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Thanks. Thinking about it, I don't think use of Metrolink would help anyway. So far as I can tell there's no way to "loop" using the two routes across Manchester city centre or anywhere else on the network. I was hoping to find a clever way of utilising the rule about using other systems... We...

Are there any connections remaining between Network Rail and the Metrolink Oldham Loop line? As such a move is permitted by the OP that could make things interesting, though I haven't tried to map anything out in my head.

Leeds P13 to Woodlesford, Normanton, Wakefield Kirkgate, Wakefield Westgate, and back to Leeds P13 must be in with a shout for being a short "loop".

There's no access to the Sheffield bay from the Manchester direction, unfortunately. There's a crossover from P1 to the Sheffield line but not from P2 to/from the main line. You'd have to go out and back via Lockwood. From platforms 5 or 6 at Huddersfield (until they're decommissioned) you...

Do the people that do this as a matter of course outnumber the people fined because they're tourists who didn't understand the validation nonsense? Prepared to be surprised, but I suspect not.

I'm unfortunately moving at glacial pace... Suffering from the counterpart to "Fear Of Missing Out" which is "Fear Of Screwing Up"! :lol:

I do- I'm slowly assembling a small rake of Seacow wagons... A very small rake, as my layout is going to be a branch line terminus on a windowsill!

This Shark ballast spreader arrived in the post yesterday, a replacement for the one which was sent elsewhere in error by the eBay seller.

Which is quite fitting, as the settlement wasn't called 'Nelson' when the station opened.

My point was more that you seem to be falling foul of "Hanlon's Razor"- and seeing malice or cruelty where none exists. As I said, many retailers though they open on weekends don't have the back office staff in on those days. As you've received a damaged item you are of course within your rights...

A lack of marking or damage to packaging does not rule out damage in transit. Packing materials are designed to absorb impacts so wouldn't necessarily break or tear when struck. If the parcel was dropped or thrown and happened to impact at an unfortunate angle, damage can still happen despite...

Whatever happened to "no man (or in this case woman) left behind"? Not necessarily good PR for the railway, but if I was with a group of three friends and one of us was significantly slower than the rest of us, that would be the pace we all progress at. If it meant a missed connection, so be it.

IIRC that was the only example of the casualty vehicle being conveniently the one without a cab. The only other times that the 3-car sets ran as 2-cars, were (a) when brand new, the MS vehicles were delivered a few weeks later; and (b) when the units were refurbished and had the bus seats...

I too remember those doors, never actually saw that section closed off to passengers though. I do recall seeing the shutters down on the parcel lockers on 156s, presumably because they were actually being used to carry parcels. The fact that the parcels provision on Sprinters could be used as...

Saltaire, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has OLE running through it. No fancy special designs of support structures, just the standard (fairly minimal) masts that were used on the whole scheme in the 1990s. Probably helps that the masts were there before the designation, but UNESCO didn't...

Thanks for the correction, it's a long time since I sat A-level Law!

In England a defendant can request a trial by jury even for minor offences that would usually be heard by a magistrate. Is there not an equivalent mechanism in Scotland? If so, there would still be the potential for people who could end up sitting on a jury, to have heard details about the case...

On my vehicle (2011 VAG subsidiary) the fog lights are controlled by the main headlight switch being pulled (once for front, twice for rear) but you can only do this if the lights are on "manually" and the switch spends about 99.9% of the time in the "Auto" position. Additionally if you only...

Doesn't that suggest that it isn't purely about speed and power then, for many of those who are true car enthusiasts? If it was really just about the raw performance figures then all those petrol heads would be queuing up at airports or at St Pancras security. People who enjoy driving tend to...

Sprinters are a bit more efficient space-wise though- with the lack of a large guards van area found on the heritage units. Not to the extent that it completely negated the reduction in overall vehicles, but they were an improvement from that standpoint. The "2 for 3" thing was applied to the...