The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

In Haworth today with daughter (& her friend)
After a while we parted ways, till pick-up time, so I went to 'sniff steam'

 

[NorthernDave]

The train home from work on Friday was a Class 142 (they're usually a 158, 155 or very occasionally a 150). While it wasn't the greatest rail experience I've ever had, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting given the slating they get.
Yes, they're a bit cramped and the bus seats are really 2.5+1.5 rather than 3+2, but it turned up on time, the heater was keeping things at a decent temperature and everyone who wanted one got a seat.

 

[the_mikey]

The train home from work on Friday was a Class 142 (they're usually a 158, 155 or very occasionally a 150). While it wasn't the greatest rail experience I've ever had, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting given the slating they get.
Yes, they're a bit cramped and the bus seats are really 2.5+1.5 rather than 3+2, but it turned up on time, the heater was keeping things at a decent temperature and everyone who wanted one got a seat.

I last rode a 142 last year Between Keighley and Leeds, it was a little bouncy but comfortable enough, I could've waited for a 333 but I wanted to enjoy the 142..

 

[172traindriver]

I last rode a 142 last year Between Keighley and Leeds, it was a little bouncy but comfortable enough, I could've waited for a 333 but I wanted to enjoy the 142..

Enjoy @the_mikey?
What you meant is you wanted to experience a ride on one before they are replaced

 

[the_mikey]

Enjoy @the_mikey?
What you meant is you wanted to experience a ride on one before they are replaced

I will say this, I'd rather be sat in a seat on a 142 than standing in the toilet on an overcrowded crosscountry 220/221 service between Bristol and Leeds..

 

[172traindriver]

I will say this, I'd rather be sat in a seat on a 142 than standing in the toilet on an overcrowded crosscountry 220/221 service between Bristol and Leeds..

Voyagers were totally inadequate for what they replaced at the time. They should have been 8 car units at least.

 

[User16390]

Voyagers were totally inadequate for what they replaced at the time. They should have been 8 car units at least.

I am terribly biased towards overweight, underpowered, noisy, smelly locomotives such as these that worked out of Leeds, Manchester and North Wales

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsCdVKhhh20

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wow
Presumably unmarried

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38584152

 

[Spartak]

Taken this morning at Avon Valley Railway, Bitton.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tornado on scheduled services
http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/tickets-on-sale-for-tornado-hauled-services/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-38957943

Drone footage, on Ribblehead Viaduct;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-38979100

Edit @ 12:25

I know it's the Mail, but there's a few nice photographs, if the usual disregard of the facts, ie; 'Scale replica'
Plus, when did Skipton move into West Yorkshire??

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...ne-Tornado-hauls-service-Settle-Carlisle.html

And this classic; The driver carefully steers the locomotive into Skipton Station
What the heck!?!?!

 

[Profpointy]

[QUOTE="Richard A Thackeray, post: 4683449,

And this classic; The driver carefully steers the locomotive into Skipton Station
What the heck!?!?![/QUOTE]

to be fair, have you seen how narrow a railway rail is? It must be really tricky to steer the train that precisely for hundreds of miles

 

[Andrew_Culture]

How on earth have I not seen this thread before?

My dad is a self-confessed 'gricer' and the older I get the more interested I find myself in the subject. My dad retired years ago and writes for a bunch of steam railway magazines. I commissioned him to write a bit about the original mainline station in Ipswich and it's by far the most popular article on my site at https://sosuffolk.com/suffolk-history/ipswich-railway-station-croft-street/

I find the history interesting because it's so tied to social history.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I did have a model railway when I was a kid, but I lost interest when it fell on me in the middle of the night.

 

[NorthernDave]

to be fair, have you seen how narrow a railway rail is? It must be really tricky to steer the train that precisely for hundreds of miles

It must be even trickier after dark...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

My dad is a self-confessed 'gricer' and the older I get the more interested I find myself in the subject. My dad retired years ago and writes for a bunch of steam railway magazines. I commissioned him to write a bit about the original mainline station in Ipswich and it's by far the most popular article on my site at https://sosuffolk.com/suffolk-history/ipswich-railway-station-croft-street/

I find the history interesting because it's so tied to social history.

A good read, even though it's way out of my area, & up to press, I've never been to Ipswich