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So you're not saying its defintiely not Viva then?

You seemed to indicate that it can't be Viva Rail as the sidings belong to Quinton. Do Viva Rail operate on a different part of the Long Marston complex?

Thanks D365. So no other vehicles, apart from those owned by Quinton Rail Technology Centre have ever run there?

There must be something of value in the middle vehicle that the two end coaches dont have, that could be of use to someone developing rail vehicles at Long Marston

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Is that one that has just been overhauled at Nemesis at Burton?

I hear you SWT. But when the cab has all of the GSMR kit and even a newly fitted horn valve you do wonder if it is worth spending some time stripping some goodies out.

the 2 ends are being cut up in Glasgow, the middle bit is going away down south of the border

So yesterday the unit was delivered to Springburn. The 2 end vehicles are going to the scrap yard by road, the middle vehicle is going by road down south. It was a shame to see virtually no component recovery taking place

Every time I am on a train on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line and pass TNT's headquarters (and one of 3 sortation hubs in the Midlands) I wonder how possible it would be to use the WCML for their Scottish domestic Freight (depots at Bellshill, Paisley, Edinburgh...

Any news on the suspected cause of this?

Is this the brakes applying just on the loco or the whole train? There is talk of sparks flying. From the bogies or inside?

What do you mean by 'brakes seizing up'? Has a fault been identified?

Sorry if I have missed finding the information in searches I have completed. With the 'imminent' arrival of new stock at GWR, have all of the HST fleet from GWR been found a new home? Will some be going to scrap?

Hello What is ADD Activation? Also, we had to take a replacement bus as our Edinburgh-Lockerbie service was cancelled. Can I claim delay-repay? Many thanks

Investigations often do go on into why a distributor caused a brake drag. The distributor is tested on a rig and then dismantled methodically. The tiny components and springs that make up a distributor and the relatively small changes in air pressure they are designed to detect and respond to...

I think you are refering to the parking brake in the loco. Air brakes are compressed air working against the force of the spring in the brake cylinder. The spring keeps the piston unextended which through the rigging keeps the brake block off the wheel. As the brake applies air is forced into...

Ben. I know for a fact it is not in service on Monday 14th. I was told if the work being carried out isn't completed, the next opportunity is Friday. I understand both of these days the loco isn't scheduled to be working which is why the work is being carried out on these dates. If all goes...

I understand FS won't be in service on Monday 14th March at NYMR. Might possibly be not on duty on Friday 18th too.

Whoa. What have I started. Obviously the smiley face wasn't quite enough to demonstrate I was jesting. I had in mind that sometimes when someone produces some evidence of something to back up their claim (such as that woman who claimed to have washed the multimillion pound lottery ticket and...