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Your Welcome. JR West and JR Shikoku in particular still run quite a lot of older trains. This next batch of pictures are from Okayama, on to our first time on Shikoku to Tokushima and back to Okayama on our journey to Tokyo. Next time we go, I'm hoping to visit Takamatsu to ride on the Kotoden railway company, as all its trains are second hand from all over Japan, with trains dating back to 1925 still in service.

A few more, from our journeys from Osaka - Tadanoumi - Tottori - Okayama.

Hello, visited Japan again a few weeks ago so thought i'd post some photo's. These are taken around Osaka and Kyoto, as we visited the new railway museum there.

I don't blame you! At least (hopefully) most of the trains will be running 6 cars making it a bit more likely you'll stop before the platform runs out!

Although the media have decided to pick up on seats/space, it looks like DOO might be coming to LM too, hope things don't end up like Southern. From the ITT below - f) Initiatives to improve train service operations in ways that will generate long-term passenger benefits or operational improvements that will continue to accrue after the end of the Franchise Term. This can include the implementation of Driver Controlled Operation. Where DCO is proposed, the Department would require the Franchisee to undertake appropriate consultation (with passengers and the workforce) including about supporting the continual development and expansion of the professional skills of on-train staff, in particular in relation to on-board customer service to which passengers attach most value 5.6.9 The Department requires a Franchisee who will ensure that for any newbuild rolling stock: a) The fleet is fitted with the equipment necessary to enable the trains to be operated under Driver Controlled Operation (DCO) in passenger service without any additional station facilities other than lighting being required

In gaining the dozen or so 323's, LM will be getting more trains and extra carriages to cope with demand, so I don't see how anyone is getting short changed. Northern are getting a large fleet of new trains, and those plus the 319's they wont need the 323's so moving them to LM makes perfect sense. As a regular cross city user I can't wait for the extra units to arrive, even 6 car trains can be full and standing in the peaks, let alone the 3 car ones. LM also need extra sets for when the cross city starts running through to to Bromsgrove.

Tyseley had a number of class 127 trailer cars, to replace many asbestos contaminated 116 trailers, which were withdrawn. There was also a fair few 115 power cars allocated to Tyseley in the 80's, mainly formed into 4 car sets with a 116 power car at the other end.

A century of railways around the west midlands, volume 3, by John Boynton, has the picture in. ISBN 0-9522248-6-0

Yes, they certainly did. Probably more common in the pre cross city days, as there were only 3 trains a day before the cross city service started. I have a picture in a book somewhere of a single car arriving at Kings Norton on a Redditch - New St. service sometime in the late 60s or early 70s. I'll dig it out and let you know what book it's in.

Hello all, as we have quite a few threads dedicated to particular classes of loco, thought i'd start one for 1st generation dmu's. Please feel free to add to the thread. I don't have any pic's from back in the day, so to get the ball rolling here are some of the Battlefield Line's class 122, 55005, to get the ball rolling.

Popped to Shildon at the weekend, was nice to see the APT-E in the flesh

That's good to know, Thanks.

Been meaning to get a couple of pictures of this building on London Rd in Derby for some time. It has a very nice art deco LMS in the stonework. There's been a lot of work going on in and around the building recently. I was once told that the APT department was based there, anyone know if that's true?

Nice to see some pic's of 848. As a newly post qualified driver back in the autumn of 2001, 848 was my first loco I drove all on my own! It was on the 1706 New St to Reading.

A 118 attached to a 116. Hoping we'll get a 116 or two with wm logo's!

Rail Engineer article here - http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/09/23/private-tram-wednesbury/

JR East to advise on HS2 http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140403_46.html

Yes it's still there, although this is the only picture I took of it. Also there is an ex hastings car used for tilt development.

Just look at the Tokaido Shinkansen, trains using this route are capable of 300km/h, but are generally limited to a maximum of 275km/h due to the tight curvature of the route, later built shinkansen lines were built with more gentle curves and larger tunnels to allow for faster running. Even if speeds of 250mph never become economical enough operate, at least the ride will be smoother at lower speeds on 250mph railway.

Not in Essex, but a former Essex Express 309 now residing at the Electric Railway Museum near Coventry.

Doesn't quite count as human, but this has appeared at Bristol TM on platform 3.

Put some of those pictures in black and white and i'd be convinced that i'm looking at pictures in a Bradford and Barton book from the 70s! Some superb scenery there.

W55034 was the only class 121 power car painted in that livery, a class 121 driving trailer was also painted to match, W56283. No class 122's ran in that livery.