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Jangrafess

South West Trains annoucement today: "There are major delays on the 11.41 service to Reading, because the train is still at Waterloo."

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Crisps

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wesetters

I hope that doesn't mean every other passenger was hurt :s-smilie:

It happened early this morning, so it may well have been that therer were only six passengers on the train

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dogtanian

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Jangrafess

I always thought it was the noise of the electricity crackling along the tracks.

Does electricity hiss like that though? And surely it'd happen non-stop given the rail is always live? It makes my think of hydraulics for some reason, but I don't think that'd explain anything on the railways.

I might write to Southern and ask them. It's been driving me nuts ever since I noticed it.

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dh00001

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Crisps

It happened early this morning, so it may well have been that therer were only six passengers on the train

thats how it sounded when it was on local news this morning.

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Metrobeans

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dogtanian

Does electricity hiss like that though? And surely it'd happen non-stop given the rail is always live? It makes my think of hydraulics for some reason, but I don't think that'd explain anything on the railways.

I might write to Southern and ask them. It's been driving me nuts ever since I noticed it.

I've noticed that a lot on the London Underground. Like Jangrafess, I just assumed it was some electricity thing!

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Crisps

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New CrossCountry livery.

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calcium878

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It's ok, I prefer others.

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Bgriffin

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Could be worse, i suppose.

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dh00001

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i llike it, wouldve been better with some flames though

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Crisps

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It'll be interesting to see how the new XC livery looks on their HST sets when they get overhauled. I'm thnking the locos will be that pinkey/purpley colour, and the coaches will be silver and pink. Much prefer the originally proposed livery though...