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I think it will be the driver not talking properly into the handset.

For DOO, how does a driver tell anyone what's going on - especially in an emergency? It is important.

The 700 has two handsets (onboard system and GSM-R), so if the mic is not working on the one that does the PA (and cab to cab etc) then the test may still not prove a fault. Usually a driver will check the mic by listening with the cab door open, so that should suffice along with the other test...

A train can't stay in service for long if the PA system fails.

What I'm seeing now is the right saying he shouldn't have had a gun, and I see the NRA is upset that someone who had a legal right to open carry was shot. I wonder how the NRA will handle this because they're defending the victim* - but a lot of their members will be the ones who say he...

Yes that's a possibility, although trains are basic metal shells and upgrading or replacing systems shouldn't be that difficult. Having seen how trains are 'put together' when built, and how trains are extensively refurbished by pretty much being stripped to the bone, there's not that much...

All Project 2025. The plan that was and is easily readable by all, but people were conned into thinking wasn't real because Trump said so.

It should be possible though because not everyone can hear, and the screens are very visible from almost every part of the train. Take the Victoria Line trains that can announce all sorts of things relating to disruption or planned engineering works, partial closures and more. When the 700s get...

Everyone jokes about new trains being made of plastic, but realistically they can be refurbished over and over to last many, many years. I'm sure manufacturers want to state a likely lifespan though to encourage the sale of replacements within that 25-30 year period. Then the owner/leaseholder...

It's what Trump 'needs'. Stephen Miller knew this and planned this, because more protestors will now come out. More will film ICE and keep an eye on them. Then ICE will continue to say they're being obstructed and more people will be hurt, or killed. Eventually the Government will invoke...

The US Government now seems to be saying he was brandishing a firearm so I think they're going to go with that, irrespective of what the video shows (man holding a phone who it turns out was trying to protect a woman being harassed). Clearly they're going to say he was obstructing, but you...

Another angle showing what happened before. https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.com/post/3md6xqzaaxc2q Plus this; footage from the lady in pink that you could see in the video I posted earlier. [EXTREME WARNING: This is a totally unedited video of the shooting]

Time to move on to see what Reform and others think of the man shot today by ICE, seven times, because he had a gun that by all accounts was holstered (second amendment rights and all that) and the victim was wearing gloves so unlikely to be able to draw the weapon. SEVEN shots. A US citizen...

The above video shows the shooting (7 shots?) and it looks very much like an execution. [Warning; it's quite graphic] It's alleged the victim had a gun. As you'll see in the video, there's a star witness who I hope wasn't intercepted to have her phone taken away (or indeed herself taken away)...

Indeed, as I wrote it in an earlier comment.

Nigel did manage to say Trump was wrong but that was it. Given how Reform likes to make out how patriotic they are and it's all about supporting the veterans over anyone else, it is shocking. Shocking too is that Reform voters won't care. Obviously because they don't really care about veterans...

PA systems should have noise cancelling to reduce background noise, and require a speaker to talk closely and clearly into the mic. The Class 700s have really good and clear speakers throughout. If someone doesn't talk clearly or at the right angle then it's quite possible for the audio to be...

They'll blame someone else when it does. I'm currently debating with someone who thinks that Labour is trying to cancel elections and turn us into North Korea (this being the postponement of local elections where councils are being abolished to become part of larger ones being created) and this...

They should be checked but I am not sure by who. It's probably not part of the prepping process (as you say, you can't check every speaker - unless they created a test mode where it might make a sound that repeats as you walk through) but hopefully Siemens are checking stuff like that in the...

All Reform voters claim to be very supportive of our veterans.. they say it all the time 'look after are own' (sic). But I can't help but feel that if Farage said Trump was right and the army was full of woke leftists, they'd go along with it. However, I doubt even Nigel is mad enough to risk...