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  1. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 68's? further uses?

    Yeah those ones :3, the ones used on the fife circle line. as said, would be a shame if they couldnt also use them for other routes too (or they go after they are replaced with like a 6 car 170) i just wondered, Looking at TPE's new 68 and MK5 stock or Chilterns 68+MK3+DVT, would those make...
  2. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 68's? further uses?

    Hey sorry if it's also dumb to ask or that, But i kinda felt like it'd be a missed oppurtinity for scotrail 68's to just be used on the fife circle line? (eventually them getting replaced by 170's or that) I wondered, would it be a good idea for scotrail maybe to accompany their HST stock, with...
  3. PYROOGOBBO

    Scottish Electrification updates & discussion

    Hey does anyone know when perth (to edinburgh/glasgow) is due to be electrified)?
  4. PYROOGOBBO

    Avanti West Coast rebrand

    sorry if off topic but, Would it make sense cause avanti look to have a greenish blue, and the voyagers kind of have a goblin face on them, i could call the new avanti voyagers green goblins? :D that'd be pretty cool
  5. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 385 Discussion

    where will the 10 extra 385's go? will they be propping up extra services? or for new lines? also i was on a 385 and i had the announcements going off :'D handy for a paranoid lass who's wondering if they got on the wrong train at a late night edinburgh.
  6. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 385 Discussion

    i sat on the floor on a packed saturday night train and tbh it was like... epic, so the floor sitting experience is awesome :D though the 170 is great for floor sitting, hard to beat
  7. PYROOGOBBO

    Bonnybridge (and possibly Denny) Train stations progress

    Heyo! :D so a while ago i was talking to someone who worked at falkirk council who was telling me about plans on creating a bonnybridge train station linked to the glasgow - falkirk grahamston line, But i haven't heard much abotu it since, is it okay to make a thread on this? for updates and such.
  8. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 385 Discussion

    oh yeah :D, I usually like to stay in one of the unpowered coaches if its on a 4 or 8 car unit, the electric motor noise is pretty loud, but spose if you feel energetic its kinda groovy! then again my favorite seats are the ones at ethier end of the coaches near the first class where you get...
  9. PYROOGOBBO

    Locomotive foot pounds of torque?

    Heya just a noob question so you can see some diesel cars with lets say about 800 lbft of torque for like a high end pick up. maybe for towing a caravan. I see trains have like tractive effort and that but lets say i put a train on a perfectly straight bit of road , how much pounds feet of...
  10. PYROOGOBBO

    Class 170 Parked at Polmont Sidings yesterday? why

    and if so, what happened to it? was it dragged away?
  11. PYROOGOBBO

    Class 170 Parked at Polmont Sidings yesterday? why

    hey i spotted a class 170 parked up at one of the sidings near polmont, anyone know why?
  12. PYROOGOBBO

    Class 365s to Scotrail

    delete post
  13. PYROOGOBBO

    Grangemouth Train station

    show me! :D
  14. PYROOGOBBO

    Grangemouth Train station

    oops! i should have meant maybe introduce a new service to glasgow then? or is there not enough people who would use that?
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    Grangemouth Train station

    delete thread plz
  16. PYROOGOBBO

    ScotRail's December 2018 timetable change

    Tbh the ride from Glasgow At least to Grahamston is actually pretty nice, very scenic. i actually took the Queen street to falkirk grahamston train if i just wanted to relax, and sit back rather than be on the E-G Via falkirk high trains
  17. PYROOGOBBO

    ScotRail's December 2018 timetable change

    I'm one of the people affected by no direct connection from polmont to larbert :< , handing first bus falkirk some extra business and boy if we didn't wanna depend on first bus falkirk any more... Any small bus company fancying some business? Cover that hole created :) or we just gotta...
  18. PYROOGOBBO

    Class 68's on Caledonian Sleeper?

    one thing i wonder too, wouldnt it be a good idea for MK5 sleeper stock to have a driving van trailer? so as they dont need to be shunted about
  19. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 385 Discussion

    I imagine as Glasgow - Edinburgh via cumbernauld isnt as high priority as Glasgow - Edinburgh via falkirk high, it may be 365's that are shoved out by new 385's maybe with a 385 or two
  20. PYROOGOBBO

    Scotrail Class 385 Discussion

    danke :D

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