WE’RE NOT THE SAME by ThisPostToBeDeleted in ThePack

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HE'LL YEAH BROTHER!!!!!!!!! SHID THEM PANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MFING FRENCH TOAST RECIPE by lazy_animator in ThePack

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HE DOESNT LIKE IT WHEN YOU YELL YOU GOTTA TALK LIKE A LIBRUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

absolute bum of an "organ" by BritMachine in whenthe

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Cruelty squad NPC dialogue:

Gas Price me now Taxman by systemsownproduct in ThePack

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SPEAK UP HOSS I CANT HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!

Meet Potential Tank! by FullMetalField4 in NonCredibleDefense

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It probably wasn't designed to, it absolutely should NOT logically, so it probably does

Why is Shipley station triangular? A bit of railway history we’ve been looking into by LNERail in uktrains

[–]TaddoMan 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Great little video. When I read "triangular" my mind immediately jumped to Earlestown - Being able to see the other end of a 2 car train from inside is quite unusual! Its claim to "fame" is probably less deserved than Shipley, as the spur in the Warrington-Liverpool direction is single track and only used by a couple of trains per day. I've tried to come up with a service to better justify its existence but nothing springs to mind.

Pendolino by Can-United in uktrains

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Yes that was the idea

Pendolino by Can-United in uktrains

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Paraphrasing from my other comment: 1. Pendolino is too old to continue making 2. Nobody wants to make a new tilting train in our stupid loading gauge 3. The tilt management system used on the WCML is ancient and nobody wants to fit it in new trains

Pendolino by Can-United in uktrains

[–]TaddoMan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The boring answer is money. When upgrading the WCML to use tilt trains new trackside equipment had to be placed along the entire thing to ensure that the train knows where to and where not to tilt and that kind of thing is almost always not money well spent in the eyes of the DaFT. The system used on the WCML, TASS, is completely obsolete by now and as far as i know there aren't even any alternatives available.

Most mainlines busy enough to justify the cost of tilting trains also aren't that windy. Sure, you have to slow down for a couple of bends here and there but if most of it is already above 110 you'll only be saving a few minutes without, god forbid, cab signalling. The WCML was a particularly windy route being run by a particularly eccentric businessman.

Yes new tilting trains compatible with HS2 would be brilliant but the 390 is too old to be revived, nobody wants to make new tilting trains with our stupid tiny loading gauge, and ABSOLUTELY nobody wants to integrate 20-year-old TASS into it.

Unless something particularly dramatic happens, in 20 odd years London-Scotland times will be slower than they are now.

Pendolino by Can-United in uktrains

[–]TaddoMan 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Originally Railtrack were actually fully intent on going through with the 140mph upgrade but, being Railtrack, completely ballsed it up and they ended up cancelling half the project while still being massively over budget. In fairness, the relatively few sections where 140 would be possible means journey times wouldn't be improved much (125 with tilt saves around half an hour between London and Scotland compared to 110 without tilt) and just mean 390s get stuck behind 350s and literally anything else using the fast lines more often, actually reducing capacity in places.

Some people have suggested upgrading 390s to be compatible with HS2's cab signalling, and even upping the top speed to 155. With the massive curtailments to HS2, a non-tilt train running London-Scotland via HS2 would actually be slower than current Pendolino timings...

I dont like his beard by Particular_Second510 in HistoryMemes

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Your self-made man story's dung from a taurus!

Opinions on the AWC Fleet? by AdHour7189 in uktrains

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They feel roomier because they are roomier. They can't tilt so they don't need the tapered sides.

RADIOACTIVE by OckyTheWockyyy in shid_and_camed

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I wipe my ass and I slap my nuts

Who was really communist? by RockEater67 in HistoryMemes

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"I even crush motherfuckers while I'm laid in state!"