Operator: First Great Western
Location: Exeter St Davids (plaftorm three)
Operating: A service to Paignton
Class & No.: 142029 (DMU)
Date: 19 February 2008
Photographer: Matt Ryder
The question is who knows what is best for the railways:
- DfT, is politically biased.
- Network Rail, are equally politically biased, because they get most of their money from the government.
- Railway companies, are financially...
The question is who knows what is best for the railways:
- DfT, is politically biased.
- Network Rail, are equally politically biased, because they get most of their money from the government.
- Railway companies, are financially biased.
- Passengers, don't understand how the railways work.
Posted by Transport Images on Sun 09 Mar 2008 15:03:10 GMT
Some of those units were used on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall when they were new about 20 years ago. They were branded as 'Skippers' in that area rather than Pacers. Because they are four-wheeled vehicles instead of having bogies, the sharp...
Some of those units were used on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall when they were new about 20 years ago. They were branded as 'Skippers' in that area rather than Pacers. Because they are four-wheeled vehicles instead of having bogies, the sharp curves on many of the branches there caused excessive wear on the wheel flanges, and there were also complaints about the noise made by the flanges. So they were removed from the area - they failed in that sense.
Dft is 'Department for Transport' - the civil servants who think they know better than the railway companies.
Posted by Malcolm Johnson on Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:48:46 GMT
sarcastic
i dont mean all of them that one will be as it is in first north western livery but by failed do you mean went and what dous dft mean
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show full show summaryThe question is who knows what is best for the railways:
- DfT, is politically biased.
- Network Rail, are equally politically biased, because they get most of their money from the government.
- Railway companies, are financially...
The question is who knows what is best for the railways:
- DfT, is politically biased.
- Network Rail, are equally politically biased, because they get most of their money from the government.
- Railway companies, are financially biased.
- Passengers, don't understand how the railways work.
Posted by Transport Images on Sun 09 Mar 2008 15:03:10 GMT
Skippers
show full show summarySome of those units were used on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall when they were new about 20 years ago. They were branded as 'Skippers' in that area rather than Pacers. Because they are four-wheeled vehicles instead of having bogies, the sharp...
Some of those units were used on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall when they were new about 20 years ago. They were branded as 'Skippers' in that area rather than Pacers. Because they are four-wheeled vehicles instead of having bogies, the sharp curves on many of the branches there caused excessive wear on the wheel flanges, and there were also complaints about the noise made by the flanges. So they were removed from the area - they failed in that sense.
Dft is 'Department for Transport' - the civil servants who think they know better than the railway companies.
Posted by Malcolm Johnson on Sat 08 Mar 2008 11:48:46 GMT
sarcastic
i dont mean all of them that one will be as it is in first north western livery but by failed do you mean went and what dous dft mean
Posted by Guest on Sat 08 Mar 2008 08:48:36 GMT