mikejames

a bit back you said you did the oxenholm carlisle with a power pack isolated for comparison purposes but you didnt say how much difference it made. did it have much affect? regards

I notice 62005 has 4 lamps - royal train?

are you more or less promised greens all the way?

I was born in 1942 and lived close to the GWR /BRW mainline just south of Tyseley. An uncle was a driver there so got some unofficial visits. In those days kids were allowed much more freedom to wander about than would be allowed now, so i often went to 'watch the trains'. When about 10 I was allowed to catch the train to snowhill on a saturday morning and by about 13 I was going on various excursions all over the country - it developed an indepence I am glad I got/have. Occassionally on the saturday trips I would cross over to Newstreet but the old station seemed dirty and confirmed GWR was best! Obviously then engines must have copper topped chimneys!

i dont think its that simple transport is about places we want to go to and 'stuff' we need to carry the railways dont go where I need to go mike j

little unclear what more you want -but there are numerous Bradshaws available on line

my son asked the interesting question. Do other countries have rhtt efforts and do they 'do anything different from us?'

Apollo said I don't usually subscribe to Youtube channels but I have to this. If you dont like youtube I put green signals podcast into the search area and it offered me several alternatives (to listen - no video) including spotify as several have said material very interesting the earlier one on hs2 myths also regards mike james

I am suprised how small the tanks on the mpvs are compared with the several tanks on the loco hauled rhtt sets - eg the shrewsbury based one that goes all arround north wales. Do they work differently or have shorter routes or get 'topped up' en route or what? thanks for info you can supply mike james

A interesting point if true. Which way will the norther wall MP's vote? regards mike j

why?

re your trip to llandudno - you said unfortunately it suffered a bit of a slide approaching colwyn bay and it got a wheel flat on he leading bogie, it was inspected at llandudno and was within spec to keep running out of interest who is qualified to inspect the wheel and decide its ok. is it part of a drivers training for example or does an 'inspector' have to come from whereever the nearest is? thanks for all your informative posts reagrds mike j

Jim said 'pacer tour to llandudno on Wednesday on my day off' do report your experience I wondered about going but there reports of the 'ride' made me duck out. enjoy mike james

what does 'testing' involve? Do you have checklist of tests, or just 'drive it' and see if problems occur? regards and thanks for informative 'how life really is' info. mike james

Bangor (north Wales) is another station between two tunnels Plenty of operation interest if you have a LARGE spare room!!