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Another one I thought there was only the one obvious way, Godlmin, till my brother told me he was in the area for a beer as he was going to GodALMing with work. you what?, I said. Sorry off piste, but as it was mentioned...

Your continued posting is much appreciated, SS. From a pedantic point of view I would like to get one in for the year before they go (a couple of aborted attempts so still haven't yet done so), also want to show a work colleague one of these in action as they do get mentioned in our place, your...

Apparently unusually extensive growth in spring and early summer this year following the very wet winter (which is a fading memory now) though I suspect it's tailed off in the drought. The end of red zone working and general shortage of possessions, birdlife considerations and weedkiller...

No link (sorry, was reading print edition) but usual predictable incident aftermath call for seatbelts on trains, this time in a letter to the Times today.

Certainly has. Small random sample I know but my daily journey has required some rethinking 6 out of 9 times so far this week - engineering work overrun this morning. Big drum roll going on in my head this afternoon given they are on a hat trick for the Friday pm peak going in the bin!

SWR service recovery will probably always be poor while units, drivers and guards are on different diagrams. Once the lines reopen, the service is erratic for the rest of the day and predictably unpredictable. I got to Waterloo just after the PHBT happened on Friday, so it was a case of back to...

Agreed, superb if true.

A new one for the collection for me this morning, the "This is the British Transport Police" one played over the station loudspeakers. Not noticed it before as my dwell time usually isn't long, but today had over half an hour to absorb it amongst the other captive audience members because of the...

Indeed. I sadly predicted to myself that the evening peak would be a shambles just like it is for the rest of the day after a PHBT, and sure enough, it seems it is. Now on my way home via Redhill for my evening out. Well worth paying the extra for a new ticket (acceptance this way being...

That's correct. Each unit is in for 4 weeks, so two units in Grove Park at ay one time, but they are staggered. All furniture out, floor restoration done, at seat power done, necessary bits of fixing points painted etc., by which time the removables are back from Alstom's subcontractors duly...

The loud noise will be your VCB - vacuum circuit breaker.

Good call on old Berlin Hbf. When me and my mates first went there circa 1992, we couldn't get our heads around it, why a gronk was applied to remove it and there was no OHLE. Disingenuous electrification ((c) Ian Walmsley) is not necessarily new!

It was confirmed in the next post, #25 and also #28, that both are employed in-house by GWR. Indeed, this was my experience and understanding. Rail Gourmet are the shorebase provider.

To pick up some points upthread. My info is over thirty years out of date, but at that time working for what was then InterCity On Board Services (ICOBS), iirc the gross profit margin on drink (soft drinks and alcohol) was around 70% whilst that on food (which included teas and coffees - no...

Quite a long way off I think.

Yes and yes.

All covered in the pre-existing contract. 005 and 021 the others as has previously been surmised here.

Best overall deal.

Oh they hate going in, apparently. Bit of a crass generalisation but I've heard on good authority there is a lot of moaning. Meanwhile try despatching a train from home unless it's 1/76th scale.

But it doesn't work. Many of the sorts who evade payment just scoff at these announcements. Seen that many times, on one occasion recently a group mockingly repeated the announcements into Waterloo. I next saw them neatly tailgating through the underground barriers.