffield d 19.23 Chesterfield d 19.35 Derby d 19.57 Burton OT d 20.07...
  7. CallySleeper

    Trip Report: Doncaster and the windstrewn ECML!

    Report from Friday's venture into the arena will appear ITT tomorrow (Sunday) evening. Pics & discussion included!
  8. CallySleeper

    West Coast Main Line Franchise bid

    During the existance of the RailNetwork forum game I wrote over the space of a few months during the summer a full WCML franchise bid document, complete with accompanying weekday timetable. Unfortunately the forum has since of course been shut down, however I am willing to send the documents to...
  9. CallySleeper

    Christmas, from a British kid's point of view.

    try and read this with a brummy accent if possible. even better, if you can do a coventry accent then you are definitely onto a winner. for the ultimate experience, just imagine that the play is being acted out for you in a bus stop in Kenilworth on a rainy friday night in 1995
  10. CallySleeper

    Does anyone else want to tell FGW about this?

    http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=313
  11. CallySleeper

    So then, we can expect Virgin Cross Country to be withdrawing new VT3 TTs shortly

    Apart from the niggling errors all the way through, such as the vertical orange bars going down further than where the train terminates (and also starting higher up than where the train starts), and 'Tweed' in Berwick-on-Tweed and 'Street' in Chester-le-Street not being given capital letters, on...
  12. CallySleeper

    221136 To Inconvienience Grand Central

    It has now become apparent that while initial repairs to 221136 will be completed by the new timetable, the unit looks set to remain in repair until next April. This means that it is likely that the Midland Mainline HST currently leased to Virgin Cross Country will stay with Virgin until April...
  13. CallySleeper

    Why is our network this bad?

    Scanning the engineering alterations I see no less than 40 blockades timetabled for the weekend of 28th/29th October. I would have thought for sacrificing a good weekend timetable to block the line for works on many occasions on every weekend would see some improvement - but I'm not seeing much...
  14. CallySleeper

    Grand Central services delayed

    I have heard from an industry railway magazine that the opening of Grand Central has been postponed a further 6 months to May 2007. Their services are also no longer in the National Rail planner. Grand Central are also apparently to buy 6 class 43 locomotives to be converted to 1000v ETS and...
  15. CallySleeper

    Rail Alphabet?

    Hi, Today I have been searching for the standard British Rail font, known as 'Rail Alphabet' to use for personal use - a sample is attached. I have not been able to find this font on the web - however I have read other material which says it is available (albeit not commercially) on the...
  16. CallySleeper

    390 Stabling

    Are all 390s stabled at Longsight overnight or elsewhere? (If elsewhere then where)
  17. CallySleeper

    Final Grand Central decision due

    As I understand it, the final decision to whether Grand Central will run trains or not is due today at 14:00. All I can say is good luck GNER!
  18. CallySleeper

    Fares (again)

    I recently had the following situation: NRE shows that all 3 Virgin Value Advance tickets A B and C for a particular journey are available. I then attempt to buy the cheapest, C, and get forwarded to Midland Mainline's trainline outlet to purchase tickets. Initially, trainline say that, like...
  19. CallySleeper

    First time on a sleeper...

    couple of questions - 1. How does ticket inspection work 2. How does berth number relate to coach/where it is in the train?

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