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To the opening poster, I take my hat off too you:lol: If it looks as though people are pushing onto a train, and I have my full kit (Old guards leather bag on the shoulder) then a twist on the hip so the bag connects with the rude passenger, and the comment about how much easier it is to...

When 155s first came out, a story that did the rounds was that a failure at Castle Cary was towed back to Westbury at a little more than the maximum 5 MPH! (70 more!) Also, traction motors in an 158!!! (TDK if you are a driver, what are you talking about?)

Very much correct. Sometimes ATP is good, a strange yellow for example, but the number of times I get a warble but REDUCE the brake and I'm still doing the correct speed at the required location. Swindon 30 MPH is a regular!!!

Yes there used to be an 140 club. Pre black boxes some drivers tried to do Padd to Reading in less than 20 minutes! Best I've done, and very legally, is 24 minutes. Was doing 125 before Airport junction and the road into Reading:roll: When a friend learnt HSTs for XC in BR days, he had...

Last day of rovers,you may board any train before midnight, but once you alight that's it! Therefore board a sleeper, ie out of Padd, when you alight that's it!

Let's treat car drivers the same as train drivers. Black Boxes:twisted: Regular "driving tests", both known and not known about. Random snitching from the know it all public. TPWS And 2 "SPADs" and you're out. I reckon this should remove 95% of road vehicles off our roads in 6...

Or the BBC just took the story from the ASLEF journal :roll:

Correct, below solebar is done after so many hours. At SPM at the moment 143611 has new axles, a single 158 power car is bogie less and an 153 is under going a big exam.

Just to update, I was there the day after the line reopened. The crash occured on a steep downhill gradient, the front coach bounced off BOTH sides of the rock cutting. If the one power car had bounced a little further it would have also DROPPED about 30 meters. I could see remains of peoples...

I've always admired the Dutch for their attitude to scum. Many years ago, a gent was a bit abusive when asked for his ticket. The checker walked on, and spoke into his radio. A few minutes later we pulled into a station, doors open and 2 policemen with hands on guns ask gent to accompany...

SPM is not a farce, they have several problems. Still learning what isn't in the manuals, catching up of years of being "maintained" at Canton and a lack of spare parts. Also at the moment a lot of major exams are due, which doesn't help with 3 car 158s! And I was the driver of the HST to...

Hello, Miss your knowledge and stories on the dying railchat, so have come here. Hope you are keeping well? Muscles

A report on Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia on the Sixbells Junc site.

Snap! Only had a week off, didn't affect me at all. My deepest sympathies to all fellow drivers who go through this unwanted pain:sad:

Been eurobashing since 1993, Czech was the best but not enough loud 749s left. Croatia is very good as well, and also if steam heat is what you fancy then try Macedonia.