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« Reply #287 on: February 10, 2008, 19:43:13 » |
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Thanks for posting this for me Lee, wasn't sure how to do it as i'm a computer moron! Anyone interested in the quality of the ride on a 142 should check out the second link which was filmed on the Barnstaple branch. |
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« Reply #288 on: February 10, 2008, 20:06:11 » |
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I can see why they call them nodding donkeys. I found it amusing that both BBC» and ITV filmed the join between the two carriages to demonstrate how much they move around whilst in motion.
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« Reply #289 on: February 10, 2008, 21:59:49 » |
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I can see why they call them nodding donkeys. I found it amusing that both BBC» and ITV filmed the join between the two carriages to demonstrate how much they move around whilst in motion.
I've worked almost 10 hours on one of these today.....I've got home and i can hardly stand through backache and sore knees...no wonder we cant wait for the refurbed units to show up. Or any unit other than a 142! |
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« Reply #290 on: February 10, 2008, 22:04:50 » |
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I had a friend visiting today who is an Exeter driver who says he gets terrible backache after driving 142s. And he spend a lot of his time driving them, as must do a lot of his colleagues.
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« Reply #291 on: February 10, 2008, 22:28:27 » |
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I had a friend visiting today who is an Exeter driver who says he gets terrible backache after driving 142s. And he spend a lot of his time driving them, as must do a lot of his colleagues.
Hey, that would be a shame if drivers refused to work 142's on health and safety grounds! It happened before when the 153's were first introduced, drivers refused to drive from the small (new) cab as it was too small, and for months they had to go around in pairs with the small cabs buried! Don't know how they finally sorted it out? |
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John R
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« Reply #292 on: February 10, 2008, 22:43:50 » |
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Well either they will refuse to, or eventually they will all be signed off? Presumably a lot of track on the routes makes for an enjoyable bouncy ride. The alternative is they get put onto the main line where the track geometry is better, but please don't anyone suggest Bristol services.
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« Reply #293 on: February 11, 2008, 00:59:45 » |
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Best bit of TV comedy I've been in ages. Who was that foolish "train designer" from about a million miles up country who said that we "sort of accepted" it was ok to remove tables from HSTs▸ in favour of more compact seating? I'm very glad to see that Nick Harvey has found his voice in this finally.  Wondered when we were gonna hear from him. |
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« Reply #294 on: February 11, 2008, 12:56:26 » |
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Why do the BBC» show a sprinter at the end of there report while talking about pacers? As well as this, a couple of links to Uncyclopedia (a joke version of Wikipedia where facts are "no-no") might amuse you all: *Worst Late Western- general micky take of FGW▸ : http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Worst_Late_Western*Railway ("modern trains" chapter especially)- a micky take of "Splinters" and "Gaycers," as well as Virgin "Vomiters": http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Railway#Modern_trainsI found these by chance a while back and found them very good. There are also pages on Connex. |
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« Reply #295 on: February 11, 2008, 15:44:49 » |
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I'm very glad to see that Nick Harvey has found his voice in this finally. Wondered when we were gonna hear from him. wrote this in the North Devon Journal a couple of weeks back: (Full article is here) Our rail fares are the most expensive in Europe and have continued to rise in real terms. Massive fare rises, like the ones we saw earlier this month, are pricing travellers off the railways.
There was anger among rail passengers when operators announced above-inflation fare increases which saw the cost of tickets rise by as much as 15 per cent in some areas, despite continuing problems with overcrowding and a lack of punctuality.
Insult is added to injury when our Tarka▸ Line is then issued with grotty old trains.
His argument loses its potency a little when you realise that the fares on the Tarka line are actually now among the cheapest in the country, and were unchanged (and some went down!) in January. His article generated a few follow-up letters. This one from John Gulliver, and another from Patrick Adams have, to all intents and purposes, called for most of the stations between Barnstaple and Exeter to be closed in order to speed up the service. |
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« Reply #296 on: February 11, 2008, 15:54:16 » |
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His article generated a few follow-up letters. This one from John Gulliver, and another from Patrick Adams have, to all intents and purposes, called for most of the stations between Barnstaple and Exeter to be closed in order to speed up the service. Jacobs and the DfT» have already considered this, the draft December 2006 timetable (later substantially altered) would have provided a template for it and I am sure that there will be further proposals of this nature put forward in the future. |
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« Reply #297 on: February 11, 2008, 17:13:17 » |
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Exeter Depot are apparantly looking at replacing the drivers seating on 142s after complaints. Also bear in mind the air duct from the roofing panels in the cab often lets in exhaust fumes, not to mention to the naff cab heaters (let along the passengers!!!)
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