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JJimini replied to the thread 1992 stock Refurbishment?.Thanks @Mojo -- that's the badger. They used to be installed the other way round but spun them so the ridges stopped littering, as I recall.
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JJimini replied to the thread 1992 stock Refurbishment?.I haven’t been through the whole thread so apols if I’m repeating previous information, but the one thing that sticks in my mind about...
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JJimini replied to the thread Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you....or A.I does it for free.
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JJimini replied to the thread You know you’re getting older when…….That is dedication -- I doff my hat to you, sir!
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JJimini replied to the thread London cycle taxi rickshaws..100% this. Round these parts (Reading) where Uber don't operate, it's very much a black cab market. I've had three occasions where the...
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JJimini replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.I remember being seconded over to Northern Ireland to help out on a project at the Belfast Telegraph, 20+ years ago now (oof). The old...
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JJimini replied to the thread Which junctions would you grade-separate?.Dependent on freight schedules, some of the XC services use the UM / DM from Reading to Didcot East as well.
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JJimini replied to the thread Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now.There’s a company called Newsteam that have been buying newspaper home delivery rounds off independent newsagents for a fair few years...
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JJimini replied to the thread XC woes: what should the policy regarding first class on overcrowded services be?.I concur with that. It's been quite noticeable how first class business has picked up on this corridor, particularly since the end of...
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JJimini replied to the thread Reading Buses and Thames Valley.As a relative newbie to this area of Reading (nearest bus stop is Foxhill Road), has there ever been a Sunday service on the 19a/b/c...
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JJimini replied to the thread Chiltern abandoning West Midlands on Sunday.Looks like the "signalling system" has thrown its hat into the ring now as well...
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JJimini replied to the thread Cross Country (XC) First Class service.Anything on the Manchester <> Bournemouth corridor has to reverse at Reading, and some of these services operate as double sets (there's...
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JJimini replied to the thread Cross Country (XC) First Class service.That logic doesn't always work, given the reversals at New Street / Reading etc. Could be at either end.
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JJimini replied to the thread Cross Country (XC) First Class service.Coach A, in my experience. I've had to move out of the other set mid-journey to make the switch a few times now.