classic33
Leg End Member
Recently travelled on the same one I used when they came into use in 1982. Plastic seating having been "upgraded" over the years.
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Are these supposed to finally replace the Nodding Donkeys? What class number were they allocated?
I think when they scrap the Pacers they'll drop them on one corner like a cheap IKEA cupboard and they'll fold up themselves.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Bedroom refurb has started. Ripped out old sliding doors and shelves, patched all the holes left in the walls, ready for a quick sanding and a paint, before I start fitting the new wardrobes.
Oh, and typing this on the laptop as the replacement screen arrived earlier.
Oh, and typing this on the laptop as the replacement screen arrived earlier.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
It's finally gone quiet here.
I'm going to give it another 1/2 hour to cool down a bit more and then pop out for a ride to Ipswich & back followed by a shower and an ice cream
classic33
Leg End Member
These new ones are supposed to replace them, what their class number is I'm not certain. Possibly 769's, of which there's a video on the link below of one in action.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...gwr-if-the-class-769-flex-fails.166643/page-8
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Thanks. Must be a major refurb if they've managed to replace working brakes with ineffective ones.
classic33
Leg End Member
Nay lad, the old ones still work. And will be upto 2024.
It's their replacements that have a few problems. They've been built in Spain for a German company, tested in the Czech Republic, to run in England. On a service owned by a German company.
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
Doesn't your ice cream melt quickly in the shower? Plus, a soggy cornet? Bleurgh
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Talgos, over here, have had a checkered past. Didn't work out so well first go round in the 50s-60s, but now seem to be doing a good job in the Northwest.
classic33
Leg End Member
Changed their name on the uniforms, but still the same company running it.
Arriva Trains Northern, Arriva Northern, Northern.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Here's what happened when we took bus bodies on to the rails, the "Jet Rocket" of the Rock Island Railroad, developed by GM to dissuade railroad ridership.
Someone elses picture, but looks like Peoria. My Dad rode it a few times. Had a buffet/Lounge with a bar. Not bad for a hundred miles and change trip, but I heard longer sojourns were more problematic. Actually, unlike the GM Aerotrain, this had Talgo bodies.
Someone elses picture, but looks like Peoria. My Dad rode it a few times. Had a buffet/Lounge with a bar. Not bad for a hundred miles and change trip, but I heard longer sojourns were more problematic. Actually, unlike the GM Aerotrain, this had Talgo bodies.
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Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Lidl's version of Walls' Magnum and a cool shower. Just have to remember which hand has the ice cream and which one the shower gel!Doesn't your ice cream melt quickly in the shower? Plus, a soggy cornet? Bleurgh
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
I've just put the empty milk bottle out along with the payment for this month's bill.
No work tomorow so a couple of large glasses of something cheap & fizzy that may have been driven past an orchard so it could be called cider will be consumed.
No work tomorow so a couple of large glasses of something cheap & fizzy that may have been driven past an orchard so it could be called cider will be consumed.
