Free At Last Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I remember one time waiting for a train at Hamilton Square on a deserted platform. I could hear the train coming up the tunnel and getting closer, I stood up to walk to the platform edge and I could hear the train draw to a stop but there was nothing there. I didn't know about the other platform either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 3, 2021 It could have been very embarrassing, When I mentioned it to the other driver he said he’d done the same too! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 8 hours ago, big jim said: It could have been very embarrassing, When I mentioned it to the other driver he said he’d done the same too! Trying to catch a tram at Manchester Victoria is the same there is an island platform that only has one side in use, trams to Bury pass straight through having previously stopped at another one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2021 Some from last night before I go to bed! derby to hither green with an IM train 57 and 73 in the yard 37099 leading from derby station so on the rear from the RTC Derby station picked up a conductor at Nottingham Just outside Grantham the NMT passed by with its blue light illuminating the sky An hours wait in grantham picked up another conductor in peterborough All the way to Ferme park to change ends again over the goblin and onto the north london line before taking the southern through Kensington Olympia, Wandsworth road, Brixton and out to Orpington to change ends again and finally into hither green Possession tonight in kings cross before going back to IM the rest of the week 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Who would have thought back in the 80's that by 2021 your would find 73's at the start of a journey from Derby to Hither Green. Out of interest any 73's at the Hither Green end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted May 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2021 I remember when the 73s didn't have all that electrical gubbins on the front - it does make them look a but odd. However who'd have thought that they would last so long - a bit like the 37 that you were driving on this duty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Idiots Corner ;- What is the NMT Please. Lighting up Grantham indeed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 21 minutes ago, CUTLER2579 said: Idiots Corner ;- What is the NMT Please. Lighting up Grantham indeed. Network Measurement Train. It uses arrays of lasers to measure linesde structures, bridges, tunnels etc, to make sure there have been no infringements of the loading gauge. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 2 hours ago, flapland said: Who would have thought back in the 80's that by 2021 your would find 73's at the start of a journey from Derby to Hither Green. Out of interest any 73's at the Hither Green end. saw one in southern livery on Stewart’s lane as we passed by on the viaduct above 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) Ah.. Your down in our part of the world. last night the test train was mooching about Surrey.. pouring rain, 50+ mph winds.... roads deserted, the only person I saw was the driver, who said I’d picked a right night for it. Between 22.30 and 0045, I picked it at Carshalton, St Helier (Sutton-Wimbledon line is very rare track for anything other than a 700), then Epsom Downs (Almost as rare), then Carshalton Beeches. Original plan was the 4x EDs on the Oxted line on autoballasters, but trees delayed it at Hoo junction and it didnt get there until 3am (I’m tough, but not that tough when the little ones up at 6). Are you on IM in South London or heading back north ? Edited May 16, 2021 by adb968008 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 Only heading out of south london from hither green really, it’s all south coast runs the rest of the week then Friday is back to derby via the ecml again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) So when are you due to hit Bognor? Or is that 3Q23 on Friday Morning? Edited May 4, 2021 by JohnDMJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) That’s the fella @adb968008 I am down your way as it goes through Sutton and Epsom just after midnight, no doubt you will be out and about Edited May 4, 2021 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, big jim said: Only heading out of south london from hither green really, it’s all south coast runs the rest of the week then Friday is back to derby via the ecml again 1 hour ago, big jim said: That’s the fella @adb968008 I am down your way as it goes through Sutton and Epsom just after midnight, no doubt you will be out and about Ive got yah, on Thursday.. 0022 at Sutton, if youve got a 37, then i’ll probably do Carshalton as its the mid-point climb there upto Sutton from Mitcham... prior 37’s have sounded good. might be bleary eyed but a 5am at the road bridge just before sutton platforms gives a really long straight view (albeit downhill) from Cheam. I see your heading down Coulsdon in an hour... a bit dark, but your heading through that seriously deep cutting.. Edited May 4, 2021 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2021 It will be 37099 on it, have the same train all week, not on it tonight, colas are manning it tonight, I’m in kings cross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 12 hours ago, adb968008 said: Ive got yah, on Thursday.. 0022 at Sutton, if youve got a 37, then i’ll probably do Carshalton as its the mid-point climb there upto Sutton from Mitcham... prior 37’s have sounded good. might be bleary eyed but a 5am at the road bridge just before sutton platforms gives a really long straight view (albeit downhill) from Cheam. I see your heading down Coulsdon in an hour... a bit dark, but your heading through that seriously deep cutting.. Blimey that's one hell of a deep cutting I bet Net work Rail have to monitor on a regular basis for any movement Than ks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post big jim Posted May 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2021 Some from last night and today kings cross, couldn’t find platform 9 3/4 My train was on 7 Trundled up and down the platform for a few hours loading wagons and was done by 4am so back to the hotel just me and sir Nigel in the concourse! today I decided to go out out and get my steps in as I’m on a diet and didn’t want to sit in the hotel room all day so I walked up to the royal observatory (which is unfortunately closed due to Covid) I’ve agreed to climb a mountain with a fellow driver when I reach a certain weight but the short climb up the hill to the observatory damn near killed me so I’m gonna have to get a lot of walking in between now and then! Walked down to the cutty sark then decided to get a river clipper to the millennium dome, very impressive, I might go the other way to the London eye landing stage tomorrow This was my next mode of transport I then got the dock lands back over to cutty sark and walked back to the hotel in tonight, off to Hastings, eastbourne, seaford and Brighton 33 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I was thinking KX looks very tidy and clean in the roof space - then I noted, the wires have all been removed during the work!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted May 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, big jim said: I’ve agreed to climb a mountain with a fellow driver when I reach a certain weight but the short climb up the hill to the observatory damn near killed me so I’m gonna have to get a lot of walking in between now and then! I can recommend Snowdon - the summit's only a short walk from the nearest station! Steven B. 1 1 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Hope you have a decent Hotel Jim, my experience of hotels around KX was less than favourable.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2021 Staying in Greenwich, can’t fault it, cooked to order breakfast delivered to your room and decent food, right by the station so convenient to go via DLR to Lewisham for a train to hither green, quicker than a taxi 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tankerman Posted May 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 5, 2021 2 hours ago, 37114 said: Hope you have a decent Hotel Jim, my experience of hotels around KX was less than favourable.. If it was anything like those around Paddington in the 1970's you would also get an offer of companionship for at least part of the night and no, I didn't take up any of the offers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 2 hours ago, 37114 said: Hope you have a decent Hotel Jim, my experience of hotels around KX was less than favourable.. All very gentrified round KX now, I am sure there are still some dodgy bits but my recent experience is The German Gym, other restaurants where Top shed used to be and a rather nice techno Premier Inn that had rooms overlooking the station from the east. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Tankerman said: If it was anything like those around Paddington in the 1970's you would also get an offer of companionship for at least part of the night and no, I didn't take up any of the offers. On a par with some of the ones around La Chapelle in Paris, which offer an hourly rate... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tankerman said: If it was anything like those around Paddington in the 1970's you would also get an offer of companionship for at least part of the night and no, I didn't take up any of the offers. I was aware of that being the case but like you I wasn't taking up the offers. Until March last year I used to stay around Paddington 1or 2 nights a week and found some excellent hotels nearby along with some great pubs between the station and Hyde Park (The Cleveland Arms and The Mitre being top of my list) 4 minutes ago, woodenhead said: All very gentrified round KX now, I am sure there are still some dodgy bits but my recent experience is The German Gym, other restaurants where Top shed used to be and a rather nice techno Premier Inn that had rooms overlooking the station from the east. My experience was 2017, and was prior to getting an early Morning Eurostar. After the experience I had I decided to get the train the night before and stay in a hotel near Lille Station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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