great central

All those complaints about rucksacks, someone just got on my train wearing a rucksack, wearing a rucksack! Yes you read that right double headed rucksacks:)

Not only that they seem to be almost the same vans in the same order, can I make out a blue/grey MK1 BG as the sixth or seventh (counting might be suspect not had much sleep the last couple of days) vehicle of each train following an ex LMS one and several BR GUVs?

Nottingham perhaps? As understand it the bricks for St Pancras were from the Nottingham brick company's Mapperley works which was just the other side of the hill from our current clubrooms, maybe the GN was an early user as well?

Pretty much every day, let alone when something out of the ordinary happens

Unlikely to be Spalding,more Boston Sleaford or Lincoln depending on the route taken

Dead simple answer, no rolling stock spare anywhere apart from a few charter companies who tend to be using it at weekends anyway

Quite possibly from the Grimsby to Whitland train which was one of the highlights of the day when an Immingham Britannia was used on the GC

Can I draw peoples attention to post no 15 of this thread please? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/116267-nottingham-model-railway-exhibition-18th-19th-march-2017/ Or the traders list from the website in my signature

Possibly, I'm often reading or maybe still in the train doing tickets, no need to rush with nearly half an hour to or from Thetford

Maybe, I was a trolley dolly from July 2003 until November 2004 when I got an ATE job, been a guard since 2007

Nope, t'other end of unit. I presume the Maestro van I see at Norwich must be yours?

My preferred unit for any kind of work, plenty of space unlike the 158s and no damned air-con, what the heck is wrong with fresh air? That said the saloon heaters can leave a lot to be desired this time of year

C14085, oddly enough my booked unit this morning was this very one, but for some reason swapped for 156497. Although now mostly used on our local routes the 156s do get outings to Liverpool on a fairly regular basis

Only the first two in the morning from Nottingham to Norwich come that way, the rest of the day they run via Grantham and the ECML, I'm on one now just passed through Manea

See if there's anything in the new franchise specification, both reachable by other routes until well into the evening. No idea if there's enough traffic to warrant it though.

Sleaford avoiding line is now fully back to double track, indeed there are occasions when a freight overtakes the passenger service while that goes into the station. Joint line freights run straight through Lincoln at a fair speed now. The Werrington diveunder would also help wth Liverpool-Norwich services assuming they still exist not having to cross the station throat at Peterborough

High St crossing is already closed to road traffic. There is a new relief road and I believe the intention is to close the East Holmes one as well.

I can only speak for the Norwich-Liverpool service but a very large proportion of the passengers to or from Norwich join or leave at Peterborough for ECML destinations. The Stansteads go to Birmingham, back in Central days they eventually went all the way to Liverpool.

Tuunnezzz! Surely

There is one of the old school type spares/surplus shops in Lincoln. Can't now remember what it's called and I think it's highly unlikely they have an internet prescence. Seems to be run by quite an elderley fella with help from mates. I was, and still am, looking for a 4 way GPO type jack plug. They had a 3 way attached to something, closest I've come to seeing one in years. There's loads of ex aircraft dials and such on display in the window, wouldn't be totally surprised if they had a bomb release panel in a backroom It's on the hill on the way from the station to the cathedral, the narrow street is called The Strait. It's nearly opposite B & H models who do have an extensive railway range.

I'm not sure someone has thought this through or am I just too logical?

Chip roll? Nah, sounds daft, chip cob! Sausage roll? Well that one's self explanatory, sausage meat wrapped in pastry, otherwise a sausage cob! Egg roll just sounds like some odd Easter tradition, but egg cob..... Next you'll be telling us you eat corn rolls rather than corn cobs:-)

Can I refer you to a reliable source of confirmation please? I'm not sure if this brings up the specific item but if you scroll across you'll find on the alphabet calendar that C does indeed refer a baked piece of bread dough. The rest of it is good for a laugh as well, so long as you can understand it, some local dialect knowledge may help http://www.dukkigifts.co.uk/cards-and-books/calendars/#&gid=1&pid=15 Edit: There's also a reference elsewhere on the site to 'nannar avin a cob on' ie, she's not very happy with someone

Everybody knows that's a cob:)