RMweb Premium Legend Posted March 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) Just seen on Facebook that Rapido Trains UK will give a first glimpse of an exciting new project 12pm Thursday. Posted by “Underground Eric “ but that might just be coincidental Edited March 15, 2023 by Legend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 12am = midnight 12pm = midnight unlikely announcement time more likely 12 noon pedant mode off 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted March 15, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, Fishoutofwater said: 12am = midnight 12pm = midnight unlikely announcement time more likely 12 noon pedant mode off Cheers . Now corrected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 not seeing anything about an announcement on faceache latest post there is 3 days old Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Fishoutofwater said: 12am = midnight 12pm = midnight unlikely announcement time more likely 12 noon pedant mode off For the uber-pedantic, in effect neither "12 o'clocks" are AM or PM, since they are at the start or end of both AM & PM. But for sanity 12AM is usually accepted as midnight, & 12PM as midday, so there was nothing wrong with the original time given of 12PM. The qustion of which day 12AM refers to might be ambiguous, though, such as the time as an HGV driver I turned up at a big Tesco RDC warehouse with a "12 midnight" booking, only to be told at the gate that it was booked for 12 midnight the next day - i.e. my company had sent the delivery 24 hours too early!! 🙄🤦♂️🤣🤣 This is where the 24-hour clock notation is superior - '00:00' is midnight, starting a new day (the previous day ending at 23:59), and '12:00' midday. As for the announcement, maybe it's O Scale? Let the speculation/wish-listing/frothing begin..... 🥳 Edited March 15, 2023 by F-UnitMad 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Can indeed confirm lunchtime tomorrow for the new Rapido announcement. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 35 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: 12PM as midday erroneously 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc2016 Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 This is the Announcement Rapido was going to make at Ally Pally this weekend or is it an additional announcement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamingWales Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I guess based on the YT channel and the fact Ally Pally is in London it will be a LT loco. Probably Met 1? Only other thoughts are a 57xx due to their LT connection but would rapido really produce 3 different panniers in quick succession 🤔 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 10 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Let the speculation/wish-listing/frothing begin..... 🥳 Be nice if it was a 4mm MR Kirtley goods 0-6-0 😀 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 11 hours ago, Fishoutofwater said: 12am = midnight 12pm = midnight unlikely announcement time more likely 12 noon pedant mode off 12pm is never read as midnight: always mid-day. Think about 12:00:01 (ie one second after noon). It is after noon and therefore post meridian. I agree that using 12 midnight or 12 noon is clearer, but if you are going use 12 am and 12 pm, 12 am is always midnight and 12 pm is always noon. If you are going to be pedantic, at least be correct. Anyway, we now only have three hours to wait, for what looks like a 00 model with a London, possibly London Underground connection. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted March 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2023 and don't get me started on people who think 24:00:00 is a *real* time... Otherwise: if its LT based I'll have three! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 10 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: The qustion of which day 12AM refers to might be ambiguous, though, such as the time as an HGV driver I turned up at a big Tesco RDC warehouse with a "12 midnight" booking, only to be told at the gate that it was booked for 12 midnight the next day - i.e. my company had sent the delivery 24 hours too early!! 🙄🤦♂️🤣🤣 This is where the 24-hour clock notation is superior - '00:00' is midnight, starting a new day (the previous day ending at 23:59), and '12:00' midday. In a previous job, many years ago (more years ago than I care to remember!), I regularly travelled to The Netherlands on the overnight ferry from Harwich. The departure times stayed the same in GMT all year round, they simply advertised them as an hour later during BST. So, for example, the 07:00 GMT departure was the 08:00 BST departure in summer and the 15:00 GMT departure became 16:00 BST. But the 23:00 GMT departure, in summer, because the 23:59 BST departure, just to make sure the date remained the same as in GMT. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 25 minutes ago, Dungrange said: 12pm is never read as midnight: always mid-day by you perhaps but not by me 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 10 hours ago, Fishoutofwater said: erroneously Whatever. I hope you celebrated the turn of the Millenium on the correct date, not 1st Jan 2000, like everyone else did. 🙄🙄😉😉 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2023 Perhaps Rapido are announcing a station clock? Mike. 1 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIK Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Hi, Rapido make a 5 car multiple unit in N for the North American market and a 4 car APT-E in OO so maybe a 'tube' train?. Regards Nik Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 37 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Whatever. I hope you celebrated the turn of the Millenium on the correct date, not 1st Jan 2000, like everyone else did. 🙄🙄😉😉 Yes, indeed I did. And the new century also on the correct date. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Unless it is TT;120 scale I don't want one.... Les Edited March 16, 2023 by Les1952 punctuation 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Dungrange said: 12pm is never read as midnight: always mid-day. 1 hour ago, Fishoutofwater said: by you perhaps but not by me Try setting your alarm clock for 12pm and see when it goes off - that's the convention that the majority of people use. I think mine will go off just as Rapido make their announcement! 🙂 That way I won't miss it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 16, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Dungrange said: 12pm is never read as midnight: always mid-day. Think about 12:00:01 (ie one second after noon). It is after noon and therefore post meridian. I agree that using 12 midnight or 12 noon is clearer, but if you are going use 12 am and 12 pm, 12 am is always midnight and 12 pm is always noon. If you are going to be pedantic, at least be correct. Anyway, we now only have three hours to wait, for what looks like a 00 model with a London, possibly London Underground connection. Exactly so and precisely the case in railway timetables for many years. There was at one time a 12.00am sleeping car train from Marylebone to Manchester Piccadilly and if you made a reservation on it the card read '12.00am on the night of ...... ' Easy enough to understand when you were used to it on a regular basis and don't forget a time at night would be shown as 12.03 etc am so obviously midnight was obviously 12,00 am. Simples. Now I wonder what is coming from Rapido this time - and it might even be GW but I thinl SE&CR or industrial might be more likely? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Parry People Mover and it will be elastic band operated with a big flywheel. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Parry People Mover and it will be elastic band operated with a big flywheel. Bahahahahaahha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidoandy Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Well I never expected so much froth over time... Maybe its a range of radio signal NSE style station clocks with a sound fitted option for the clunk as the flaps roll over. Of course as it all rolls back at midnight it will wake everyone in the house up! 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 1 minute ago, rapidoandy said: Well I never expected so much froth over time... Maybe its a range of radio signal NSE style station clocks with a sound fitted option for the clunk as the flaps roll over. Of course as it all rolls back at midnight it will wake everyone in the house up! Or maybe Jason insisted you do a Turbotrain in 00 🤣 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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