Nearholmer Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Well? K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted December 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2015 False advertising? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 "I said Maidstone, Maidstone not Made of ......." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 I wondered whether the guard might be a Stone Roses fan, or whether it was a dyslexic attempt to christen the train "Maid of Stone", in honour of some hitherto unheard-of Staffordshire heroine. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looking through the window, I think it probably refers to the seats. They look comfy. Not. Edit: This one was posted on RMWeb a while back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Wrong forum; this is clearly a question! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Wrong forum; this is clearly a question!???? Wrong forum. Your use of no less than 4 question marks would clearly indicate a question. Discuss... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2015 EMT apologise for providing a service Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exet1095 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Wrong forum. Your use of no less than 4 question marks would clearly indicate a question. Discuss... That was meant to be a winking emoticon. iPhone fail! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Exet Profuse apologies. When I've properly worked out how to have a discussion without any questions being posed or answered, I will probably not make such crass mistakes. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looking through the window, I think it probably refers to the seats. They look comfy. Not. Edit: This one was posted on RMWeb a while back... 63770.jpg Actually I found the Dessie seats to be very comfortable when I went on one last month. Some of us prefer a firm seat due to back issues. The old Mk1 seats were terribly uncomfortable for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Agreed, Wombat. Luckily, I don't suffer back trouble (fingers crossed!), but I too prefer a firm, and quite upright, seat, rather than a squashy old sofa. My favourite train seats ever were on SNCF Corail stock, and they were decidedly un-sofa-like. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Well I think turd class passengers should ride on the roof, 2nd class passengers should get wooden benches and 1st class passengers should off and use their mercs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2015 Seat-wise definitely a softer one for me, I find some current hard, thin ones very uncomfortable for long journeys (it's one reason I really dislike the 185s). I don't need to go back to squishy Mk 1 seating to be comfortable though, I'm fine with the seats on trains like Pendolinos when I can get enough legroom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 EMT apologise for providing a service DAS641773.jpg Odd you should pick on that unit, it had, at least until earlier this year, some international destinations programmed from it's time with TransPennine. I understand it was to do with services to Manchester Airport. I had it showing Miami, one evening on the way from 'our Vegas' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2015 A friend who worked at Temple Meads managed to get the display screens to show "Regret Adelante Service" at one point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I ought to find the pic doing the rounds a few years back of the Australian Connex train that proudly displayed "This Train is Fu**ed". nothing like Aussie honesty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Interesting bit of Denglish at Frankfurt earlier this year: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Do you get auto correct on destination screens? That would cause havoc! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Do you get auto correct on destination screens? That would cause havoc! I can just imagine it now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 The 158's still have a couple of odd ones in the system. Garden festival mystery excursion and Manchester United champions all show up from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2015 There was some far East destinations in the 158s such as Bangkok supposedly they had the same display units in the 158esq trains supplied to Thai railways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 There was some far East destinations in the 158s such as Bangkok supposedly they had the same display units in the 158esq trains supplied to Thai railways One end of 158806 had some exotic destinations programmed in for the launch of services to Manchester Airport. It appears the export units didn't have destination displays: http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/images/rail/th-158-hualampong5.jpg A driver did tell me what numbers they were on but last time I was on 806 I couldn't remember, or if I was remembering correctly the destination unit has been changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2015 I ought to find the pic doing the rounds a few years back of the Australian Connex train that proudly displayed "This Train is Fu**ed". nothing like Aussie honesty. http://pikdit.com/i/australian-train-companies-/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2015 One end of 158806 had some exotic destinations programmed in for the launch of services to Manchester Airport. It appears the export units didn't have destination displays:http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/images/rail/th-158-hualampong5.jpg A driver did tell me what numbers they were on but last time I was on 806 I couldn't remember, or if I was remembering correctly the destination unit has been changed I wonder if there were displays elsewhere on the train, I distinctly remember Bangkok express when I was on them. They are all virtually the same with 999 destinations A stating at 001 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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