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Post by spsmiler on Jan 1, 2024 14:37:33 GMT
Thanks for the image - this seat fabric design was short-lived and I never even knew it existed until it was too late.
So I am delighted to have found an image with copyright status that permits reuse.
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Post by spsmiler on Jan 1, 2024 14:21:25 GMT
Why can't they just buy more trains? or those type of trains can not be made now? I recall how some C Stock cars were bespoke built in Eastern Europe! Nicknamed C85 stock!
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 29, 2023 14:08:03 GMT
Whats the present situation with the clip train?
Is it ever out and about - or is this info still strictly embargoed?
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 29, 2023 14:04:35 GMT
superb!
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 29, 2023 13:59:17 GMT
Thank goodness some Central London passengers have an alternative option - otherwise the Central line would probably be overwhelmed
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 24, 2023 21:27:21 GMT
It might make for some confusing announcements! Turn right for the Wright Line The Wright Line is not running right Nothing can be more confusing than when a mainline train operating company used the word 'One' as a marketing name for its services eg, this announcement: "We apologise that the One oh One One service to London Liverpool Street is running one minute late"
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 24, 2023 21:20:27 GMT
Happy Holidays / Seasons Greetings / Merry Christmas everyone
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 23, 2023 20:07:16 GMT
There was a day last week (or the week before) where the subway from platforms 8-11 was shut in the morning, the entrance with escalators also shut, and then a queue for the staircase which got temporarily closed just as I reached it, due to overcrowding. I decided to walk to Warren Street to access the northern line, and it ended up counting as two separate journeys. It’ll be annoying if I have to keep contacting TfL for a refund every day I walk to Warren Street during these escalator works! Separately, I took 16 minutes between tapping out at King’s Cross and then in at Euston the other day, and TfL have refused to merge the ‘two journeys’ as one because of it being over 15 mins (I didn’t tap in straight away as my train wasn’t at Euston yet!). Maybe the traditional prepaid Travelcard season tickets will work out both cheaper and more convenient?
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 23, 2023 20:04:38 GMT
I prefer Brunel - shorter and easier on the tongue
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 21, 2023 12:12:07 GMT
Am sure I remember ety Intercity stock using the Watford - Euston line when the mainline was closed,saw them passing Stonebridge Pk.This was in the days of Cl 87/90 traction. Maybe though hauled by a diesel loco? Anyway, yes, at one time railways were just that and providing the train physically fitted the route (not too wide / tall / heavy for bridges etc) then almost anything could go anywhere.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 19, 2023 13:15:13 GMT
Perhaps ... because there are more westbound destinations whilst eastbound everything (usually*) follows the same route, even if some trains stop short of the ultimate destinations.
*) From this station District trains to High Street Kensignton are very rare.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 19, 2023 12:51:55 GMT
This film references some of what taylor said about Karlsruhe - I am still to make the film which shows the tram-trains sharing tracks with 175mph ICE trains, other InterCity trains and container trains. However, what this film shows is enough - the German Railways was short of trains for local services so for a year or so in circa 1991 they used tramtrains on the local service, and to their surprise even noted an increase in passenger numbers. As an aside, the Central line to Epping and Newbury Park via Woodford did something similar, albeit with fewer mainline trains; possibly also the Northern line to High Barnet and Edgware via Finchley Central and if I am right East Finchley station still has smoke baffles (for steam trains) on the underside of a footbridge over the central pair of tracks As I've said before, in some respects our mainline railways here in the UK are far behind the times when compared with best practise overseas.. But we are catching up, with a new digital signalling system being introduced on the tube line between Moorgate and Finsbury Park - something which might yet become relevant to the Bakerloo line's track sharing north of Queens Park. The Victoria line has already shown how trains with different automated signalling systems can use the same tracks.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 15, 2023 18:31:15 GMT
Blue for priority seat does not look good when other seats are red. Grey and red go together well - not blue and red.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 14, 2023 10:26:07 GMT
Bakerloo peak-hour services continued to Watford Junction until 1982, after the Jubilee Line opened in 1979. Just four trains each peak 'hour' - towards London in the am peak and Watford in the pm peak.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 14, 2023 10:21:31 GMT
I know that I saw and filmed these trains - both whilst in passenger service and when on exhibition at Woodford - but am unsure if I actually got to ride them.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 11, 2023 23:00:07 GMT
Its good to see these actually entering service ... just await Tyneside now.
btw, how long before the old Glasgow Subway trains have been replaced?
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 11, 2023 11:46:10 GMT
Would have cost more... but from a point of view of transport integration, connectivity with more of the UK, (etc) it would have been a very good idea.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 11, 2023 11:43:51 GMT
Has the new train been out in service since its debut, or was it just a public launch thing and back into works again? Was it out all day, or just a couple of trips? The launch day was a for one return trip. I think it has been out since, but perhaps only for one mid-morning return trip at a time
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 10, 2023 21:56:05 GMT
Subject to having enough rolling stock and platform capacity at OOC this should be easily accomplished - just extend all the trains that currently terminate at Paddington.
Maybe also send some trains beyond OOC but that is a different issue.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 10, 2023 21:50:13 GMT
I went to the exhibition, said hello to Tim, saw this layout - its superb ... the level of detail is fantastic. Oh and all in 2mm fine scale, which means that everything is very, very small.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 9, 2023 17:42:25 GMT
eek, the flowers might be nice but do they really go well with such a moody, even brooding, dark blue background?
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 9, 2023 17:38:36 GMT
Oh well, what seemed like a good idea has been proven unworkable
Thanks anyway for the replies.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 9, 2023 17:35:38 GMT
Thanks Chris.
Possibly catching one or several buses will shorten the interchange time, but alas catching buses breaks OSI fares - although in what to my eyes looks like 'double standards' catching a train (of any ownership) as part of a multi-modal journey does not break the bus / tram Hopper fares.
Anyway, as you suggest, this wont be an OSI and wont be a viable interchange.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 8, 2023 22:17:59 GMT
The new Thamelink Brent Cross West opens this coming Sunday, how practical will it be to walk between here and Brent Cross shopping centre - and between this station and Brent Cross Northern line station?
Also, will the two Brent Cross stations be an OSI (out of station interchange)?
Simon
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 8, 2023 22:14:28 GMT
I suppose that wheel profiles prevent these being delivered by train via the Channel Tunnel?
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 8, 2023 22:11:32 GMT
I was pleased to see Gants Hill in his list (my home station since I started travelling to school by train in 1971) ... but I would prefer it if the barrel roof was painted sky blue and given fluffy white clouds. ie: make it seem as if we are actually at an open air station.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 8, 2023 22:05:14 GMT
Certainly this happened on the Great Western Main Line with an Elizabeth line train stranded for at least four hours - by when the battery lights had extinguished. I do not know if any other trains were affected.
I find it somewhat alarming that the batteries were unable to power the lights for the entire duration. As upset as passengers were I can imagine them being even more upset had this happened below ground, with the passengers facing being in pitch black.
Or do the tunnels have emergency lighting? - Ideally fed from several sources with redundancy in case one circuit failed.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 7, 2023 22:01:43 GMT
I've seen a photo on Facebook of unit 88 on the back of a lorry at South Mimms last Friday, but that is the unit reported as being converted to a dedicated depot shunter, so may not be headed for scrap. A works vehicle ... added interest for future railway modellers!
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 7, 2023 21:57:56 GMT
After the Bakerloo stopped serving Watford Junction I feel sure that there was a time when the Bakerloo more or less ended at Queens Park, but then the new depot at Stonebridge Park started becoming a destination.
The enforced change at Queens Park was not liked. Especially in the winter. Off-peak BR trains were every 20 minutes and this was too infrequent to attract passengers.
The fact is that many passengers like through trains to Euston. Its the quickest way to Central London and the existing tube services to further destinations are very good. But, many other passenger prefer the one-seat solution, and for destinations served by the Bakerloo it might even be quicker than interchanging at Euston. Even if it isn't, some passengers are willing to accept longer journey duration as a price of retaining the 'one seat' solution.
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Post by spsmiler on Dec 7, 2023 21:46:15 GMT
I watch many of them, he is making something like two a week (maybe even more?) its nice to have the time.
Actually, part of the reason why I'm not making as many films myself nowadays is that I'm updating my 'Railfanning London's Railway web pages. Hopefully these will be online at the end of this month. Also, I'm (very slowly) modelling a tube station diorama.
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