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I know i'm technically inept but I have tried to edit like you asked me after my last mess-up but I seem to have lost the edit totally. What should I press when I have finished editing?
py_megapixel
Excuse the ignorance, but what's the meaning of the heart icon in the logo at the top of the forum?
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Peter C
Peter C
Ah - just thought - could it be to do with Valentines Day on Sunday? (sorry for making a second post, couldn't edit previous one)

-Peter
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A Challenge
@Peter C, it has changed for me, perhaps you need to clear the cached version (Ctrl+F5)?
Peter C
Peter C
@A Challenge It seems to have changed for me - but thanks anyway. I'll use that trick in future. :)

-Peter
A
What is the route called please.
py_megapixel
py_megapixel
I assume you mean the BVE route I was taking about in the post below?
I can't remember exactly, and I have a few dozen routes installed so can't really go through them all and check, but I do know it was Northern, and I think it was from a set by 'eezypeazy', either the ECML one or the Tyne Valley.
(As you can likely tell, I don't drive trains for a living - if I did, I'd have far better route-knowledge than that :D)
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adsim
ok thanks for the reply.
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Hi Quin,

I was reading your post regarding DFFT. My Assessment Day is very soon and I am have no clue about DFFT. Would it be possible for u to make few example questions similar to actual test? so I can understand the pattern of the test and mentally prepare for it. eg: r there Traffic lights or Cables and Dials or else.

I thank you in advance.
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Quin79
Not really no. It is similar to what you would have been sent out. You have a key to prioritise order of checks and dependant upon what the key says will dictate whether you move to next check or write the code in the box
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Wroyal
Thanks for your time to message me
py_megapixel
Just been playing BVE (which is a driving simulator) and there's a yellow sign with a black letter 'T' on it on a post next to the track. Doesn't seem worth starting a whole new thread for but does anyone know what this means?
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quack quack
tetudo boy
I really want to get into 3d modelling and design for some reason.
py_megapixel
py_megapixel
Assuming you're talking about computer aided design, I suggest you give SketchUp a go. It's reasonably easy to get one's head around (in my opinion at least) and they have a pretty good free version that runs in a web browser (definitely Firefox/Chrome, possibly Edge/Safari too)
Peter C
Peter C
I've never done anything with that sort of thing before, but it can be very useful for things like Train Simulator and model railways - the latter increasingly so as more people buy 3D-printed products.

-Peter
tetudo boy
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D365
D365
@abslom001 why did you not chase it up with them sooner?
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abslom001
@D365 im gonna do that....
D365
D365
@abslom001 Good luck, but I fear you have left it far too late. I don’t know if it has changed in these times, but NR normally calls you two weeks after the interview. Usually from a No Caller ID number.
Crun
py_megapixel
Just wondering - have GWR or FGW ever run Pacers coupled in multiple with their 150s, 153s or 158s?
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AMR
AMR
It was one hell of a Diversion.
hexagon789
hexagon789
150s definitely, seen a few combos down Dawlish way; 153s seems quite feasible; 158s I've no idea, maybe as ECS?
TT-ONR-NRN
TT-ONR-NRN
Yes, yes and yes. I've seen all three combinations.
tetudo boy
The class 185 is truly one of the best trains I’ve ever been one.
D365
D365
I wouldn’t say best (Class 22x definitely nicer) but the 185s are much improved post-refurbishment.
Metrolink
Metrolink
I am very fond of Class 755s Greater Anglia but yes travelling on 185s are very nice experience.
tetudo boy
Judging by some videos of the first days of the Class 350 on TPE, I can tell it was a very exciting time...
py_megapixel
py_megapixel
Don't forget, it was over a decade at that point since passengers in the North West had seen any major improvements to their service whatsoever, and that's certainly not because there was enough capacity there to begin with...
tetudo boy
tetudo boy
Yes, so I could tell why they were excited. What a time early/mid-2010s was. Another reason for them to be excited was probably because that the Class 350 we're trains you would usually have in the south and not the north, so having it on FTPE is sort of a change. A shame it's life only lasted for 5 years...
D365
D365
The 350s on TPE were always only intended to be temporary.
tetudo boy
Update on my 10-month-old service/railway idea thread: It is now designated as PURELY FANTASY and my rendition of the railways in britain. I was not aware that the forum section was for speculation back then (most likely because I was only starting on the website), however, there are some spaces for Fantasy threads to be created on Speculative Ideas. I am very sorry if that thread made no sense at all.
tetudo boy
tetudo boy
The thread is also now archived and no longer open for further replies.
D365
D365
I don’t even know what this post is about.
tetudo boy
tetudo boy
It's an old one. You probably won't remember or know about it anyway.
py_megapixel
If anyone knows what the prominent sort of screechy-sounding instrument in most - if not all - versions of the theme to "Doctor Who" is, I'd like to know... I just can't place it!
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Peter C
Peter C
There was a show I watched on TV which mentioned this at some point - I think it was a case of the relevant BBC department going away and making the theme from countless different things. The suggestion of the theremin seems to be the best answer. (The theremin being one of few instruments you can share in the current climate as you don't touch it! :))

-Peter
hexagon789
hexagon789
@XAM2175 probably that then, it was in a documentary about the programme some years ago that mentioned it
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pdsalford
It could possibly not be a real instrument at all, most of the music and sound affexts were created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
py_megapixel
Some proof-reading and sanity checks would not go amiss on the National Rail website (example below:)

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hexagon789
hexagon789
I think the time it showed a Fife Circle train as destination Shoeburyness was even more laughable ;)
hst43102
hst43102
Also note the date tag attached to the photo - unprofessional at best!
tetudo boy
Unfortunately, BBC aren’t doing any live countdowns for the new year due to COVID stuff, so I’m just here in my room, celebrating by myself...
py_megapixel
What's Father Christmas' favourite local authority area?

The London Borough of Ho-Ho-Hounslow.
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Mag_seven
You've been opening the Christmas crackers early I see.
Islineclear3_1
Hi trying to send a 4-line message but can't - too long??
matt
matt
Not had any reported issues, I'd suggest trying again
Craig sharp
Craig sharp
hi my name is craig
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Hello mate thanks for your info regarding transferring. When you say as soon as i pass out you mean when I am out on my own or when I’m out of the classroom training and about to put my hours in? Cheers
Mojo
“What about Wimbledon????”
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Mag_seven
Yes what about it!
BluePenguin
BluePenguin
Yes I am wondering too
Mojo
Mojo

LU to Network Rail track connections.

As far as I know, the line from South Acton to Turnham Green was just for the coal trains to and from the Midland coal yard adjacent to Lillie Bridge LT yard. There used to be a line off the down District at West Kensington, as can be seen on this map. There was, for a couple of years...
www.railforums.co.uk
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Hi,

Paul has asked me to write to you.
You mentioned Peterborough Crescent as a closed station from the GN main line to the Northampton line but that station was a "Midland Railway" station and not on the line of route. I suggest that the next station instead of Castor should be Orton Waterville which was on a different site to the present Overton (formerly Ferry Meadows) station.

Regards

Brian
aka Steamybrian
Whistler40145
Whistler40145
Cheers
Xenophon PCDGS
Xenophon PCDGS
I have had further discussions with @steamybrian since he wrote regarding Orton Waterville. However, on the Closed Stations Journey quiz, there is a rule that will preclude the use of that closed station on account of the nearness of the heritage station, so Castor will be the first closed station to name on that quiz,
tetudo boy
I saw a TfW D-Train stabled at Birkenhead North TMD!

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py_megapixel
py_megapixel
What a bizarre door configuration!
Mojo
Mojo
That's really interesting.
tetudo boy
TramPower in Preston just got the go-ahead. I should probably make a thread about it somewhere.
Xenophon PCDGS
Xenophon PCDGS
Many years ago, a proposed tram system in Preston came up in discussion on a thread on. this website
Cowley
That damn furry cat just ate my Somerset Chedder.
I think I’m becoming a dog person...
GusB
GusB
Don't assume that it'll be any better with a dog!
hexagon789
hexagon789
Just as they used to have Tea Chests to lock up precious tea, perhaps you need a Cheese Chest to lock up your precious Cheddar, Cowley? ;)
Cowley
Cowley
Both good points!

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