Where are you on the transport network?

[story]

Hot hot heat in London, as soon as we get up the map a little bit it starts giving grim-up-North vibes. We've travelled through whipping rain, wind that was laying the railside plants almost flat, and glowering skies.
I've neither dressed nor packed for winter. And I did check the weather forecast.
Ah well it's a short trip and I'll be indoors for almost all of it.

 

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Sawley lock
Underneath the M1

 

[Isambard]

Think the HST 125s are on their last days of service between Cardiff and the South West so here is "Taunton Castle" at Taunton.

My local journey ended up being on a new fangled ICE from Hitachi, a bit of an overkill but better than the Pacers we used to have!

 

[story]

Hot hot heat in London, as soon as we get up the map a little bit it starts giving grim-up-North vibes. We've travelled through whipping rain, wind that was laying the railside plants almost flat, and glowering skies.
I've neither dressed nor packed for winter. And I did check the weather forecast.
Ah well it's a short trip and I'll be indoors for almost all of it.View attachment 391043

I‘m in Leeds. It’s actually really warm and muggy here albeit overcast.

 

[danny la rouge]

I’m in a Premier Inn in Chester.

 

[Isambard]

I’m in a Premier Inn in Chester.

Much prefer Travelodge or a low end Ibis if I can, though do have a stay at a Prem Inn by the M5 in November.

 

[Elpenor]

Think the HST 125s are on their last days of service between Cardiff and the South West so here is "Taunton Castle" at Taunton. View attachment 391073

My local journey ended up being on a new fangled ICE from Hitachi, a bit of an overkill but better than the Pacers we used to have!

I’m about to board a Hitachi train at this fairly distinctive station, approx 14 hrs late due to a delayed inbound flight. Will pass through Taunton in a bit, it’s the first stop in fact.

 

[Elpenor]

Low flying plane spotted from the train! Somewhere nearby to the Frome area

 

[Isambard]

 

[Isambard]

 

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[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[davesgcr]

Somewhere in Wales on Weds last

 

[rubbershoes]

Yesterday morning, on a foggy Hogs Back

 

[davesgcr]

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Somewhere in Wales on Weds last

Bridgend - looking west to Swansea - junction for the Vale of Glamorgan . The 4 of us retired railway managers , who got the VoG line re-opened in 2005 celebrated the fact by having a very decent lunch at the Old Swan in Llantwit Major.

 

[Isambard]

Reassuringly old fashioned.

 

[teuchter]

The 4 of us retired railway managers , who got the VoG line re-opened in 2005

Are you good at being intimidating en masse, alongside having an air of authority? Just wondering if you could go and yell very angrily at a few politicians to stop them entirely screwing up HS2 and the country's opportunity to provide the next generation with some meaningfully useful rail infrastructure.

 

[davesgcr]

Are you good at being intimidating en masse, alongside having an air of authority? Just wondering if you could go and yell very angrily at a few politicians to stop them entirely screwing up HS2 and the country's opportunity to provide the next generation with some meaningfully useful rail infrastructure.

Our influence . not that it was very much really , is long gone - the VoG was a mere £20 million for 2 new stations and some other works (like the bay at Bridgend) , some signalling and trackwork. The thing is that everyone really wanted to see it happen especially the local authority. Compared to today's horrendous price inflation on almost any project ...........?

 

[A380]

 

[Elpenor]

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By the grand Union canal I think?

 

[A380]

By the grand Union canal I think?

And the M1 and not far from the A5, all having just gone through the Watford Gap.

 

[A380]

Dodged the BFNS bullet today.

 

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[T & P]

Busy busy at T5

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Gate A10, the crappiest gate at T5. Had a long haul first class flight go from there once, the very opposite of first class.

 

[crossthebreeze]

Newark castle station

 

[MickiQ]

Birmingham New St Station

 

[blossie33]

Birmingham New St Station

Where's Ozzy the Bull?

 

[teuchter]

 

[MickiQ]

Where's Ozzy the Bull?

I presume you're looking at it, when I arrived in Birmingham, it was just stood there but when I came to catch my train home, its head was moving and its eyes were flashing.