Sinas lore

[next thorn]

XC would likely be a prime example where you could duplicate large portions of the route network without abstracting...

[tranquil smelt]

Utrecht gouda

[next thorn]

Lack of spare 125mph diesel stock
Lack of track capacity

[tranquil smelt]

Damm it started raining hard the moment i left heerlen

[next thorn]

The fact that Manchester and Birmingham are connected by 10 carriages (max) per hour is laughable

[tranquil smelt]

Xc is a funny company

They should get all the 222's after mml electrification

[next thorn]

I think the first thing they need is all the 221s from Avanti

But Grand Central are after those too due to the 180s being so unreliable

[tranquil smelt]

Avanti not budging according to ian

[next thorn]

They'll be free soon enough, Avanti don't need them long-term

Their new units to replace the 221s are due to enter service later this year (likely December, crew training dependant)

[tranquil smelt]

Moar iet

[next thorn]

Then the 222s would be ideal for XC long term too, but there's obviously other operators in need of new(er) diesel stock too

Chiltern, Scotrail, GWR, etc.

[tranquil smelt]

Scotrail can just ask scotland for money for new trains

[next thorn]

Transport Scotland won't allow the purchase of brand new diesel trains is my understanding

[tranquil smelt]

Damm

[next thorn]

Which is sensible tbf

[rain nimbus]

This is already 8tph

This is like a 20 minute trip

[next thorn]

But it also explains why the 156s are staggering on on the West Highland Line for the foreseeable future

Whilst Barrhead and East Kilbride are being electrified

[tranquil smelt]

Yeah and? Think we cant up the game?

[rain nimbus]

You can charge like 5 euro pp

And then

[tranquil smelt]

Extra trein

Tbh, a real good place would be ddr - bd

[next thorn]

Rico, what do you think of Barrhead and East Kilbride electrification?

[rain nimbus]

I dont know where these places are

[next thorn]

Glasgow suburbs

Currently use 4-6 carriage diesel trains, made up of 2-car 156s.

[rain nimbus]

oh good

[next thorn]

Trains currently run roughly like this to them

[rain nimbus]

this should be electric yes

suburban diesel is very silly

[next thorn]

There's also an electric railway to Neilston, that runs roughly like the Green line

[tranquil smelt]

@rain nimbus trein wordt gecancelled in weert

Personen op het spooe

[rain nimbus]

nice

[tranquil smelt]

I am home

[frosty ember]

Welcome back

[jade echo]

this doesn’t exist yet

[tranquil smelt]

this actually has been a reason to turn down arriva proposals

[jade echo]

ACM ar currently pretending no trains exist after 2024

[next thorn]

Hi home. I am Pilot

[tranquil smelt]

Hello pilot,
Fancy a drink the evening of august 5th?
-Home

[next thorn]

Will have to see what's happening that day. Family birthday that weekend.

[frosty ember]

What about a drink on August 25th?

[next thorn]

Friday before a BH weekend, could be doable

[frosty ember]

Aight I'll make sure the beers are cold

[frail flower]

how long did it take and howmuch delayed did you get DB'ed to

[tranquil smelt]

in the end, I did a +13 hour because I had a sleep and decided to not wake early at dusseldorf as I already was tired the evening before

but that couldve been a +10

the trip was suppposed to take 30,5 hours

it ended up being 46,5 hours

[rain nimbus]

When are you gonna be in Zwolle???

@tranquil smelt

[tranquil smelt]

no

[rain nimbus]

@tranquil smelt

[steep venture]

-1 minute overstap nice (is it?)

[rain nimbus]

Yes

It's pretty cool how bad this transfer is

Both half hourly services

[frosty ember]

‘s-Hertogenbosch mentioned

[frail flower]

this is why we need more randomized sncf like timetables.

[tranquil smelt]

Woah

"In de middag chillen" -Valentijn

[frosty ember]

is dat een uitnodiging of een opdracht

[tranquil smelt]

I have left weert

[tranquil smelt]

Worlds creakiest train train chair goes to the am 80 break

[rain nimbus]

Oh you're Maastricht cool

[alpine delta]

sinas south

[tranquil smelt]

Heading for brussels now

[tranquil smelt]

Major development at brussels

Ic binche spoor 20

[frail flower]

bad route why not via aken ice hack?

that was a cool way to ge to brussels

[tranquil smelt]

I went via liege

With ic kortrijk

200

They are welding something round track 7 and 8 and everything seems to get last minute platform change

The guys on the left

[jade echo]

belgie

[tranquil smelt]

Check in has started

But imma wait a few more min

[frosty ember]

Why not Eurostar Rotterdam

Or Amsterdam even, the longer you travel by Eurostar the better

[alpine delta]

fewer options

more expensive

not faster from weert

[tranquil smelt]

I hate eurostar

I want a 5 min transfer onto eurostar

Not 90

No special eu line

[frosty ember]

I thought it was the same price with interrail but yeah availability was horrible

[tranquil smelt]

Eurostar and the british feeling of independence are the worst

2, 56

[rain nimbus]

eurostar was booked out

im going via brussel too

[tranquil smelt]

When ya take it rico

[rain nimbus]

6th

[tranquil smelt]

Ah

[rain nimbus]

What's your rit

[tranquil smelt]

9135

Also i just realised i went through security without a hitch still havin the 10 - 13 and 9 square on me

[alpine delta]

nice

[frail flower]

because these are not sharp...

they don't care...

i go trough security all the time carrying tools.

screwdrivers it is were issue's can start

[tranquil smelt]

The sheep people have formed a queue

I got 373

Fuck forgot me british plug

Top 10 sinas moments

[jade echo]

they probably sell these at st pancras

but very nice

another reason to not go to the uk

[tranquil smelt]

Yeah

[carmine current]

UK is cool

just weird

[tranquil smelt]

Last time i almost forgot this as well

[carmine current]

I forgot this to Ireland

So you’re not the only one

[tranquil smelt]

But with a bit of luck, i might still have it in my bag bcs i forgot to take it out

[rain nimbus]

I should still get this

But this is very hard to find in nl

[tranquil smelt]

Ah bruh fucking babies

[tranquil smelt]

Order online

[rain nimbus]

Will it be on time

[tranquil smelt]

6 days? Most likely yes

[jade echo]

whats going on here

oh right youre finally boarding

[rain nimbus]

jasper uk

its a shame you cant stoptrein to england

they should make a once per day ashford calais tergv

[carmine current]

This is something both France and the UK would do

So yes

We need this

[rain nimbus]

uk has pretty frequent trains in relevant places

[carmine current]

But not in irrelevant places

[rain nimbus]

yes but thats fair I think

normal lines are at least 1tph

scotland and wales are pretty fake placse

[frosty ember]

not at all

[rain nimbus]

mediamarkt didnt have it

[tranquil smelt]

Already departed, 1256 departure time

[frosty ember]

weird

horrible store

I thought Action has them, but you could try other mediamarkt I guess

[rain nimbus]

I just ordered online

[frosty ember]

Well done

you could also borrow mine but this is easier

[jade echo]

rico online shopping

[rain nimbus]

yes

its breifenbuspakket

this is nice

[frail flower]

like the worst place to buy one... just go supermartket. they are expensive at travel places.

[frail flower]

ANWB shop ahve them. amd hema as well

[tranquil smelt]

Woman on the otherside of the train took off her shoes and socks 💀

[rain nimbus]

already older it

jasper feet

uk is bad because they dont have ritnummers

this is why I shouldnt go

[tranquil smelt]

They sorta do have ritnummers

Just not the usual ones

[rain nimbus]

its wrong

[tranquil smelt]

1v54 and that kinda shit

Im lille europe

[frail flower]

rijsel europa station

[tranquil smelt]

Someone joined my other seat :(

No more window

[frail flower]

You should get out and do ter in hdf

[tranquil smelt]

Cease to be jordi

[jade echo]

bad

this is the kind of thing that probably won’t fit

[tranquil smelt]

+2 rijssel europa

[frail flower]

I should do some wierd Lille-Brussel eurostat

[tranquil smelt]

"You could be prosecuted and say au revoir to your journey"

[frail flower]

?

[alpine delta]

that's an Eurostar announcement

It's awful

[frosty ember]

I love it

[jade echo]

what

[tranquil smelt]

I am uk

[next thorn]

1tph, come on

[next thorn]

Welcome

[rain nimbus]

1tph is too hard for the French to organise

They can't do this

[tranquil smelt]

Medway viaduct

No pictures

In da stratford tunnel

[next thorn]

373 too, nice

[tranquil smelt]

Stratford intl

[frail flower]

they can do this.but you need to have a different end distination every hour and not have a regular pattern just have a train at 8:55 and next hour at 9:07 then one at 10:47 etc etc

[tranquil smelt]

I am on a 158

The delayed emr service, missed my transfer at nottingham

Now on to sheffield for some of that xc action

[next thorn]

You were meant to get the 1617?

And are instead on the 1645?

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

Wanted to get that hst xc

Tough luck

[next thorn]

Shame you didn't change at Leicester for the Sheffield behind, but you didn't know you were gonna be late then

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

[next thorn]

Tbf, you have Interrail don't you?

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

A missed transfer is not the end of the world

[next thorn]

I'm sure another HST opportunity will present itself

[tranquil smelt]

Atleast with scotrail

[next thorn]

Especially in Scotland

[tranquil smelt]

Amd gwr

[next thorn]

If you need any help, gimme a shout btw

[frosty ember]

Same for questions about reservations and stuff

[tranquil smelt]

Nah i think ill make it on my own

Now heading for that 4 car voyager

Lovely stuff at this time of the day

[alpine delta]

pilot UK train bible

[next thorn]

Nah, no worries, offers there tho

[jade echo]

a 158 is arguably as much of a classic uk train

[tranquil smelt]

Slight downside is that i left my planning at home

But i know where im going

[jade echo]

papieren planning…

[tranquil smelt]

Yes

I do that

[rain nimbus]

when will you finish stoptreinen cornwall planning

[tranquil smelt]

There is no planning for that

[tranquil smelt]

Doin it alone is far more fun

[frosty ember]

do you not have a digital copy of your planning??

[tranquil smelt]

No

Dont need one

[frail flower]

paper planning is best. so you can make nice notes and scribbles

[alpine delta]

just dont have a planning

[frosty ember]

[tranquil smelt]

When i have limited time, amd a lot i want to do

I dont have any planning foe bulgaria

Truck hit level crossing

Standing still in some real unintresting landscape

Ive seen german fields more intresting

[rain nimbus]

bulgaren

when are you even bulgaria

[tranquil smelt]

End of vacatioj

[rain nimbus]

nice

[mental thistle]

Just make your own app where you can do this

Or let max do it

[frail flower]

no be cause an app is n't flexible enough to elt you put arraows and all kinds of cross outs

soph knows how my notes look..

[frosty ember]

that’s just drawing and there are plenty of apps for that lol

[tranquil smelt]

24L into Darlington

[terse sparrow]

you going newcastle>?

[tranquil smelt]

Im in newcastle rn

[final pilot]

SUNDERLAND???

[frail flower]

sinas. go find a buttery

[tranquil smelt]

Sorry rn omw to edinburgh

[astral kelp]

where is the cute selfie

[tranquil smelt]

I am in scotland

[tranquil smelt]

No selfies

[mental thistle]

Since when is fish & chips vegetarian

[terse sparrow]

fishmeat not realmeat

[mental thistle]

@trim folio we have one old and one new dienblad

The new ones also have HEJ! on them

[alpine delta]

they have a vegan one

I should try it

also this is sinas lore

[mental thistle]

Ahh thats why its written like vish

Oh wait

It is

Sinas is now ikea fapper

[trim folio]

Yooo nice

Big shoutout for checking

[tranquil smelt]

No

[rain nimbus]

Sinas

Are you having fun

[terse sparrow]

fun fun fun

on the edinburgh trams trams trams

[jade echo]

Edinburgh?

ga je naar de hooglanden of is daar nog volk

[tranquil smelt]

Yes very much

I am bus 19

Boutta meet up with @pale citrus and @wanton grotto

[alpine delta]

ayo

[tranquil smelt]

Bus 19 is so fucking slow

I am pretty sure ive stood still longer than weve driven

[rain nimbus]

this is a godo thing

[carmine current]

yooooooo

[frosty ember]

Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, definitely most beautiful in UK

[tranquil smelt]

Good evening, lovely dinner by tinny

[keen arrow]

Damn

Jake in Europe

[tranquil smelt]

Yeah good shit

Lovely fella's

[tranquil smelt]

On da train to glasgow ctrl

[rain nimbus]

Pics

[tranquil smelt]

Actually my bad

Im heading for glasgow qs

[rain nimbus]

This looks very good

Rare blue sky

[frail flower]

Sinas is max training.

[tranquil smelt]

6 car train

@rain nimbus koers wagens in the shape of 3 dmu's

[rain nimbus]

Amazing

What are you doing

Highlands?

[tranquil smelt]

Yeah

Yes annoying americans are leaving the carriage

[tranquil smelt]

West highland line

Annoying americans didnt know they were in the wrong koerswagen

[rain nimbus]

DIVIDING TRAIN DIVIDING TRAIN

We should be on this

Although multiple units technically don't have koerwagen

You need rangeerbewegingen

[tranquil smelt]

The windows on this train are fucked

Doesnt look like ill be able to take nice pictures

[next thorn]

Sinas 1Y21?

[tranquil smelt]

Langpoot mug

[tranquil smelt]

Yes

Omg, the wheater

I didnt expect the L to cross the UK in one night

These pictures are all fucked up by the window

Its full of these little dots

[frosty ember]

This is nice

[next thorn]

@tranquil smelt which train do you take back?

[tranquil smelt]

I was thinking about the 1605

[next thorn]

Tbf, if you're all the way to Mallaig, that's the last through train back to Glasgow - same units you're on now back.

So do some scouting of a good window for the return journey!

[tranquil smelt]

The window im on rn isnt bad, just taking pictures is kinda hard

[next thorn]

One thing for the way back too - at Rannoch, you'll cross the Fort William Alcan train, got a Shed on it

[tranquil smelt]

Ah

[frosty ember]

Sinas Mallaig

You should take the ferry

[tranquil smelt]

No

[next thorn]

Bad Max idea

[frosty ember]

Speedrun back to Glasgow via Kyle

[frosty ember]

Why, it was possible if it wasn’t for the high tide..

[tranquil smelt]

If i go to scotland again, i go with the sheep

[next thorn]

I assume this is a Dutch-ism for camping?

[tranquil smelt]

Anything but dutch

[frosty ember]

No we just say that we’re bringing a tent

[alpine delta]

I did that the other way round

[tranquil smelt]

@rain nimbus i am heading to the place where they succesfully afschaffen bomen

[pale citrus]

You live!

Is your 156 joined to a 153?

[tranquil smelt]

No dont think so

[pale citrus]

Shame

[tranquil smelt]

The banana wasnt poison

[pale citrus]

The banana soaked up the poison lmao that beer had no impact the next day

I’m up and about dancing and cooking bacon

[tranquil smelt]

Did the other 3 survive?

[pale citrus]

@wanton grotto seems to be good and the others are the type who sleep till 2pm

[tranquil smelt]

Lol

[pale citrus]

Ohhh I was going to say look out for any remains of the very cancelled Jacobite steam service too

[tranquil smelt]

The 66

I am 9 min late

At ardlui

[next thorn]

Oh, you'll see a 66 in Fort William too Sinas

The one that did the sleeper

[tranquil smelt]

There was a 153 on the opposite train

Ah

We are now +10

[rain nimbus]

Very good

Sinas leven

[tranquil smelt]

Boom afschaf grens

[next thorn]

Depending on how quick the detach and go of the front portion occurs, you can make some time back at Crianlarich

Although, tbf, the train from Oban was also late, which doesn't help

[next thorn]

The 153s to/from Mallaig are typically only used on the quieter first train from Mallaig, and last train to.

The rest of the day, they really need the 4-cars on the Mallaig run, and they can't make it 5-car due to the Oban portion.

[tranquil smelt]

Oban has been detached

Fuck dem americans

[next thorn]

Still not left tho by the looks of it

[tranquil smelt]

I can see it

[next thorn]

Yeah... needs to hurry up innit

[tranquil smelt]

Whistle

[next thorn]

Sinas photo?

[tranquil smelt]

Doors closes

There it goes

We are going now too

Nvm we just shunted forward

Right here we go

[next thorn]

Ahhh, I see why you were 12 late

Or rather, why the train you crossed at Ardlui was so late.

[tranquil smelt]

Guard expects it to be packed after fort william

[rain nimbus]

Nice

[next thorn]

Yeah, no Jacobite atm, so they're all taking Scotrail

[alpine delta]

what happened to the jacobite

[next thorn]

"Safety Concerns"

Basically, it's because they have no Central Door locking on the coaches

[alpine delta]

this wasnt a problem before

[next thorn]

Safety standards have changed

[alpine delta]

did something happen that made them change?

[rain nimbus]

UK bad

[alpine delta]

fuck point 3

[next thorn]

We've had enough incidents here that we're a bit concerned about point 3...

[alpine delta]

please don't ban window hanging :(

[next thorn]

It's been banned here for years

And we don't have any "normal" trains where it's possible either.

[keen arrow]

You can't do this

[next thorn]

Can't do what and why?

[keen arrow]

Ban windowhanging

[next thorn]

We can and have...

[keen arrow]

No you can't do this

[next thorn]

Why not?

[keen arrow]

Immoral

[next thorn]

Would be immoral letting people lose their heads no?

[keen arrow]

People are losing their own heads

This is not the problem of the conductor

[next thorn]

It's the problem of the train operator

[keen arrow]

Pilto fun police

[next thorn]

There is an acceptable risk having such stock on such trains, but they have extra "stewards" on board who are intended to stop people windowhanging.

[keen arrow]

Literally 1984

[rain nimbus]

WINDOW HANGING

😡😡😡😡

[tranquil smelt]

Almost at fort william

All there is

[next thorn]

The locos are usually in the compound just outside the station.

[rain nimbus]

Dit is geweldige

Wat is your plan

[tranquil smelt]

Everyone got out and fresh people getting in

Dutch people

Oh wat is dit voor gezeik

[rain nimbus]

Terrible

Why are they everywhere

[frail flower]

moet je ook niet in hoogseizoen daarheen gaan.

[tranquil smelt]

6673#

[frosty ember]

6673#

[next thorn]

@tranquil smelt how is Banavie?

Enjoy the swing bridge!

[tranquil smelt]

Cook

[tranquil smelt]

Right had the tourist bit

[tranquil smelt]

+13 morar

[frail flower]

ow you are in no tree place now

The final piece of road to Mallaig was an epic race track. soph would enjoy

[tranquil smelt]

Now the real problem comes

2 hours till my train back departs

What to do in that time

Haddock and chips will only fill so much time

@next thorn things to do in mallaig for 2 hours?

[next thorn]

Fuck all...

There's a pub called "the Steam Inn"...

[tranquil smelt]

Right, shouldve brought some of that glaswegian white stuff

Make sure to sniff it all before getting on again

[alpine delta]

should have taken the ferry

[astral kelp]

Mallaig is tiny

go for walk

ur in scottish highlands

[frosty ember]

that's what I said

he won't listen

I'll definitely take it next time

[alpine delta]

I did that full loop in one day

it was nice but exhausting lol

[tranquil smelt]

I simply wont take the ferry

I am sophie supermarket level of tired atm
Did not have a good sleep

[alpine delta]

excuse me

[frosty ember]

There is nothing to do in Mallaig except for taking the ferry and taking pics of the Jacobite if it runs again lol

guess I should've taken it when I had the chance

[tranquil smelt]

I am aware, and im using these 2 hours to just relax

[tranquil smelt]

Sophie eepy scale

[alpine delta]

I've only fallen asleep in a supermarket twice

[keen arrow]

???

[sturdy grove]

man I wanna go to scotland now

I have another american friend there rn too

[tranquil smelt]

Should i go up this?

Fuck

[sturdy grove]

looks incredibly scottish

[tranquil smelt]

I made it to the top of the hill

[astral kelp]

scottish highlands = 9th best place in the world

[sturdy grove]

That's pretty high on the list

there's a lot of places

[alpine delta]

whats 1 to 8

[tranquil smelt]

Yo moms house

[sturdy grove]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-snap-ohsnap-gif-18271233

Damn that's a crazy loop

[astral kelp]

idk

i feel 9 is a good place to put it tho

[tranquil smelt]

Meer nederlanders

[frail flower]

I recognize this gate.

I turned my car around in front of it, when i went fapping trains there

[rain nimbus]

I reserved plymouth seat

@tranquil smelt im pluemouth 8 augutus 11:09

[jade echo]

have fun

[rain nimbus]

teun.position 8 augustus 11:09?

[jade echo]

probably like Speelweide Bakel

or somewhere nearby

[rain nimbus]

why are you at a playground

actually 12:09 because timezone

[jade echo]

this is not a playground

this is a street name

at that point ill probably be home again

[tranquil smelt]

Is coolio

My god the wheater turned really good

Dark coulds with sun rays through them

[jade echo]

this is very nice vibe

[tranquil smelt]

@rain nimbus jan rots college

[rain nimbus]

rots

[frail flower]

scotland moments, 4 seasons in a day

[tranquil smelt]

Rain, rain, rain and rain

[frail flower]

Rain, sun, shower, snow, hail, some more rain, more showers with gusting winds and some sun

that line is the only place ever where i went train fapping in the rain

[tranquil smelt]

I went bridge fapping in heavy rain

[frail flower]

that the wrong bridge.. for some reason eveyrbody haeds to this curved arched railway bridge on the line

[tranquil smelt]

Klasko kween streed

[tranquil smelt]

This was in newcastle yesterday

[tranquil smelt]

Goodnight eepy people

I am in heroin and fried things central

I dont like the vibe of this hostel at all

[alpine delta]

why not

[tranquil smelt]

No its not good

One loud snorrer, one guy sighing any time anything happens

Last hostel also was not good

One person shined their phone in my eyes for seconds at 2 am

I waved to put that shit away, no response

Continued to shine in other people eyes

I was on the top bed of a bunk bed for refrence

[jade echo]

have you tried just sleeping

this usually works

[sturdy grove]

I do not miss having to use hostels

[pale citrus]

Should’ve returned to the sheep pen

What days you back in Glasgow?

[rain nimbus]

Jasper leven

[tranquil smelt]

Tomorrow just to transfer trains

[tranquil smelt]

Im on da train to inverness

[tranquil smelt]

I should return where i belong

Meeehhhhh

[tranquil smelt]

First skirt person

@next thorn is it worth getting out at thurso or better to just sit to wick and walk around there for an hour

@alpine delta you probably have the answer to this question too

[tranquil smelt]

@pale citrus ive reached the land down under

[alpine delta]

Neither are great

Thurso is a bit bigger but not by much

[tranquil smelt]

I guess ill spend an hour in wick

So ill never have to return

[next thorn]

Yeah, both are nothing places

Go to Wick to complete the line

Take it you're on the 0700 up for the 12-whatever return?

1234 is it?

[next thorn]

Ah, you're doing the evening trip instead

Travelling in from somewhere else

Puts you on the 0707 ex-Glasgow?

[tranquil smelt]

Im on da 0707 glasgow - inverness

[next thorn]

Just been looking at all your crossings on the single track - everything coming towards you is pretty much on time you'll be glad to know.

Are you staying in Inverness tonight and doing Kyle tomorrow?

[tranquil smelt]

Thx

No im not doing kyle, thought about doing it but it would come at the cost of wales

[next thorn]

Wales is just Scotland but worse with more Sheep

[tranquil smelt]

Ive already been to the edinburger sheep pen so i am fine with it

Ill return for the kyle line at a later date

[next thorn]

Yeah, sounds good

Nice line if you get the right weather

[pale citrus]

I hope it treated you well

The whole line north of that is pretty good

And good luck up to Thurrrsssooo

[tranquil smelt]

Bruuuhhhhh more dutch people

[tranquil smelt]

We have left the sun behind

[astral kelp]

Why DB app

I hate you

[alpine delta]

I used sbb app in all of the uk and it knew the platform numbers and everything

[next thorn]

So does the DB one by the looks of it

Ofc, that's only scheduled platforms

[tranquil smelt]

Same system

Ngl, hafas has proved that uk only has terrible planners

[frail flower]

Cant you do like soph and Bus thurso-wick??

[tranquil smelt]

No

[tranquil smelt]

Dutch people also going to wick

[frosty ember]

Join them

[tranquil smelt]

Dutch people also going to wick

Say goodbye to the internet for a while

@frail flower

[frosty ember]

Why no internet

[frail flower]

yes this is cromarty firth

this is were oilrigs go before they die

[tranquil smelt]

Nigg

There is a cruise ship here

[frail flower]

nigg is somehwere in the haze at the foot of that hill

Yes invergordon is a popular stop for cruiseboot

And its a total shithole

[frail flower]

thats invergorden offshore base.

surprised to see it in use. It has fucked foundations and is sinking

[tranquil smelt]

My god the opposite train is absolutely rammed

[frail flower]

cruiseboot peep maybe

After inv you can see nigg better

[tranquil smelt]

I can see it

[rain nimbus]

Rit

[frail flower]

I should go highlands and islands scotland... but i hate camping...

I allmost have 100% numbered roads north of inverness...

[jade echo]

buschauffeur dochtertje is autiststoel

[rain nimbus]

E

Wanneer Teun lore

Wacht eigenlijk mag dit niet

Dit is goed

[frosty ember]

Dit is goed

[tranquil smelt]

Maar dit is niet sinas lore

[rain nimbus]

Ja daarom is dit goed

Teun heeft toestemming om zich niet aan kanaalregels te houden

[jade echo]

dankjewel

[rain nimbus]

Katten fotos in #openttd-help

[tranquil smelt]

Nee, jij gaat met pensioen

[rain nimbus]

Ik kan van de zijlijn nog wat schreeuwen

Mijn laatste voorwaarde was dat het f woord voorlopig geblokkeerd blijft

[tranquil smelt]

@next thorn do they use the freight terminal at scotscalder

It looks unused

[next thorn]

There's one at Georgemas Junction that sees very limited traffic, not aware of any facility at Scotscalder

[tranquil smelt]

Oh wait this is georgemas

Screen said scotsalder

I have a feeling this hasnt been replaced in a while

[next thorn]

There's also the Nuclear Facility, which is the thing with the big crane, which again, is rarely used.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/PJ-SMc-040321-01-16_38114140-scaled.jpg

The other bit had a trial Timber train for a few months in 2020/21 but nothing came off it... didn't help it was using pairs of 37s so wasn't entirely reliable!

[tranquil smelt]

This is not sinas lore

Also these have been retired if im right

[frosty ember]

I'm spicing it up

Yes

Unfortunately

[tranquil smelt]

Not my problem

[frosty ember]

Yet

[tranquil smelt]

No its not my problem

[frosty ember]

How will you window hang in Korea?

[tranquil smelt]

By taking a train in north korea

[frosty ember]

[tranquil smelt]

Im on da way back to inverness

[final pilot]

John Wick from fortnight

[frail flower]

did you enjoy wick? see the castle??? You should have made your way to lands end.

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

People standing by the level crossing as if theyve never seen a train

We are standing still in front of the token sign

And in front of me is the scottish sun

A paper i should throw away

[tranquil smelt]

That is a seal

I am aware it looks like a rock in this picture

[final pilot]

Nessy

[tranquil smelt]

It was already zoomed in quite a lot

[keen arrow]

It's jpegged to shit

[sturdy grove]

People talking about doing Kyle in this thread 🤔

[tranquil smelt]

Dont worry, weve already done you

By train

[sturdy grove]

I belong in scotland I guess

[tranquil smelt]

@rain nimbus ritnummer eurostar?

[rain nimbus]

9141

[tranquil smelt]

Hardcore

[rain nimbus]

Wat

Rico ritten

[tranquil smelt]

How will you track uk ritten

Headcode's?

Wild rabbits

[frail flower]

I wonder where rico will be pranked.

i suspec on 9224

[tranquil smelt]

Get a thalys rico

Go do breda bypass

[carmine current]

6922

[rain nimbus]

This is why I planned 2,5 hours buffer

I trust no one

[rain nimbus]

I don't track ritnummers abroad generally

[frail flower]

HSL will break tmmr and roosendala too. you will b epranked serious

[rain nimbus]

If there is none

Shut up

Also I'm Sunday

[tranquil smelt]

Im back in inverness

[rain nimbus]

Have fun

[frail flower]

Go buy a fried mars

[rain nimbus]

I should kinda boycott countries without ritnummers

France doesn't really have enjoyable ritnummers either

Because they don't have series I think

[steep venture]

j

you have some logic with tgv/ic numbers, but ter is one big mess

[final pilot]

Best ritnummer country? (excl. NL) @rain nimbus

[rain nimbus]

Belgium probably

Countries with low ritnummers are good

In Russia you just have like

Train 1

This is the trans Siberian

Train 2 on the board

[frosty ember]

My uncle took the trans Siberian

[rain nimbus]

It's also just good lore for the most iconic cross country service to have numbers 1 and 2

[frosty ember]

Went by train from Utrecht all the way to Beijing

Pretty sick

[rain nimbus]

Yes

[frosty ember]

We should do this

Once Russia isn’t a warzone anymore

[steep venture]

and that's not even true, tgv 7674 is a paris-toulouse train, and 7691 a paris-strasbourg one

[rain nimbus]

This will take forever max

[frosty ember]

The train ride or the war stuff?

Train ride took 6 days from Moscow which sounds pretty awesome

War stuff yes no idea, but when possible I will definitely do this someday

[frail flower]

if you dodge the questions by immigration officals you should still b eable to do it...

[frosty ember]

No

[frail flower]

afaik you can still get tourist visa for russia...

[frosty ember]

They do not give out visa anymore

[frail flower]

jsut need to go there via turkey or smth

[tranquil smelt]

Thats impossible

This place is bussin

[frail flower]

britain. the place of madlads.

[tranquil smelt]

This place is fuking good

[rain nimbus]

Dude where are you

[tranquil smelt]

Inverness

Listening to live music, but im the youngest fella here

[terse sparrow]

smh

[rain nimbus]

How did you end up here

Sinas fellas

[terse sparrow]

rico

do you want greggs

[rain nimbus]

I don't know what this is

[frosty ember]

Sinas Black Isle Bar

[frail flower]

You should take a bus to cromarty on the black isle. it's nice. Tere are good random busses form inverness

[tranquil smelt]

Fake

[tranquil smelt]

Everything has already been planned

[frosty ember]

Idk there’s too many pubs, I just happened to remember that one & spoons

[tranquil smelt]

And unnecessary bus usage is out of the question

[tranquil smelt]

@jade echo

[astral kelp]

i can read Train 6 Moscow - Ulan Bator, 38 Moscow - Tomsk, 110 Moscow - Novi something (i think)

Kirov?

[jade echo]

yea

[mental thistle]

@final pilot when will we take train 6

[frosty ember]

And me, I have experience 😎

[mental thistle]

on train 6?

[frosty ember]

We should St Petersburg - Moscow first

[frosty ember]

No other Russian trains

[mental thistle]

then no

do you even know where train 6 goes

[frosty ember]

Ulaanbaatar

[mental thistle]

yes

do you have someone in your gezin who went there

[frosty ember]

Uhh maybe

Probably yes

[tranquil smelt]

Can you all like not in sinas lore

[next thorn]

@tranquil smelt which way you traveling south today? Currently a speed restriction on the route from Aberdeen southwards due to heavy rain.

[next thorn]

Oh, you're S&C-ing too today...

Sadly you don't have the weather for it...

You're looking at around a 20-30 min delay between Aberdeen and Dundee, so you should be fine for your Haymarket connection (just)

[tranquil smelt]

Nah, already being pranked at insch

Opposite train 17L

Might skip s&c

[next thorn]

Yeah, that got caught up waiting for connections off the delayed train from Edinburgh.

[tranquil smelt]

Id probably get trouble with tpe too between leeds and manc

[next thorn]

Yeah, but if the 1800 TPE doesn't run, there's an 1807 TPE that would take all the passengers, and you just go get on the 1812 Northern that arrives at 1930...

[tranquil smelt]

We are movin

16L

[tranquil smelt]

@rain nimbus is your gwr seat reservation on the left side?

[rain nimbus]

I have no idea

[tranquil smelt]

I hope it is

Its very impotant after exeter st davids

Also, why did you book a seat?

[rain nimbus]

Because I don't know if it will be busy

And I don't want to be standing for 3 hours

[tranquil smelt]

Yours doesnt go bia bristol right?

[rain nimbus]

No

[tranquil smelt]

Shouldnt be too busy then

Ive heard the mendips are pretty senic too

[next thorn]

He's on the first Cornwall of the day in peak holiday season

It'll be busy

[tranquil smelt]

Ah

[tranquil smelt]

Im 1101 aberdeen to edinburger

Cuz i didnt want azuma and cancelled s&c

[next thorn]

What train you doing from there?

[tranquil smelt]

Might do tpe from haymarket to manchester or something

[next thorn]

Might as well go all the way to Edinburgh, the TPE starts there, so more chance of a seat

[tranquil smelt]

Maybe do s&c after all

But that means being at 2012 in manc

[next thorn]

How are you getting in at 2012?

[tranquil smelt]

Oh woop 2021

[next thorn]

1930 Leeds to Manchester is also cancelled

[tranquil smelt]

Damm

What comes after that?

[next thorn]

1945

Or, you could have a tight 9 min transfer at Leeds for the 1917 Northern, but that's slow af, arriving at 2047.

You'd probably struggle to make the 1912 Northern...

But that does get in at 2029...

[tranquil smelt]

1945?

[next thorn]

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G24169/2023-08-05/detailed#allox_id=0 Arrives 2037

[tranquil smelt]

Right ill just go and see how it ends

[pale citrus]

DB planner for UK lol

You back in Edinburgh already?!

[astral kelp]

That’s what I’m saying

Ridiculous

[rain nimbus]

Jasper planning

Also DB app is a good universal planner

[tranquil smelt]

Almost

@pale citrus 1314 haymarket

[next thorn]

How's your HST Sinas?

[tranquil smelt]

Busy and stopped in a field

[terse sparrow]

This is on the left side

• is window seat

[next thorn]

Yeah, signaller decided to send an ECS early in front of you...

And because the signalling around there is a touch outdated, you have to wait a while

[terse sparrow]

pilot go indate it

[next thorn]

Because of GWRs fleet being regularly turned, there's no way to know for definite until the train turns up on the day...

[terse sparrow]

Isn’t it usually first class at the london end

[next thorn]

In theory, yes.

[terse sparrow]

Especially on the Penzance trains

[next thorn]

In practice, no.

[terse sparrow]

I’ve not been on one with first class on the country end

[next thorn]

You've not been trying hard enough then

[next thorn]

Hey look, it's the Forth Bridge.

[tranquil smelt]

I am now at haymarket

[next thorn]

You don't wanna know what happened to the First, Second and Third.

[tranquil smelt]

Had a lovely talk with some scots about AI and george orwell books

[next thorn]

Did you not fancy heading into Edinburgh itself?

[tranquil smelt]

I know what happend to the tay bridge and the result of it on the firth of forth

[tranquil smelt]

Already done that

Had a fancy beer with the sheep

[next thorn]

Baaaaa

At the baaaaaar

[tranquil smelt]

With the jaapaaaaannnn set

[terse sparrow]

But that’s wales

[tranquil smelt]

@pale citrus im at haymarket

Come collect ya hay

[next thorn]

Sinas Wales when?

[tranquil smelt]

Tomorrow

[next thorn]

Damn, you really don't Manchester long do you

[terse sparrow]

Sinas did you timetable in the sheep shagging

[next thorn]

That just occurs on the trains Dum, dw about it

[tranquil smelt]

Trains change, old cities dont

[next thorn]

Manchester regularly changes...

Lots of new high rises...

[tranquil smelt]

Also i was with rugby fans

Very cool

[terse sparrow]

Lots of new stabbings…

[tranquil smelt]

Someone fainted on the train

Seat rservations were cancelled

Cuz the train rolled in late at aberdeen

[next thorn]

I mean, the set you were on was still in Aberdeen for 1 hr 11 mins by the looks of it...

Got in at 0950, and you left at 1101 right?

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

[next thorn]

Plenty of time for cleaning, reservations, etc.

[tranquil smelt]

Guard probably came from another set and didnt have time

[next thorn]

Not usually done by guards tbf

Usually done by staff at the station for Scotrail.

Ah well

No biggie, you got a seat

[tranquil smelt]

There were 3 people at the gates just hanging about

[next thorn]

They're Gate staff, yeah

They'll have train presentation staff too

[tranquil smelt]

If your staff isnt doing anything, you should consider cutting back on them

[terse sparrow]

But they are doing something

[next thorn]

Ah but then there's lots of busy periods too

[terse sparrow]

They are hanging about at the gates

[tranquil smelt]

Consider getting more functional gates

[next thorn]

Gates are bad though

[terse sparrow]

Doors are much better

[next thorn]

So you shut in Dums face, yeah

[terse sparrow]

See

A win win

[next thorn]

So, you looking forwards to your TPE IET Sinas?

[tranquil smelt]

Getting avanti

[next thorn]

Ah, Bendydildo

You're not still planning to S&C are you?

[tranquil smelt]

Ye i am

[next thorn]

Yeah...

1618 cancelled

[tranquil smelt]

So much that

[tranquil smelt]

More manc i guess

[pale citrus]

Goddamn I should’ve come

You leaving Haymarket when?

[tranquil smelt]

1457

Damm why did nobody tell me you could couple 158's and 170's togheter

[next thorn]

You can couple Pacers and 170s together...

Every 14x, 15x and 170 can couple to each other.

[tranquil smelt]

Damm

[frosty ember]

Right now actually

[mental thistle]

[frosty ember]

Cool they have old Busan buses in Ulaanbaatar

[tranquil smelt]

@next thorn climateolino

[next thorn]

Aye, 121

Don't think I've had a ride on it since it's paint job

[tranquil smelt]

That will prob be my train

[next thorn]

It is

[terse sparrow]

do you feel eco friendly now

[mental thistle]

max do you know the definition of gezin

[tranquil smelt]

Im standing next to a departing 170, not at all

[terse sparrow]

oh

thats a shame

[tranquil smelt]

My god these seats are terrible

Fucking avanti

[terse sparrow]

is this standard

calass

[tranquil smelt]

Ye

Man what the fuck are these seats

Why does the uk only have terrible seats

[terse sparrow]

the gwr IET ones arent too bad

good enough for a 6 hour journey

cant remember about LNERs

[tranquil smelt]

Theyre pretty much the same as obb railjet, which is good for about 2/3 hours

[terse sparrow]

right

[next thorn]

They're fucking awful...

No padding...

When you're sat on the way to Paignton and your arse is numb by Theale...

[astral kelp]

Nah OBB Railjet are really good seats

IET’s get old after about 2h

[next thorn]

Welcome to the refurb'ed Pendolino's...

[astral kelp]

I just start getting uncomfortable around Bristol

That’s usually when I get off as well

[final pilot]

Ik ben in ulanbataaaar

[next thorn]

I prefer to stand on IETs...

[astral kelp]

Cannot imagine the full Penzance run on an IET

[tranquil smelt]

Theyre pretty much the same seats, ive spent a lot of time on them, trust me, no good

[next thorn]

Tbf, the old high density HSTs weren't much better...

[astral kelp]

These are amazing

Sinas shut up

You are wrong

[tranquil smelt]

These are fucking terrible

[tranquil smelt]

Have you had to spend 6 hours on these?

[astral kelp]

I did 7h on one

They are good

[tranquil smelt]

I spend total of 20 hours on these

[astral kelp]

I’ve also done Crackfurt - Vienna

[tranquil smelt]

These are not good

[astral kelp]

It’s fine

Not the best but much better than the norm

[tranquil smelt]

Budapest - wien
Prague - wien
Innsbruck - wien
Graz - wien

Salzburg wien

[astral kelp]

You have not Wien - Venice?

[tranquil smelt]

St valentin wien

[astral kelp]

I thought you have

[tranquil smelt]

Udine - villach

[astral kelp]

That is only 1h max

[tranquil smelt]

Thats more than 1 hour

[astral kelp]

No

[tranquil smelt]

1:40 min you fuck

[astral kelp]

Shut up Dutchie

I’ll pass you to the left hand side

[tranquil smelt]

You are retarded and fucking stockholm syndromed by british seats into thinking railjet ones are good

[astral kelp]

They are

Ok

I will really piss you off now

[tranquil smelt]

I swear to god, this nation, the uk, has been coping so hard they dont know what the fuck is bad anymore

[astral kelp]

PKP seats, while good are not the best

[tranquil smelt]

I am sure there is always something better, but theyre the best ive experienced so far for 2nd class open coach

[astral kelp]

Have you ever IC3

Or IR4

I think they are better

[tranquil smelt]

No you are retarded

[astral kelp]

They aren’t coaches tho

[tranquil smelt]

You know these are terrible

[astral kelp]

What

[tranquil smelt]

Ic3 and ir 4 are meh at best

[frail flower]

OG corails...

[astral kelp]

This has so much padding

Like armchair

[astral kelp]

This is the best coach seat I have ever experienced

Open coach I should say

Although I have not done long distances

[tranquil smelt]

I prefer pkp open coach over corail, but corail def goes 2nd

I am carstairs

[astral kelp]

If we are talking out of service coaches then BR MK2A/B is better also

[tranquil smelt]

Which is very cool, as cars cant drive up stairs

[mental thistle]

ulaanbaatar*

[tranquil smelt]

I am back in england

Land of the sods

Cool saw an 86

[terse sparrow]

Weak arse

Just get a better bum

[next thorn]

Sorry, we can't all have fat arses like yourself @terse sparrow

[terse sparrow]

It’s all meat down there

Hunk

Stronk

[tranquil smelt]

1818 into manc vic @next thorn

[next thorn]

Have fun... I'm lay in bed 😂

[terse sparrow]

pilot waits in bed for sinas to arrive in manchester

[rain nimbus]

Jasper delayed

How much wahnsinn is there in the UK @tranquil smelt

[tranquil smelt]

Delayed?

Im diverted

[rain nimbus]

Is it more malafide than Germany?

[tranquil smelt]

People in the hst to edinburgh got pretty wild about the fact that their seat reservations were cancelled

[sturdy grove]

Oscar/jasper coach arguments are always good stuff

[tranquil smelt]

Overal, shit is just as bad, but less noticable

[rain nimbus]

Hmm

[tranquil smelt]

Tend to be irrelevant trains that get the boot

Like the one i wanted to take from carlisle to leeds

And tpe that just gets pranked

And xc that has to deal with long irrelevant lines

[next thorn]

It's worth noting that there's also an overtime ban in place...

And we rely heavily on overtime as a network, hence extra prankage

[tranquil smelt]

I am in manchester

[terse sparrow]

@rain nimbus when are you london

[rain nimbus]

Sunday

[terse sparrow]

tomorrow

ok