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  1. cunningduck
    Is this why trains (and those damned flying machines) are so much safer than road transport?
  2. cunningduck
    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?
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    Don’t tell them you’ve used washing up liquid to disperse the oil either, SEPA were never too pleased with that!!
  4. cunningduck
    Is this what you can see from the m25?
  5. cunningduck
    It came north on the ECML from Grantham, having come from Nottingham. This is it just south of Newark.
  6. cunningduck
    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.
  7. cunningduck
    Is that some damage to your bulbous bow? Or just paintwork?
  8. cunningduck
    Rumour has it that the number of reactors was because Rickover refused to allow a carrier specific (bigger) reactor to be designed.
  9. cunningduck
    Llangennech diesel train catches fire after derailing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-53927802
  10. cunningduck
    Tyne and Wear metro cars!
  11. cunningduck
    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.
  12. cunningduck
    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?
  13. cunningduck
    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?
  14. cunningduck
    I think the Navy now serves those after 8 weeks at sea
  15. cunningduck
    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
  16. cunningduck
    Do 92s count?
  17. cunningduck
    How dare those pesky carrier queens all Let go at the same!
  18. cunningduck
    Rannoch Moor and the A82 was particularly dicey yesterday, so I dare say it was snow related!
  19. cunningduck
    When rowing on the river Severn you could always hear a departing train most of the way up the valley!
  20. cunningduck
    As thin as this? (From Wikipedia)
  21. cunningduck
    It’s a type 45, although I’m not sure which one.
  22. cunningduck
    Does the level access include an extendable ramp/step similar to a Pendolino?
  23. cunningduck
    I’ve died and gone to a Lycra clad heaven...
  24. cunningduck
    They’re not in service yet and but are intended for Glasgow - Fort William trains as a cycle/large luggage/buffet coach.
  25. cunningduck
    Given the trouble that Serco are having introducing this mk5 stock I think it will be interesting to see if TPX have similar issues. Whilst TPX will only be running fixed formations, and with a less complex interior, might we see these problems (which appear to be related to the running gear, i.e. not showers and beds) recur? If the problems dont recur, it’s pretty damning for the Scottish Govt/Serco to have made a mess of introducing something that another company will have managed well?
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