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Forum: Railway News from around the World 24th April 2012, 14:58
Replies: 32
Views: 19,611
Posted By Flying Pig
Why ? Network Rail doesn't know anything about...

Why ? Network Rail doesn't know anything about running railway services. They're just an infrastructure maintainer, and a pretty awful one at that.

That would be rather like handing over the...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 13th April 2012, 18:30
Replies: 32
Views: 19,611
Posted By Flying Pig
I was going to write a great piece about how the...

I was going to write a great piece about how the media has divided this country by lying to its people and making a mint into the bargain, but this one sentence says it all really. Thankyou.

I see...
Forum: Say Hello 5th April 2012, 19:38
Replies: 4
Views: 2,522
Posted By Flying Pig
Hello Floriano & welcome to the forum Rail...

Hello Floriano & welcome to the forum

Rail Accident Investigation in the UK is carried out by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, which is part of the Department for Transport, which itself is...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 4th March 2012, 14:04
Replies: 2
Views: 1,483
Posted By Flying Pig
Head-on collision in Poland

Sounds like a bad one in Poland. BBC is reporting 15 dead and 50 injured at the moment.

Possibly single-line working during engineering works.

Link to BBC News site...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 4th March 2012, 14:00
Replies: 11
Views: 8,546
Posted By Flying Pig
Oh dear. The single line between Littleport &...

Oh dear. The single line between Littleport & Downham appears to be cursed. It seems that if a train is going to fail, it will happen there in the most inconvenient and difficult to reach-by-road...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 2nd March 2012, 20:33
Replies: 11
Views: 8,546
Posted By Flying Pig
Ha! I went into to KL today to catch the 11:56,...

Ha! I went into to KL today to catch the 11:56, and reached the station just as the NMT was pulling out of pl2. Pity as I could have snapped it if I'd been 5 minutes earlier.

Do you know if this...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 11th February 2012, 18:01
Replies: 11
Views: 6,755
Posted By Flying Pig
Yes there would have been Permanent Speed...

Yes there would have been Permanent Speed Restriction boards, and possibly there may have been Approach Released signalling. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has already issued an initial...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 31st January 2012, 12:49
Replies: 5
Views: 3,941
Posted By Flying Pig
Whenever NR is involved......the magic word is...

Whenever NR is involved......the magic word is OVERRUN :rolleyes:
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 30th January 2012, 10:57
Replies: 5
Views: 3,941
Posted By Flying Pig
Ah - Ya beat me to it. ;) You are quite right. ...

Ah - Ya beat me to it. ;) You are quite right.

I was just about to start a thread about this. East Coast drivers are currently learning a diversionary route....

IE,...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 27th January 2012, 19:56
Replies: 6
Views: 2,984
Posted By Flying Pig
Well on the Fens the reverse is true. :rolleyes: ...

Well on the Fens the reverse is true. :rolleyes:

We've had an incredibly DRY winter which is causing subsidence of the track bed due to the black-peat shrinking.

Methinks this is just another...
Forum: Freight Operations and Observations 27th January 2012, 19:41
Replies: 11
Views: 8,546
Posted By Flying Pig
There's at least 2 different sand trains - a...

There's at least 2 different sand trains - a Heavyhaul & DBS one.

I snapped DBS 6E88 - the 12:39 Middleton Towers to Goole Glassworks (arr 20:37) near Runcton.
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 8th January 2012, 22:33
Replies: 1
Views: 1,649
Posted By Flying Pig
Well there's only so much money in the pot. ...

Well there's only so much money in the pot.

Does anyone know if the line figures in the Route Utilisation Strategy document for the south ? That would be where these decisions are made.

It...
Forum: Events & Dates for your Diary 30th November 2011, 11:36
Replies: 27
Views: 18,238
Posted By Flying Pig
And there I was thinking a KT88 was a big deal....

And there I was thinking a KT88 was a big deal. Reminds me of Crocadile Dundee "Nah, that's not a valve....THIS is a valve"

Who needs central heating when you have Hifi.
Forum: Events & Dates for your Diary 27th November 2011, 20:44
Replies: 27
Views: 18,238
Posted By Flying Pig
Or if you're a cheapskate like me and don't wish...

Or if you're a cheapskate like me and don't wish to add to Mr Murdoch's millions, BBC2 Wales can be found on channel 971 on Freesat.

I shall warm up the valves on the HDR thingumyjig.
Forum: On-track Machinery 13th November 2011, 16:37
Replies: 6
Views: 9,707
Posted By Flying Pig
Welcome to the forum. Looking on the bright...

Welcome to the forum.

Looking on the bright side, we're just going into the low-adhesion season now so all the slipping and sliding that's due to occur will create work for the railgrinders to...
Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion 3rd November 2011, 11:22
Replies: 2
Views: 1,707
Posted By Flying Pig
Hi Phil It's not just the Americans. Over...

Hi Phil

It's not just the Americans. Over here there's often only about 7 seconds at line speed between the barriers going down and the train arriving. Of course the lights and wailers have been...
Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion 3rd November 2011, 11:05
Replies: 1
Views: 1,199
Posted By Flying Pig
Brilliant. I'd forgotten that those DMUs had...

Brilliant. I'd forgotten that those DMUs had quite a reasonable acceleration.

The place was looking far smarter than I remember it in the mid to late 1980's when I did the daily commute via...
Forum: Say Hello 29th October 2011, 11:35
Replies: 11
Views: 7,596
Posted By Flying Pig
Hi Dave & welcome to the forum. That little lot...

Hi Dave & welcome to the forum. That little lot should produce some lively debate.....just don't get me started on railways & politics, Grrrrrrr ;)

Best wishes,

John FP
Forum: Railway News from around the World 29th October 2011, 10:56
Replies: 26
Views: 14,600
Posted By Flying Pig
I guess the Judge decided it wasn't a big deal....

I guess the Judge decided it wasn't a big deal. It was only a train - it didn't derail and nobody was seriously injured. (Not my opinion of the seriousness, but possibly his).



Possibly because...
Forum: Virtual Railways 20th October 2011, 11:29
Replies: 4
Views: 9,853
Posted By Flying Pig
Hi there Jamtart & welcome to the forum. ...

Hi there Jamtart & welcome to the forum.

Even though the website was offering other games to buy, the Steam arrangement is possibly genuine. It's a system for online gaming with other players, so...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 19th October 2011, 11:37
Replies: 4
Views: 2,326
Posted By Flying Pig
Drivelling nonsense. As we all know it's dirty...

Drivelling nonsense. As we all know it's dirty trains and poor timekeeping that commuters care about. It's only the media that bangs on about safety. More people die on the roads in a week than...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 26th August 2011, 16:50
Replies: 4
Views: 4,784
Posted By Flying Pig
Interesting this. They do things very differently...

Interesting this. They do things very differently down the tube compared to how we do it in big trains. My only experience of driving sub-surface lines is on the Northern City Line. Here also it is...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 20th August 2011, 16:22
Replies: 12
Views: 7,098
Posted By Flying Pig
It would. But at least a start would be to define...

It would. But at least a start would be to define a new gauge, and make it a requirement that any future work must conform to it. The network is being improved little by little, and we're missing so...
Forum: Say Hello 8th August 2011, 21:56
Replies: 6
Views: 1,924
Posted By Flying Pig
Hi Phil welcome to the forum. LOL. I...

Hi Phil welcome to the forum.



LOL. I can assure you there are plenty of people on the railway who wanted to work in aviation - I'm one of them. I guess the grass is always greener.

Best...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 6th August 2011, 21:37
Replies: 5
Views: 2,934
Posted By Flying Pig
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but...In most...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but...In most railway traction systems where there is 3rd rail or catenary supply the current flows through the train and exits through the running rails back to...
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