Nearly right! Dave Proctor was driving Victoria to Salisbury, with Andy Denton firing. I took over from Dave at Salisbury who then stayed on as...
We had issue with the 'baffle plate' just after leaving Challow. The other chaps on the footplate were struggling to rectify the problem whilst we...
We were out of our pathway due to waiting the road at Victoria, then signalling issues on the Hounslow loop. That put us behind the Waterloo to...
Quite a lot of mainline vehicles do not have tyres anymore. Once they get down to their final cut, wheelset change. Class 66 for example.
There are a number of people falling into the age old trap of repeating things that other people have written, that those people have erroneously...
Herne Hill to Tulse Hill. This is the bit that worries me more than the climb to Haslemere. Not far but one hell of a dig, usually full power...
We are booked route to Woking, then down the Pompey direct to Havant. Then across to Fareham, Botley and Eastleigh. Booked route back to London....
It wasn't lack of steam crews, they were available. It was lack of route conductors for the drivers as none sign the routes towards Norwich.
Yes.
All the Nelsons were allocated to Eastleigh towards the end of their lives. With crews regularly working with them, they got the best out of them....
Checked by signals ahead, plus 20mph restriction on the down slow at West Byfleet.
85 mph line speed on the mains through Reading, Platforms 9 (down) and 10 (up).
No diesel involved, other than at Victoria.
No, just a change of operator. DB have plenty of crew in this area. Just to add, DB were involved crewing wise on three trips on one day recently....
Trespass, we were contacted by the signaller to proceed at caution after Dorking Deepdene.
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