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  1. Mojo

    Platform bells to signal trains to passengers

    I suppose there’s no reason why the dispatcher cannot press them for any train, they don’t do anything other than sounding an audible bell at the end of the platform, but I’ve never heard them used for anything other than the GNRailUK services at Kings +.
  2. Mojo

    Platform bells to signal trains to passengers

    You still hear the barrier bell which is used at Kings Cross and Liverpool Street for DOO trains, operated by the train dispatchers who hold down the bell and it rings continually. You often hear shorter pulses presumably to hurry people along.
  3. Mojo

    Travelling chef - First Great Western

    I had a full breakfast from the Travelling Chef which in First class was served on a proper plate and brought to your seat by either the First class host or the chef himself (can’t remember who). Unfortunately it didn’t have the best reputation amongst those who didn’t know because a Welsh...
  4. Mojo

    SDO on the Class 442 trains.

    Yes they were.
  5. Mojo

    Historical Cross City Line Frequencies

    When I lived in Birmingham in 2008 the service from Redditch was halfhourly and this combined with 4tph starting / finishing at Longbridge, combining to provide a 6tph frequency from Longbridge to Four Oaks. The Lichfield service was also every halfhour. Of these 6tph, 2tph didn’t call at...
  6. Mojo

    When did train codes cease to be displayed on trains?

    Similarly as do Chiltern. AIUI these are more like the Southern Region two digit codes, in that rather than to act as a headcode to identify a service, they instead refer to the destination (and stopping pattern?) of said service.
  7. Mojo

    When was smoking abolished on National Rail services?

    I've seen on quite a few planes where the 'No smoking' light was a mobile phone symbol, and also one plane but can't remember which one that had three lights. I'm sure one was also used to indicate when the system on board was set up for Wifi and mobile phone calls; can't remember if the light...
  8. Mojo

    Old Train Sites on the Wayback Machine

    I think looking at the old forum back to its founding in 2005 is quite interesting.
  9. Mojo

    BR Printed Items

    Probably right - I've blocked off some of the digits to protect the innocence of where I got it from!
  10. Mojo

    BR Printed Items

    Is yours like this? Mine doesn't have a code on it. I do however have a BR telephone in use as my landline, only code I can find on it is BR 13363/11; not sure if this refers to the paper which shows the line number or the telephone itself. Sadly nobody ever calls us on it since we bought a...
  11. Mojo

    Which were the last trains without hustle alarms and the first to have them?

    A system of door chimes in a round about manner was fitted as part of the refurbishment between 2004-08. I say round about because unlike other stocks the chimes are not played separately but were broadcast over the main PA system, for instance if a manual announcement was being made then the...
  12. Mojo

    Which were the last trains without hustle alarms and the first to have them?

    How about HST trailers / Mk 3 loco hauled stock before they were fitted with sliding doors ;)
  13. Mojo

    Mysterious blue logo on GMPTE liveries

    Funnily enough the aforementioned train just appeared on my Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/rexkram55112378/status/1296426733160333312?s=21 The attached photos show the unit passing Crewe on a First Northwestern Euston to Manchester Airport service in 1999.
  14. Mojo

    Any Old Fiddle?

    I got given some in 2010 when I started work for a new company, we got £25 worth for our Induction week and they seemed to be valid pretty much everywhere. I guess this was easier than everyone buying lunch and submitting an expenses claim. Looking on their website now, they still seem to exist...
  15. Mojo

    BR Pay

    One truly annoying thing is having the week start on a Sunday!
  16. Mojo

    BR Pay

    Whilst getting paid 4 weekly is a bit of a nuisance for the first one when you start; if you can budget a 4 weekly pay as if it were monthly, it works just the same. I do this so once a year (or more in those every 20 odd years when you get 14 pay days) I get a pay check that it don't have to...
  17. Mojo

    1980s Nostalgia: Old BR posters at Richmond

    Wow, these are brilliant. The London Transport Museum has a copy of every transport poster produced and displayed by TfL/LU and their predecessors. Is there a similar archive for posters on the National Rail network?
  18. Mojo

    Rare Pictures You Have Taken

    Got somewhere pics of Wagn 313s working for Silverlink County when their 321 fleet was grounded some time pre-2005.
  19. Mojo

    Early Railway Memories

    Remember meeting my Mum coming home from work once at Aylesbury station, whilst TRM was in full swing but the old slamdoor DMUs were still in operation (so still in BR days). One sounded its horn which scared the hell out of me. Also remember going up to Manchester from Milton Keynes once on...
  20. Mojo

    Network SouthEast TV advert (early 90s)

    This one? http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23036

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