RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted November 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2017 I assume that the long shot is making the track to the right of the nearest unit look like it's dog legged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR Chris Posted December 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2017 09 Jan 2010 14:34 375701 passes Minnis Bay with a Victoria to Ramsgate service. Merry Christmas folks! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 From the Medway Evening Post of 4 Feb 1980: I like the last paragraph. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 and the ex-Tyneside 2-EPB's were very rarely if ever seen on the SED of the SR In their early SR days, the ex-Tyneside units were seen on the SED and there are photos to confirm. They then went to Selhurst and later to Wimbledon. Although they had the shallow headcode boxes, they retained the earlier shape of cab end windows, ie not tapered, so their ends remained different to those on 4 EPBs 5357-70, 2 Haps 6147-73 and the 'Berkshire' 3H units. 2-EPB_5787_ClaphamJ_24-6-75 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 4-EPB_5369 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 2-HAP_6163_Sittingbourne_26-3-78_m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 5369 at Dartford. Buildings behind have gone, now housing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 A rose between two thorns. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2018 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calimero Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Southern 313201 in BR blue Tidemills 3 1 2018.jpg I've gone all misty eyed, probably the only decent thing GTR/Southern have done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2018 I've gone all misty eyed, probably the only decent thing GTR/Southern have done! I get the impression that it was Beacon Rail's initiative 'helped' by Southern. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calimero Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Cut my teeth driving 313s! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calimero Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Later years and a return to North London Out with the old and in with the new! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 5369 at Dartford. Buildings behind have gone, now housing. Burroughs Wellcome. I think it was their HQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 From the Medway Evening Post of 4 Feb 1980: Refurbishment 1980.jpg I like the last paragraph. Back in the day when the seats were comfy, you had leg room, and if the thing had past the carriage cleaning kit you might be able to see out of the window ... unlike today when none of the seats line up with the windows, so the train company don't have to worry about cleaning them 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Back in the day when the seats were comfy, you had leg room, and if the thing had past the carriage cleaning kit you might be able to see out of the window ... unlike today when none of the seats line up with the windows, so the train company don't have to worry about cleaning them Yes, except the seats they fitted to the refurb 4-CEPs back then were close to rock hard. Which can be OK if they're ergonomic and the train rides smoothly, but if it's an SR EMU in the 80s, take your own cushions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2018 Yes, except the seats they fitted to the refurb 4-CEPs back then were close to rock hard. Which can be OK if they're ergonomic and the train rides smoothly, but if it's an SR EMU in the 80s, take your own cushions! I am planning to start a small business venture with a retail unit on Brighton station selling or even hiring cushions for use on the new Thameslink trains, a bit like the foot-warmer hire system in Victorian times. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) After our Thameslink train was cancelled this morning for second time this year due to faults, we had to stand on the next sevice. Whilst standing on the class 700 I was thinking about designing a very compact folding seat to use in all that standing space, or possibly an almost instant inflatable seat Edited January 4, 2018 by roundhouse 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Southern 313201 in BR blue Tidemills 3 1 2018.jpg Great to see these old liveries coming back. Shame about the stupid white doors though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPH 603 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I personally don't mind the grey doors, but that's just my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2018 Better than yellow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted January 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2018 Great to see these old liveries coming back. Shame about the stupid white doors though. Be thankful, you do not have a sight impairment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 I get to go to exotic places such as Lewes, Newhaven and Seaford now as well. Occasionally they let me go further afield pretending to be an OBS to such exotic places as London Bridge.... Has to be said I don't miss going to Gatwick, Croydon and London, especially when rush hour was in full swing. Saw part of your route on Portillo, stations look very nice and it must be a pleasure on a sunny day to drive the route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Two of London's lesser-photographed termini..... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 London Bridge and how it was 10 years ago: G. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) I am planning to start a small business venture with a retail unit on Brighton station selling or even hiring cushions for use on the new Thameslink trains, a bit like the foot-warmer hire system in Victorian times. Having travelled on one from East Croydon to Haywards Heath last week, I think I'll open an operating theatre to shorten people's legs before travelling. The leg space in the standard airline (non-priority) seats is ludicrously small. I am just over 6ft and, because it was before the evening rush and uncrowded, I spent the whole journey sitting diagonally across the pair of seats. The hardness didn't seem that bad for that length of journey, although I got the impression that there was a degree of shaping to the 'cushion', which may not suit every bum. Give me a 377 any time. That reminds me, the driver of the 377 10:50 from Lewes to Victoria found that the Sun was at an angle that made his cctv inoperable. He announced that he would have to manually lock the doors of the eight coach train and apologised for the resulting delay to our departure. The Onboard Supervisor, who of course couldn't assist in this process, then came on the p.a. to announce the same thing and apologise again. After leaving several minutes late, the OBS then explained the delay a further two times. The platform is on a curve which makes at least half the train invisible from the cab. In the past the guard could position himself (very few female guards/OSBs in this neck of the woods) at the mid point of the train, step back from the train a few paces and see the whole train. There are no dispatchers at Lewes. Such is progress. Edited January 21, 2018 by phil_sutters 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2018 Leaving Seaford by bus I saw 313201 in Seaford station. We had about six minutes start on it and I just got to Newhaven Town in time for a few snaps there. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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