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Well, here's the source of the rumours. Personally think First are preparing to repaint the fleet. No way are they leaving Norwich, because then there's no point in keeping Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Ipswich as operations.

I've decided that Pacers get too much hate, so I'm gonna start liking them. Of course, this opinion may change if I ever get a chance to ride one of them... Being stuck out on a limb in Lowestoft really isn't helpful...

Pacers on the Wherry Lines, bring it on I say! I mean, how brilliant can they be? :twisted: Either that, or some diesel Networkers (165/166s)

I've heard somewhere along the line that it's pretty difficult to repaint the 360s, on account of them using special anti-vandalism paint (or something along the lines of that) when the trains were new. Is there a grain of truth in this? I must say, the ONE blue colour has looked tatty since...

Say what you want about Pete Doherty, this is 2:40 of pure brilliance, from the time when the Libs were the best band in the country. Times that have sadly been consigned to the history books. :( HAusT_Yl1gE

Shoegaze >>>>>> Grunge. Lush deserved to be more sucessful than they acually were. And anyway, this thread suffers from a chronic lack of 1990s music. I must start putting this right :p DguzIlTBrTo

That middle-aged woman who, before boarding the coach to Carlisle told the staff member that the wires coming down was "the biggest load of rubbish I have ever heard in my life" just speaks volumes of the Great British Public. :evil: All in all, very good series.

Back on February 23rd, I finally got myself a 465, from London Bridge to Lewisham. Later in the day, I also got a 319 for the first time, from City Thameslink to St Pancras. And had I not ran out of time, I might also have cleared a 165/166 from Paddington to some suburban West London station.

Greater Anglia's 153s are pretty horrible. And the condition of some of the C Stock trains at the moment is shocking. Yes, I know they don't have long left in service, but they should at least touch up the exterior just enough to make them look presentable. The one I caught from Baker Street...

I must say, the staff came across really well this episode. The Great British Public? Less so. I couldn't picture myself being as rude as some of the James Hunts (see what I did there? :p) that they've featured on these episodes. Really gets on my nerves. They should just go away and run a...

I actually like the 92 stock. Great character and they make a good noise when leaving stations, especially on the Epping branch.

On this day 20 years ago, this was released, and instantly outclassed the American grunge bands which were the order of the day. Britpop had arrived. :D i7mEB2wnDLQ

I was thinking about how much of the London Underground map (including Overground and DLR) I've covered over the years. This is what I've done so far. Bakerloo: Warwick Avenue to the Elephant. Central: Shepherd's Bush to Debden (excluding the Hainault loop which I haven't touched so far)...

I came tantalisingly close to doing this last August. Only the Waterloo and City alluded me, thanks to the ridiculous signage at Waterloo coupled with a lack of time on my part. Eventually, I gave up and jumped on the Bakerloo to the Elephant instead. Sadly, not a chance that I'll be able to...

I suppose the larger than normal order for single deckers might have something to do with making inroads into the large fleet of SLF, but non DDA Darts from 1996-1999 that remain in service. From the ones down here with Eastern Counties, I can conclude that most of these are absolutely clapped...

Yikes. :o This is a really confusing case. I don't think we've heard even half of it yet.

They amassed around 50 Ulsterbus Leyland Tigers before the "arson attack" in July 2011. Which is absolutely bonkers, when you consider that most of them are exactly the same, with the same bodywork, and most had the same sort of engine. Of these, five were consecutively numbered from the same...

That was pretty damn good, though it made me hate the general public just that little bit more than I already do. Fair enough, the train service isn't brilliant at times. Doesn't give you an excuse to take it out on the staff, who are just trying to do their job. :evil: Laxman though, a...

Yep, they were advance tickets.

MB Citaro bendy-buses. Bloody awful things! I'm OK with travelling in cattle truck conditions on the Tube, I'm not OK doing it on a bus. And their tendency to catch fire, which scared the bejesus out of me back in 2004, as a nine year old. Scania Omnicity double deckers are sterile plastic...