cunningduck

Is this why trains (and those damned flying machines) are so much safer than road transport?

Well done for the weight loss Jim! What are the locker doors/clam shell doors on the Mk1 that is marshalled next to the loco? They look like some kind of access/unloading idea?

Don’t tell them you’ve used washing up liquid to disperse the oil either, SEPA were never too pleased with that!!

Is this what you can see from the m25?

It came north on the ECML from Grantham, having come from Nottingham. This is it just south of Newark.

They are intrinsically linked though, the new anti-Submarine planes the RAF has procured to do Navy work are built on 737 airframes, so there would be a significant effect on the military company of the civilian company ceasing to exist.

Is that some damage to your bulbous bow? Or just paintwork?

Rumour has it that the number of reactors was because Rickover refused to allow a carrier specific (bigger) reactor to be designed.

Llangennech diesel train catches fire after derailing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-53927802

Tyne and Wear metro cars!

I think that’s very easy to say after the event, but maintaining a strong safety culture where employees question everything to guarantee safety is much harder.

Is there enough populace between Thurso and Wick to justify a train? I’m not a supermarket logistician but can’t imagine there being much more than 2 lorries per town per day?

Interesting to see a light under the cab steps, presumably to make driver disembarkation safer away from platforms? Do any other new units have these too?

I think the Navy now serves those after 8 weeks at sea

Radio 4 recently featured an interview with a former colleague (Grey Funnel Line) who has transferred to the merchant fleet and is also stuck onboard as a trainee. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hq2s