Re: Arriva Trains Wales Wales - London services
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:52:45 +0000
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:29:04 -0700 (PDT), "Richard W. Jones"
<richard@menwithhill.net> wrote:
>On Oct 25, 9:54?pm, Bruce <docnews2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:54:07 -0700 (PDT), EE507 <ee...@yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >No, but someone will be along shortly to say that the public can' ...
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Cancellations on FCC Thameslink route Oct 26
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:23:26 +0000
Does anyone know what's the cause - about half of all Bedford <->
Brighton services seem to be cancelled this morning, nothing shown under
disruptions on the NationalRail site, and the causes of the individual
cancellations are shown as "Staff member not available". My guess is
either industrial action, or a ...
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Booked working
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:21:50 -0000
Can anyone tell me what traction is booked on the 1F20 EMT 09:55 STP - DBY
for tomorrow (Tuesday)
TIA.
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Commuter rant Tube worker resigns - BBC News
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:47:51 +0000
Posted without comment.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8325406.stm
A London Underground worker who was seen yelling at an elderly
passenger in a video has resigned from his job.
Transport for London said Ian Morbin, a customer service assistant,
handed in his resignation over the incident at Holb ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:41:38 -0700 (PDT)
On Oct 26, 3:32?am, Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenetspam...@Zierke.com>
wrote:
> EE507 schrieb:
>
> > And the traction equipment isn't as noisy as a diesel engine. Having
> > said that, I am fully aware of being in a distributed-power EMU when I
> > travel by ICE-3: there are various squeals and buzzing noises that c ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:39:56 -0700 (PDT)
On Oct 26, 3:30?am, Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenetspam...@Zierke.com>
wrote:
> EE507 schrieb:
>
> > Hans-Joachim has
> > stated that loco haulage is cheaper (as well as better for the pax)
> > once a threshold length has been reached.
Sorry, the brackets were meant to indicate that was my view,
supplementing yo ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:09 +0000 (UTC)
Neil Williams schrieb:
> Indeed, and that space under the coach that would otherwise be
> completely unused gives us a bit of an advantage in DMU terms, and
> avoids us having to come up with such weird units as those ones DB
> have some of that have a "traction module" (that'd be a locomotive,
> then) sand ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:43:31 +0000 (UTC)
Johannes Picht schrieb:
> Italy:
> FS:
> http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/it/electric/emu/ALe711/00-PREVIEWS/ALe711-097-FM_0090908_Gallarate.jpg.jpg
Given that FS has bought or ordered 738 locos of type E464, a single-cab
type for hauling passenger train push-pulls, this might not pass as a
very good a ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:32:33 +0000 (UTC)
EE507 schrieb:
> And the traction equipment isn't as noisy as a diesel engine. Having
> said that, I am fully aware of being in a distributed-power EMU when I
> travel by ICE-3: there are various squeals and buzzing noises that can
> become tedious on a long trip.
Correct.
> Claiming that one can't h ...
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Re: XC To Lose 2 HST's?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:30:05 +0000 (UTC)
EE507 schrieb:
> Hans-Joachim has
> stated that loco haulage is cheaper (as well as better for the pax)
> once a threshold length has been reached.
That's not what I stated.
I stated that the type 425 in Germany, which was bought in high numbers,
is disliked by passengers due to bad seats.
Of course ...
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