On 01/01/2016 11:37, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 10:59:02 on
Fri, 1 Jan 2016, e27002 aurora remarked:

Who knows what the completed Crossrail will be called.

It could well be merged into the Overground brand.

It's going to be called Crossrail. It has it's own purple roundel.
http://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/crossrail-gets-its-roundel/

(The interim "TfL Rail" brand was created for the Shenfield service
before it later becomes Crossrail, rather than it also being branded
London Overground.)


Meanwhile Crossrail is not bad.

Thameslink has clung on, despite attempts to name it stupid things like
First Capital Connect.

Thameslink remained the name of part of the FCC service.

On 03/01/2016 10:48, e27002 aurora wrote:
[...]
And, yes I am aware the trendy thing is to keep all ones music on a
hard drive. But, I like having the CDs.


You're a bit out of date... music is streamed from the cloud these days!

Lots of the younger folk listen to all sorts of stuff from all eras, as
it's so easily available.

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:36 +0000
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , e27002 aurora
writes
OTOH, there are serious Cons:
The Hammersmith Branch would have to be re-electrified and probably
re-signalled. At the very least track circuit immunization would have
to change. One the S7 Stock Depots is at Hammersmith, that depot
capacity would have to be provided elsewhere.

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

That seems a waste of a very large facility. Why?

--
Spud

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:08:47 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:36 +0000
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , e27002 aurora
writes
OTOH, there are serious Cons:
The Hammersmith Branch would have to be re-electrified and probably
re-signalled. At the very least track circuit immunization would have
to change. One the S7 Stock Depots is at Hammersmith, that depot
capacity would have to be provided elsewhere.

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

That seems a waste of a very large facility. Why?

Isn't the shed at Hammersmith now too short ? S stock isn't designed
for conveniently splitting and shunting like older stock.

On 2016\01\11 16:00, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , e27002 aurora
writes
OTOH, there are serious Cons:
The Hammersmith Branch would have to be re-electrified and probably
re-signalled. At the very least track circuit immunization would have
to change. One the S7 Stock Depots is at Hammersmith, that depot
capacity would have to be provided elsewhere.

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

We have to take trains from Ealing Common to Edgware Road for H&C
services now.

In service, I hope. Does "We" mean District drivers? i.e. The District
drivers have to take the trains from the depot to Edgware Road, hand
them over to Circle & Hammersmith drivers and then go back to Ealing on
the cushions?

In article ,
(Charles Ellson) wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:08:47 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:36 +0000
Steve Fitzgerald ] wrote:
In message , e27002 aurora
writes
OTOH, there are serious Cons:
The Hammersmith Branch would have to be re-electrified and probably
re-signalled. At the very least track circuit immunization would have
to change. One the S7 Stock Depots is at Hammersmith, that depot
capacity would have to be provided elsewhere.

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

That seems a waste of a very large facility. Why?

Isn't the shed at Hammersmith now too short ? S stock isn't designed
for conveniently splitting and shunting like older stock.

Can't be. It was being used when the stock was mixed. I'm sure I saw S7
stock in the sheds when I went on the last C Stock tour which ended there.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 12/01/2016 20:16, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

In message , Paul Corfield
writes

Hammersmith is no longer a depot as such. It's just a stabling point.

We have to take trains from Ealing Common to Edgware Road for H&C
services now.

Back on the front now?

Have been for over a year.

Do you like the S-stock - from a driver's POV that is?

On 12/01/2016 20:51, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

In message , Mizter T
writes
Do you like the S-stock - from a driver's POV that is?

I love them. Comfortable, good driving position, cab air-com (although
it's a bit noisy) and hi-tech controls (which always goes down well with
me!)

It's almost disappointing when a D stock turns up as they are getting
dated and not much loved by the depots these days.

That's great to hear! I like them from a passenger's perspective too -
lots of space, big wide doors, smooth ride.

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 12/01/2016 20:51, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

In message , Mizter T
writes
Do you like the S-stock - from a driver's POV that is?

I love them. Comfortable, good driving position, cab air-com (although
it's a bit noisy) and hi-tech controls (which always goes down well with
me!)

It's almost disappointing when a D stock turns up as they are getting
dated and not much loved by the depots these days.

That's great to hear! I like them from a passenger's perspective too
- lots of space, big wide doors, smooth ride.

I agree except for the lack of transverse seats on the S7s. One advantage of
the S8s which I last used.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 12/01/2016 20:51, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

In message , Mizter T
writes
Do you like the S-stock - from a driver's POV that is?

I love them. Comfortable, good driving position, cab air-com (although
it's a bit noisy) and hi-tech controls (which always goes down well with
me!)

It's almost disappointing when a D stock turns up as they are getting
dated and not much loved by the depots these days.

That's great to hear! I like them from a passenger's perspective too
- lots of space, big wide doors, smooth ride.

I agree except for the lack of transverse seats on the S7s. One advantage of
the S8s which I last used.

Yes, I always try and grabs transverse seat on an S8, even a rear facing
one.