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Ipswich Drivers dont sign 360s... 321s yes

360s currently only go as far as Stowmarket and only in the AM peak. 321s do get to Norwich, the 1702/1930 as mentioned are booked 321, though they can and do turn up when they are short of 90s+mk3s. A 5 car 170 did make it to Liv St a few weeks back due to an engineering muck up one morning...

IIRC there were only about 3 TSOs that had the full 64 seats, most were 62 as they had a wheelchair space, if not a disabled toilet. Was handy for buggies etc! And yes, all except the catering vehicles were ex WC LHCS. The buffets came from the XC HSTs

well unless they have completely stripped out the coaches and redone them in the 2 years since I worked for them... only the Disabled coach had all seats with a table. (FC of course, they all had tables)

Only the TSO(D) is all table seats, the TSOs are a mix of table and airline.

I have seen a real Christmas tree, still in the wrapping and being carted around in a 'granny trolley' (only description I can think of!), in the van of a GC power car a week or two before Christmas a few years back! Also had rats in cages and I think a snake as well on one journey! Best one...

young lad with a bike by all accounts... and yes it was the 1700 Ex Liv St

not at the station, there is a taxi rank but no taxi office.

several times, did it today in fact as I had plenty of time to wander along the platform.

I believe that a 5 Caoch HST will fit in 10 but not 11... I think a 6 coach will fit in 9 and possibly 10, though if not right at the stops will foul 11.

it could have been an awful lot worse looking at the photo... Also, going by the photo on the BBC website, they appear to be at a UWC, so the car has "probably" gone through the gate or fence at the side. Another thing, but In my experience of driving (nearly 13 years), Range Rovers mostly seem...

Usually it is kids who are invited in to have a quick look when the train reaches its destination or has a long dwell time, quite a few drivers are happy to let them look and sit in the seat, as long as they dont touch anything! It depends on the driver and how the question is asked!! A train...

The single line sections of the East Suffolk, and the Felixstowe branch!!

I remember a year or two ago loading a power car van at Thirsk with a school group's bags etc, it was 4 feet deep from one side to the other, with a small passage to allow access to the engine room!!

I used to live next to a fairly major RAF station, and yes it was bloody noisy at times you got used to it!!

Yeah it's called hitting something!! I remember at Grand Central doing several runs York-Newcastle/Darlington on a Sunday once a full set had been delivered to ensure the brakes worked properly from various speeds. IIRC there was a G-meter or something similar in the leading cab to make sure...

you cant beat the smell of a hot UIC low friction brake pad!!!

they have rubber inserts in the track at Locomotion Shildon... Sounds like this stuff is similar but perhaps designed for higher speeds

you dont always hear a train approaching until it is pretty much on top of you, though you do get the ringing in the rails on CWR...

It's called a dalek, indicates to drivers that they are entering an engineering possession area. (if it has red lights in means you are leaving it). There *may* be an associated speed restriction with it but they are yellow reflective boards with the speed on it, no flashing lights at all.