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A friend of mine was really looking forward to his booked trip on the Midland Pullman -joining at Lockerbie - to Fort William. He heard this morning the new destination was Oban after a landslide closed the FW line.
However at about lunchtime he texted to say the servcie had failed at...
I think the link is fairly well established and such a conclusion can be drawn, looking at clause 68. The circumstances which put air in the cylinders were very different from a fairly common dragging brake.
The ability to apply significant brake cylinder pressure just by 'wiggling' a...
Which images are they? Do any photos show the Brake Distributor on the vehicle with the flats?
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Yes, the fault was that the brakes were being applied by an insufficiently attached Distributor
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I think that line runs very close to houses. In the south Wales RAIB report...
Reading various articles that Grant Shapps has launched a rail ticket sale from Tuesday 19th April - for off peak travel.
When exactly will the prices become available on the system?
Is there a list of the specific journeys? Are they just 'headline routes' or are all tickets discounted?
Eric. As highlighted beofre there are 2 main manufacturers - Davies & Metcalfe (now part of Wabtec Faiveley) and Westinghouse (now part of Knorr Bremse). When a loco was designed and built (almost) all of the brake components for it would be from either D&M or Westinghouse. The systems...
From what I understand the RAIB inspectors were pretty shocked to learn that there are detectors that don't report live data, but can be interegated at a later date.
It seems there is plenty of dismay about what the maintenance of wagons on the UK rail network boils down to.
A man sat in his...
Not sure how East Midlands Parkway would count as either Central Derby or Central Nottingham. Yes, services from both of those locations pass through EMP but provision of transport from EMP to the city centres is poor. Shuttle train services would need to be set up. Nottingham trams could be...
I think that Tesco has proved that the Scottish route is the best suited to moving from road to rail. All of the express parcel operators have hubs in the midlands each with multiple linehaul trucks travelling to each of their scottish depots. TNT for example will probably have 2 or 3 trucks...
I think I heard that the existing design which is being implemented for central locking and Retention tanks (as a joint mod)has a flaw that in certain circumstances can mean the doors unlock when a toilet is flushed!
Yes it would, but the studio apparently didn't want that, I imagine the level of detail and realism was specifically requested. I am not usre Tom Cruise has to do his own stunts, really fly helicopters or have a fight on top of a moving train (does that happen in every one of his movies?) - all...
Previous photos of the loco at Loughborough had vans belonging to a certain Mr I Riley in the forground. I think he knows his way around building a steam loco or two. I understand it is (was) powered by a Scania truck chassis/engine in the tender. I know for certain that the special effects...
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I think they were actually trying through the 'visitbritain' website which has the booking facility. It asks all sorts of questions about arrival and departure dates and flight numbers etc.
I actually found the ATOC britrail site and that directs to 'ACPRail' website...
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I have friends who live in Cameroon. They are coming to UK to cycle Lands End to John ogroats and were hoping to use a 3 day Britrail pass to get them to the start point and back from the finish (they will be based in Derby).
However Cameroon isn't listed in the country of residence...