Month: March 2023

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While riding the unique dual third rail section of the Down Fast through Newington, 375924 is seen still clinging onto its previous guise, forming the lead unit on 1S28 Victoria to Ramsgate. The white livery dates back to the days of Connex South Eastern, later adopted by South Eastern Trains, and most recently, Southeastern.

Livery detail changes include fonts used for decals, placement of carriage numbers, moquette and grab pole colours, and of course, the grey stripe and yellow doors. The SERefurb programme took 3 years, re-liverying 112 trains, that’s roughly 50,400 miles worth of trips to Derby and back!

In the timetable, you can expect to find 10 services for the Class 37 itself, dragging Class 375s in a variety of formations and locations, inspired by real-world movements of units. These 10 services have been spread out using the Seasonal feature, meaning you will only see certain movements as AI during certain months of the year, much like the RHTT, Railtours and Summer Special 465s. There is also one bonus service which additionally requires Northern Trans-Pennine, offering an additional helping hand… Here’s how the services breakdown:

January/February: (4 playable services)

  • 5X47 Tonbridge West Yard to Slade Green Depot (37+1xBlue 375)
  • 5X49 Slade Green Depot to Tonbridge West Yard (37+1xWhite/Yellow 375)
  • 5Q58 Derby Litchurch Lane to Ramsgate Depot (37+2xBlue 375s)
  • 5Q57 Ramsgate Depot to Derby Litchurch Lane (37+2xWhite/Yellow 375)March/April: (5 playable services)
  • 5Q58 Chaddesden Curve to Ramsgate Depot (37+1xBlue 375)
  • 5Q57 Ramsgate Depot to Leicester LIP Depot (37+1xWhite/Yellow 375)
  • 5Q89 Wembley Reception Sidings to Gillingham Depot (37+2xBlue 375s)
  • 5Q23 Yard Prep (37+2xWhite/Yellow 375)
  • 5Q23 Gillingham Depot to Wembley Reception Sidings (37+2xWhite/Yellow 375)

September/October: (1 playable service requiring NTP)

  • 5Q58 Derby Litchurch Lane to Ramsgate Depot (47+37+1xBlue 375)

November/December: (1 playable service)

  • 5Z58 Derby Litchurch Lane to Ramsgate Depot (37+3xBlue 375)

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Me At The Park Hotel In Tynemouth In October 2005.

This is me doing some fun drumming work at the Voda Volunteering event at The Park Hotel in Tynemouth in October 2005 when I was nineteen when I was younger. The Voda event was called The International Forum it was a big event with lots of people they at the time and the event was also in the big hall at The Park Hotel this is one of my favourite photos. This Voda event happened two years after I left Southlands School and joined Voda just a couple of years after I left Southlands and I keep this photo in my Southlands School Record Of Achievement.

BBC Studios In Newcastle.

I really enjoyed it when I was thirty one years old when I went to The BBC Studios in Newcastle when I was in my mid thirties. I went with Bob Dennis and Simon Schofield at the end of September 2017 we were they until December of that year and finished for Christmas. It was a really good experience and it was very good I enjoyed it a lot and it was a lot of fun to.

Talk TV Isobel Oakeshott.

I really like watching Isobel Oakeshott on Talk TV when she is on some of the Talk TV shows with other people I think she is really good. She is on a lot of the Talk TV News shows she is also on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Talk TV sometimes to I think she is very good and she is also sometimes on Question Time on BBC One now and again to.