Chris116

2 hours ago, billbedford said:

 

If the experience of LO on the GOBLIN is anything to go by when they went from 2 car sets to 4, it won't. It will just mean than more people will want to travel. 

I worked in the ticket office at West Brompton from when we had two three car Silverlink trains an hour in each direction which were full in the rush hours. That then moved to four three car trains an hour in each direction when London Overground took the service over. Almost immediately they were fuller than the two trains had been. LO then went to four car trains which were again filled to almost overload situation in a matter of weeks. LO then further increased the trains to five cars and again they filled and are during the rush hours sometimes leaving passengers behind. So the service has moved from 6 cars an hour in two trains to 20 cars an hour in four trains and they are busier than ever. Provide a service and it will be used as Tramlink proved on the Wimbledon to West Croydon service. Cut the service and usage will fall as has been shown in many parts of the country.

19 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said:

I never thought I'd say this, but given the way this page has gone on what is still supposed to be the Jokes Thread.....

I'm rather wishing jcm@gwr was back with his Book of Ancient & Awful Jokes.

 

I know. Things are that desperate!!!

Here is one from 2010!

An oldie but IMHO a goodie

The difference between a computer and a woman:-

1) A computer doesn't whinge when you produce and insert a 3.5" floppy.

2) It's socially acceptable to punch information into a computer.

TAXI!!!!

14 minutes ago, Mike Storey said:

 

Grate, but were is Milton Kynes exxactly???

Somewhere that used to have a Speedway team.

BBC can't spell by the looks of things.

45 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

Have bought this issue, don't regularly buy BRM, purely on the strength of Hornsey Broadway article and the accompanying DVD, but I'm disappointed.......

 

Playback of the DVD on a stand alone DVD player (Panasonic DMR-EZ27EB) is quite choppy. Seems to skip frames about every 1.5s, most prevalent in pan shots.

 

This is only time I've experienced this with BRM TV discs; indeed I've just checked with another one and the problem doesn't manifest.

 

Anyone else had this or a similar situation?

 

Any suggestions to resolve this problem, can't find any settings on player that remedy it?

 

Don't have an alternative player on which to try it.

 

In hope,

 

Andy.

Does your computer not have a DVD slot? 

I use my computer to watch the BRM DVD each month and have only ever had a problem once which was caused by a scratch.

I am sure if the DVD is faulty then BRM will be able to help you.

Good luck.

My subscription copy arrived on Monday morning and is another very good read. Living in South London it is certainly an interesting issue. 

42 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

 

Is that Andy Y driving that HST ?

No, the driver has hair! 

I think I have worked out what the problem with the 745 and 755 units is. 

They have a crush on class 37 diesels and are flirting! 

Hat and coat on, making hasty retreat stage left on a 450.

I was planning a trip from London to the North Norfolk Railway during the half term week but with the Basil's reliability being what it is I cancelled my plans along with any future trips to either the North Norfolk or Mid Norfolk railways until Greater Anglia and Stadler can get the trains to work on a regular basis.

If the tax on cigarettes is meant to stop smoking does that mean the tax on income is meant to stop working? 

3 hours ago, Reorte said:

It is Tuesday.

 

(sorry!)

My wife is not good on what day it is at the best of times but when she sees a chance to get rid of my she appears to get keen! At least I have survived this far today!

1 hour ago, raymw said:

My wife says why wait until Tuesday, just do it today. 

I am getting a little worried! 

1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said:

C2919: is that the new Northern franchise stock?

Jonathan

DfT would not allow that, far too comfortable!

As you say the area around King's Cross was very seedy in the 1970s and 80s. My employer at the time announced plans to move there around 1980 and we were taken around the new building which was just up the road from Keen House where the MRC of GB meet. There were lots of concerns about the area and we were assured that the area was "on the up". To which I made the comment "does that mean the tarts will be charging more?" The manager was not happy with me for that but he walked down to the station with me and we were stopped by "the ladies" five or six times asking if they could improve our day. When we got back onto the tube he said that I was right with my comment and we never heard anything more about the move. 

2 minutes ago, Nearholmer said:

 

Thanks for that correction.

 

Out of interest when did it open and close? Years, not 0900-1700 ;-)

118 Wimbledon Broadway was my home every Saturday from when it opened around 1969/70. I stopped working there about 1975. Soon after John sold the shop. It was still open when I moved to Basildon in 1980 under the new management but I think it had closed by 1984 due to the landowner wanting to have the buildings redeveloped.

On 08/02/2020 at 20:55, ianmacc said:

 

Unless something has changed the only model shop left in the entire of London is the Ian Allan shop in Waterloo. There are a few bits at the London transport museum shop but I think that’s it. 

Janes Trains which is a two minute walk from Tooting station has lots of new and secondhand items. Open Tuesday to Saturday it is well worth a visit.

On 07/02/2020 at 18:06, Nearholmer said:

David C - I too remember Alex Bowie and his shop. I didn’t go there until at least 1976, when I started working nearby, and  only went a few times because he never had any 009/H0e, which was what I was into at the time, whereas Platform 5 at Wimbledon often had secondhand bits.

 

 

The shop in Wimbledon Broadway was called Platform Two and had equally large new and secondhand sides to the shop with a big model railway under the counter down the middle of the shop. I worked there on a Saturday from when it opened after visiting John Shimwell, the owner, many times over the previous 18 months when he traded from home. John had an upstairs flat and one room was full of the models he was selling and another had the biggest and best Hornby Dublo Three rail layout I have ever seen. I spent many a long hour operating the layout with John and a few other friends of his. Working at the shop got me into OO9 and quadrupled my stock of TT which sadly I got rid of when I got married in 1980.

2 hours ago, big jim said:

Only a couple of pics from today

 

pendolino in crewe

 

and a stock in Euston square

 

had a good meeting, should things go to plan then I’ll be learning 92s amongst other things, will have to wait and see 

That is "S7" stock not a stock! Hope you had a good time in London.

7 minutes ago, Pete 75C said:

 

From an environmental point of view, I agree.

But then I'd ban all steam engines from burning huge amounts of fossil  fuel and creating pollution all so a bunch of old fellas wearing rose-tinted specs can relive their youth.

Just sayin'...

Careful, you could have a lot of unhappy people after you!

29 minutes ago, GreenGiraffe22 said:

 

I shall be 70 in 41 years, what do we think the retirement age will be by then? 

In 41 years time there won't be a retirement age. You will work so you are not a drain on the finances of the yoof who want everything yesterday!

About six months after I started at NatWest Bank in the early 1970s we had a week training course. The first day it was made very clear that any males found on the female bedroom wing would no longer have a job with the Bank! A number of the girls thought this was very funny as nothing was said about them being in the male bedroom wing and I know at least two of them enjoyed a lovely week but sadly not with me.

13 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

The entire student accommodation at St Johns could be heated by a hot air circulatory system driven by the output of the Senior, Middle, and Junior Common Rooms. 

 

In my day the women's colleges were not yet co-ed and consequently too poor to afford heating; at at least one the women were reputed to keep warm at night with the assistance of members of other colleges.

They would probably want you put on the Sexual Offenders list for even suggesting such a thing!

57 minutes ago, beast66606 said:

 

......I shot him. (With a camera )

Saying "prove it!" is the easy way of asking you to post those photos as soon as you are able to, PLEASE.

My subscription copy arrived through the letter box this morning. Plenty of very interesting reading that will keep me entertained for the rest of the day and probably much of the rest of the week. Many thanks to all those involved in producing such a good issue.

I know you have a lot of work coupling and changing ends that means you are not in the cab a lot of the time but how good are the heaters in the cabs and how bad are the drafts in the cab?