Forum: Say Hello
16th January 2021, 13:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 280
Hi Chris
As an ex-volunteer firefighter and...
Hi Chris
As an ex-volunteer firefighter and train driver, I would suggest you could try contacting the railway itself.
Whilst the Managers might give you a cool welcome initially, most train...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
10th January 2021, 13:52
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Replies: 4
Views: 169
That's an interesting read Tony, and I've had a...
That's an interesting read Tony, and I've had a similar experience myself on the ECML! Train driving is a very repetetive job, and once your Muscle Memory has been trained to respond to an ESR, it's...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
10th January 2021, 13:26
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Replies: 4
Views: 169
w.r.t. the Scottish incident...
This...
w.r.t. the Scottish incident...
This is odd. The whole point of an EMERGENCY speed restriction is that a driver is not expecting to see it. They can be imposed without any warning, and if set...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
9th January 2021, 23:58
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Replies: 4
Views: 169
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
5th January 2021, 15:55
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Replies: 1
Views: 113
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
4th January 2021, 13:03
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Replies: 3
Views: 150
Yo Steve.
More wagons in the dirt? This is...
Yo Steve.
More wagons in the dirt? This is getting pretty regular.
So.....
1) Ya had fires last year
2) You've got floods this year
3) If I were a betting man I'd expect a plague of...
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Forum: Say Hello
28th December 2020, 11:05
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Replies: 2
Views: 257
Hi there, and welcome to the forum.
I've...
Hi there, and welcome to the forum.
I've subscribed to your channel, as I like your camera work (I'm an ex TV sound mixer).
Your shots are rock steady (tripod?), you keep the shot wide and...
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Forum: Freight Operations and Observations
28th December 2020, 10:39
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Replies: 7
Views: 347
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
24th December 2020, 23:47
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Replies: 5
Views: 267
Yes I always have a good check at level...
Yes I always have a good check at level crossings. Automatic Half Barriers don't interlock with the signalling, so the bobby wouldn't know if the detection wasn't working and the gates hadn't gone...
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Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion
10th December 2020, 16:53
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,612
Well semaphore signals belong to the era of...
Well semaphore signals belong to the era of Absolute Block - which is a time when there were signal boxes everywhere. Sometimes there were 3 or even 5 boxes at one station alone, if the traffic was...
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Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion
6th December 2020, 15:10
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,612
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Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion
3rd December 2020, 19:58
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,612
Further to the above post, here's a real-world...
Further to the above post, here's a real-world example of saggy signals. We used to have a job which didn't go all the way to the sea, but turned a Down train back towards London in the peak. The...
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Forum: Railway Forum TV Discussion
3rd December 2020, 19:34
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,612
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Forum: Say Hello
30th November 2020, 19:00
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Replies: 4
Views: 475
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Forum: Say Hello
30th November 2020, 15:28
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Replies: 4
Views: 475
Well hello Ash, and welcome to our forum.
...
Well hello Ash, and welcome to our forum.
Don't worry about headcodes, it's not that big a deal.
First number = Type of train
Next letter = route or nature
3rd /4th numbers are just an...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
23rd November 2020, 13:57
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Replies: 4
Views: 478
ooh. If it's standard gauge running where tube...
ooh. If it's standard gauge running where tube trains used to go....I wonder if they've done the measurements to check that the first train won't rip the platform flagstones off (like thry had in...
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
21st November 2020, 19:57
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Replies: 5
Views: 349
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
21st November 2020, 17:26
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Replies: 5
Views: 349
The train drivers' union ASLEF's policy is that...
The train drivers' union ASLEF's policy is that it can't support a member who has been proved to have been using a moblie phone in the leading cab of a traction unit whilst it's moving. It's even run...
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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations
14th November 2020, 17:16
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Replies: 1
Views: 723
Hi Memma, that's a very interesting article. I...
Hi Memma, that's a very interesting article. I Iook forward to reading it. There are some lovely pictures in it.
One teeny comment. I always think a travelogue should have a map in it showing the...
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Forum: Say Hello
11th November 2020, 14:47
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Replies: 5
Views: 622
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Forum: Light Rail and Metros
10th November 2020, 21:05
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Replies: 2
Views: 611
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
3rd November 2020, 19:26
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,604
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
2nd November 2020, 14:34
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Replies: 4
Views: 358
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Forum: Railway News from around the World
2nd November 2020, 14:31
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,126
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Forum: Say Hello
23rd September 2020, 19:42
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Replies: 3
Views: 494
Hello tc and welcome to our forum.
Can't...
Hello tc and welcome to our forum.
Can't help you with the plate I'm afraid, but you should never bin Railwayana. Stick it on eBay for £100 and tell them that a bloke down the pub said it fell off...
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