Atomic Systems

I've never been RAed on MSTS agains a red but I was sitting with a green at Preston Park heading northbound with a 377 waiting at the platform next to me and just after I'd been givern the RA and began to move the 377 began to move aswell. I slammed the brakes on and double checked I did have a gre...

I'm perfectly happy with 153s as long as they are used on services where their limited seating capacity isn't a problem. I do think the seating layout is a little pathetic with only 4 table bays in the centre but for the short distances they are usually used it isn't a problem. My only other critisi...

As far as I know its one of those cases where if the guard gives the RA and the signal is on and the trains SPADs the driver will be in trouble for not checking the aspect before starting and the guard will be in trouble for not checking the aspect before giving the RA. At a manned station the platf...

As far as I know the restrictions are pretty complicated and depend on times, distances, TOCs, but at weekends they are valid all the time. A lot of ticket types can't be purchased with railcards either, and irritatingly 1st class tickets can't be purchased with a YP or Family railcard but can with ...

They don't. I have on a few occasions caught busy trains into Birmigham from Loughbrough or Leicester that have been a single 153 and had to stand all the way pretty squashed in and I'm not sure everyone managed to get on at Leicester. Luckely its not an incredibly busy route and their are plenty of...

bigvern wrote:H'mmm that 37 might just re-ignite my interest in BVE!

Thats what we like to hear. Interest in BVE does seem to be just smouldering at the moment, this lot, WJ-R, and BVE 3, seems to be the flamethrower we need.

The Evil Forum :D I wonder which one that is (I can think of quite a few that i'd give that description to). I always thought that one of the worst things that happened to BVE was the closing of the Crotrainz BVE forum with everyone divinding around many second rate forums (that applies to this one ...

I don't think many people do know whats best for the railways. Personally I'd say they should be getting the day to day running in order, improving reliability, cleanliness and overcrowding. Major projects and new stock for the sake of it can wait, and they shouldn't be thinking about attracting mor...

Thats correct. Its 156402 and was the first to be refurbished (whatever that means. Oh new door controls, really makes up for the fact that the seats are still dirty and its impossible to see out of the windows and the floor looks and smells like a dog has had an accident on it). Later refurbishment...

Whilst it seems a sensible thing to do to try and get out if your trains is going to crash, under the circumstances people don't think sensibly. Sadly many people miss opertunities to save themselves simply through shock at what is happening, just like a rabbit in car headlights that sits staring wh...

Don't think so. Wessex trains have done this with their 31s though and they can easily keep with with 158 timings with 4 Mk2s. The 37s use the same multiple control sytem as the 31s though so it could easily be done by through wiring the Arriva coaches in the same way as the Wessex ones, plus some m...

The modern trains do have extra safety features, although I have to doubt that in a high speed colision it would make that much difference. Taking into account how busy they are I'd hate to think what would have happened it it had been a Voyager at Great Heck (the only reason so few died was that th...

Shut up Yorkie, you're talking rubbish again. Speed restrictions after Hatfield? So you'd gladly of died in a 125mph rail crash because railtrack wanted trains to arrive on time rather than intact? You oviously don't know that much what your talking about because there was no need for the speed res...

Most likely they'll keep the DBSOs as a DVT would be wasted space, and are ony required on the WCML due to the extra 10mph on the maximum speed (passengers wern't able to travel in the leading vehicle of a train at over 100mph). Not sure what the problems with the DBSOs are as the TDM system is the ...

Apparantly the Arriva 37s (Leeds - Carlisle) are unable to call at Shipley or Bingley without falling behind the 156 timings - judging by their performance, I'd say that was unlikely :D Probably true, the reason being that those trains are dragging a dead weight on the back. A 37/4 weights 107t, th...