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That's right, apologies! My mind was thinking stopping, but non-stop has somehow made it into the post :oops:

Both of these stopping services appear to be pathed as 387s, also as both go empty to Cocklebury sidings in Swindon after arriving at Bristol Parkway.

That leaves Didcot Parkway as the last station without platform barriers on the GWR network, where trains regularly pass at 125mph with passengers on the platform. There's of course Chippenham too, but all trains stop there, unless there's diversions in place.

Nice to see GWR having enough sets to cover this without shortforming existing services. Congratulations to the couple I suppose.

I suppose it's no different than a Vivarail 230, seeing as they both share the same engine :D

It got graffitied last night, so it's being cleaned.

6 car Turbo on some Paddington to Oxford runs today. 165104 + 165112 - 1D16 0820 London Paddington to Oxford (165112 attached at Reading) - 1P16 1000 Oxford to London Paddington - 1D22 1122 London Paddington to Oxford - 1P22 1300 Oxford to London Paddington - 1D28 1422 London Paddington to...

Depends on how quickly you pick up the required hours for routes and traction, and pass out. At the moment it's very slow going. Also anyone that's already working for GWR, they are looking for Trainee Drivers in Swansea, for internals only.

That too, very much worth it. I mainly bought the route for the 165/166 upgrade, so I had a play around with it a little bit, and despite some shortfalls (mainly the horn sound is quite poor), it's ok, definitely much better than the original that has aged like milk. There are proper...

JustTrains has released today the Wessex Main Line: Southampton - Salisbury Extension for Dovetail Games South Western Main Line: Southampton - Bournemouth Route, which features a vastly updated Class 165/166.

In what part of the currently democratically elected government's manifesto did it say the Minimum Service Level law will be implemented?

Just another day that ends in Y in Network Rail's Western region.

Noted, makes sense. I've taken it out of my post now. To add to the discussion, what looks silly is when dispatchers from one TOC have a different policy to a train operated by another TOC, and vice versa. Either only the dispatcher uses the whistle, or the guard. Just looks silly in my...

They also haven't clarified what constitutes an "emergency". Such a poor implementation of a policy.

It's so if there's obvious damage to overhead line equipment, it's easily visible from the leading cab if it's caused by the pantograph close to the front, as the wires would bounce around unusually, or you'd actually see the damage.