pawl
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The Rail Enthusiast thread
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NorthernDave
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
I haven't been through there for a few weeks so I don't know.
All those long platforms often seem a bit excessive for a 142...
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Just booked my ticket for the London Transport Museum open weekend on 28/29 September. Going on the Sunday, driving up and down in one hit.
Excited already!
Excited already!
There is a lot of good stuff in there, also a load of old scrap.Just booked my ticket for the London Transport Museum open weekend on 28/29 September. Going on the Sunday, driving up and down in one hit.
DCBassman
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- The lumpy far South West
Don't doubt it! I should have correctly stated the LTM Depot open weekend, as opposed to the museum in central London. Plenty of old scrap, most of which I grew up rtiding around on!
There are also quite a few buses of various ages in there.Don't doubt it! I should have correctly stated the LTM Depot open weekend, as opposed to the museum in central London. Plenty of old scrap, most of which I grew up rtiding around on!
DCBassman
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- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Almost my entire life until I left home was spent travelling on green London Transport/Country RT double deckers. An occasional RLH if near Upminster and a certain low bridge. Very occasional RML Green Line 'coaches'. And an RAF colleague I knew in the mid-70s (a fireman from Yorkshire) had his own green RF single decker, which i got to drive around the airfield at Oakington, Cambridge!
NorthernDave
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Just arrived at t'Interchange and platform 3 is again unoccupied.
We're at the recently extended platform 4, which seems a bit like overkill for a 2-car 150.
Talking of which, this is the supposedly "prestige" new direct service to Chester, which was meant to feature the fantastic new 100mph trains, that still don't appear to be in service - which probably explains why we're on an elderly, unrefurbished and frankly slightly smelly ex First 150...
classic33
Leg End Member
That's Platform 31/2!
The maximum speed limit between Bradford and Manchester Victoria is 90mph. How are they expecting to run anything faster than that?
New rolling stock isn't expected until November, the earliest.
NorthernDave
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Ah, right I see now.
The train I was on didn't top 65mph between Bradford and Halifax, although I don't know what the line speed is on that section.
I was lucky that I must have just missed the events at Leeds that closed the station for most of the morning.
The train home was yet another sweltering 158 again with no air con and the heating on. It's amazing how most of Northerns 158 fleet have this issue. It was genuinely uncomfortable to travel on.
NorthernDave
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Anyone fancy a new village hall? 
RailAdvent - Railway News: New competition to bring new life to the Pacers!.
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2019/05/new-competition-to-bring-new-life-to-the-pacers.html
RailAdvent - Railway News: New competition to bring new life to the Pacers!.
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2019/05/new-competition-to-bring-new-life-to-the-pacers.html
Richard A Thackeray
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classic33
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Check Rails of Sheffield website. They've some fair size price reductions at present. 33% in some cases.
Richard A Thackeray
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classic33
Leg End Member
These within the last seven days though.
