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    London Bus Classification Codes

    Hello all, Is there an up to date list of London Bus classification codes around? I've found this https://circleoflondon.blogspot.com/p/london-bus-classification-codes.html?m=1 but is outdated with old types (VLA's etc) and operators that have long gone, some on there are still around but a...
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    Collecting footage for YouTube

    Hello all, Is YouTube a grey area for TfL filming rules? Only reading their site they say that it's fine for personal use at station staff discretion that's not for profit use. Does YouTube come under that? My account isn't linked to monetization and never will be I won't be using it for that...
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    GWR Seating reservation can you request to change?

    Hello all, Please move if required, I was going to post in Fares and Advice but it's not to do with the ticket fare or routing guide, it's the reserved seating I have booked 2 x off peak 1st Return to London, was going to go via Westbury but the seat allocation chucks me two separate single...
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    Where is the Mcdonalds 'flagship' store on Oxford Street?

    Hello all, Does anyone know where the Mcdonalds 'flagship' store on Oxford Street? I see it online but it's just referred to as 'Oxford Street', looks like a big entrance and has three floors, but googling McDonald's Oxford Street points me to 3 different ones, and the results for 'McDonald's...
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    Any tiktok creator experts on here that can help me please

    Hello, Pretty new to TikTok, I must admit I find the creation a bit of a steep-ish learning curve I have only done a couple of videos and seems quite complex at first, but lot's are doing it and one thing I haven't figured out yet is how people do the copying and doing their own version with...
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    Can you use the ENCTS on TfL and the Windsor Express 702?

    Hello all, Since my friend has not long got an English National Concessionary Travel Scheme pass we've now been thinking of using the bus into London (although I'd have to pay) but I thought you couldn't use it on TfL buses unless you were a London resident but having a look on the TfL website...
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    Pathfinder Premier Dining

    Hello all, Looking at doing Premier Dining for the first time on Pathfinder on one of the upcoming December tours. Just looking for a bit more info on the dining experience with what you get. On the outbound trip it states you get The Great British Breakfast, which I assume you can get a...
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    Windows 10 auto update?

    Hello all, Just wondering as this has happened only a few times before, if a windows update is due, does it automatically do it by itself if you don't tell it to? Only reason I ask is I noticed it was asking for an update yesterday but as I was going to bed I decided to just shut down and do...
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    LNER Azuma's on Cambridge diversions, diesel or electric?

    Hello all, Attempting to create a realistic scenario on Train Sim 23 on the Kings Cross - Kings Lynn route, wishing to re-create the 2019 Christmas blockade when LNER ran diversions via Cambridge. Some of these were Azuma's but I can't find much reference videos at all and only found a couple...
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    Chippenham to Paddington off-peak First Class trip

    Hello all, Would put in fares advice but its more just daft questions for a trip, but please move if appropriate. I've been trying to find what counts as Off-Peak on GWR, whilst they just basically say its not valid in peak times and not mentioning what those times are, what I've read on here...
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    Paddington to Richmond via Willesden Sunday 14th May

    Hello all, Looking at going to Richmond Sunday travelling via Paddington, so Bakerloo line up to Willesden Junction then Overground to Richmond. GWR journey planner is telling me to get Underground to Queens Park, then another one to Willesden and same on return journey. Thought that was a bit...
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    CrossCountry HST First Class

    Hello all, Please move if in the wrong section Next week, either a Wednesday or Thursday I'm looking at doing a round trip from Bristol to Plymouth, going down on 1V44 and back on 1E63, getting both Cross Country HST sets in. I know they aren't due to retire until October but this will be my...
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    Any good PC USB headsets with microphone?

    Hello all, Anyone using any descent headphones with a good microphone? I purchased a Razer BlackShark some time ago, not exactly cheap at the time, seemed descent sound wise out of the headset but starting to loose it a bit, time to try something else I thought but maybe I could hang onto it...
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    Anyone have a drone, or a DJI mini drone?

    Hello all, Anyone fly a drone? Looking at getting the DJI Mini 3 Pro, done all sorts of reading and from what I make out if I got one all I need to do is register it for £9 a year, no training courses required? (Using it for personal enjoyment only) Is it worth it though? Looking at the guides...
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    Metro carriages on lowloaders 06/10?

    Hello all, A 'metro's related question I think, moved if needed, today I passed a couple of lowloaders on the A34 somewhere north of Oxford heading South, each carrying a carriage, first one had a bit of graffiti on, the second was clean, both white with some sort of design on, looked more like...
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    What's this piano piece called?

    Hello all, Help! I have had a serious earworm ever since hearing this and I cannot for the life of me think what it's called! It was played at Bournemouth Air Show but was on the live stream which was away from the crowd line, so you can only just hear it in the background, in the video jump to...
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    Camcorder 1080 or 4K recommendations?

    Hello all, I've been using a Panasonic HC-V100 for the past 10 years now and I think it's time to upgrade now I've started getting more into transport video especially covering bus rallies. It's downside is quality and especially sound, my Nikon D810 takes some great footage but is no good at...
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    Re-installing windows 10

    Hello all, Had my new PC for 2 years now, Train Sim is getting a bit slow but probably doesn't help I've got a lot of garbage on my PC, simulators I don't use still installed, some other games I've deleted that still have some related files littered about, quite a lot of Train Sim stuff I don't...
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    Trivia: rail replacement services providing direct services that otherwise couldn't be done by rail

    Is this quite common in some areas I wonder? I noticed on my running board for the 6th March, as I'm doing Andover - Woking rail, that my schedule is Whitchurch, Overton, Basingstoke, Guildford and Woking. The '159' service that I'm covering wouldn't normally do Guildford, and there isn't a...
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    Class 465 Ramsgate services 2016

    Hello all, Watching a video on YouTube of trains at Ramsgate, filmed in 2016, there was a couple of Class 465's coming in and out of the station, there were no descriptions though so not sure what service this was working. So I looked through the 2016 Carriage Working Notice (CWN) for March and...

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