The Rail Enthusiast thread

[classic33]

The only triangular layout I've ever seen!

You've not been to it then!
New rolling stock means Platform 2 isn't in use. To sharp a curve.

 

[the_mikey]

You've not been to it then!
New rolling stock means Platform 2 isn't in use. To sharp a curve.

It's quite a walk between platform 1 and 4.

 

[classic33]

It's quite a walk between platform 1 and 4.

1 and 5-6 is farther still. What used to be freight only lines.

 

[172traindriver]

Class 68's ?

I have seen them running through Snow Hill and Moor Street, I assume on driver training.

They are operating passenger trains

 

[172traindriver]

• 68001 Evolution
• 68002 Intrepid
• 68003 Astute
• 68004 Rapid
• 68005 Defiant
• 68006 Daring
• 68007 Valiant
• 68008 Avenger
• 68009 Titan

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[Mad Doug Biker]

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Yet more trains that look like they have been designed by a blind person on an equal opportunities placement.......

 

[Paulus]

There are now several workings a day from Marylebone to Birmingham and Kidderminster.

 

[172traindriver]

Yet more trains that look like they have been designed by a blind person on an equal opportunities placement.......

The cabs have a detection system to tell if a mobile phone is switched on!

 

[Smurfy]

Yet more trains that look like they have been designed by a blind person on an equal opportunities placement.......

I think it looks OK, although the side windows remind me of a cat's eye.

You've not been to it then!
New rolling stock means Platform 2 isn't in use. To sharp a curve.

I've been through Shipley a few times in the past, but it wasn't until I had to catch a train from there that I realised the layout. What happens now that platform 2 is closed?

 

[Smurfy]

They are operating passenger trains

That's interesting, I thought locomotive hauled passenger services were almost extinct in the UK. What's going on?

 

[classic33]

I think it looks OK, although the side windows remind me of a cat's eye.

I've been through Shipley a few times in the past, but it wasn't until I had to catch a train from there that I realised the layout. What happens now that platform 2 is closed?

Part of the reason platforms 5 & 6 were built. But all trains between Forster Square and Skipton now use Platform 1.

 

[172traindriver]

That's interesting, I thought locomotive hauled passenger services were almost extinct in the UK. What's going on?

Not on Chiltern

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not on Chiltern

Diifferent companies, different ideas.

The cabs have a detection system to tell if a mobile phone is switched on!

So a requirement of it is that the cab has to look like THAT??

Yea Gads!! What does a Class 70 cab detect then, extraterrestrial life on behalf of SETI??

 

[User16390]

Diifferent companies, different ideas.



So a requirement of it is that the cab had to look like THAT??

Yea Gads!! What does a Class 70 cab detect then, extraterrestrial life on behalf of SETI??

I quite like the sound of the class 68's, although not as good as a pair of syphons full throttle, I will have to go travel to Norwich and catch the Great Yarmouth trains with 37's top and tailing a rake of mark 2s. What a great day out 37's and a cycle ride to a top notch real ale pub.

Definitely on the cards.

http://www.railmagazine.com/news/fl...-replace-london-great-yarmouth-through-trains

 

[172traindriver]

Diifferent companies, different ideas.



So a requirement of it is that the cab had to look like THAT??

Yea Gads!! What does a Class 70 cab detect then, extraterrestrial life on behalf of SETI??

How much do you know about monitoring?
DAS? what they can tell from that in live time?