Comments on the user's photos Hagues98

Quote (HAnS, 16.06.2020):
> Is it some kind of trend that TOCs are failing one-by-one with their franchises being terminated, or this is just a coincidence?

Honestly I am not sure, slow introduction of units has meant services are not what they should be and targets haven't been met, so the government has stepped in. However I am not sure if this is for the governments gain. I guess we will see if any more fall.

Не пойму, на опоре гнездо что ли птицы свили?

A question re. nationalization of Northern earlier this year and LNER introduced in 2018.

Is it some kind of trend that TOCs are failing one-by-one with their franchises being terminated, or this is just a coincidence?

Here in true British weather is a Class 195 unit arriving into Mauldeth Road, with a service from Manchester Airport to Barrow in Furness.
These units which have only recently entered traffic with Northern are for regional "Northern Connect" routes and come in 2 and 3 car formations. These will often be coupled to form 4, 5 and 6 car formations when required. So far there is 58 units built in Spain and Wales.

More info - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_195

Quote (Борис Поездун, 15.06.2020):
> Good!

Thanks!

Quote (Алексей Задонский, 15.06.2020):
> Красивое место!

It really is!

Красивое место!

Good!

Belarusian Railway BKG2-009 runs up to beyond the yard at Kena, the Lithuanian border station on the LT/BY border before reversing onto an intermodal train, which later in the day will depart for Belarus.
I believe this is currently the only place in the 3 Baltic countries where you can see electric locomotives. This was my first day of seeing Belarusian Electric locomotives and my first time seeing BKG2 and BKG1 locos. After seeing Alstom Prima locomotives it was nice to see their bigger, Chinese descendants.

Quote (Ташкентский партизан, 14.06.2020):
> Wow! Nice shot :)

Thank you :)

Wow! Nice shot :)

Quote (Denis Solovev, 14.06.2020):
> It's wonderful! Very graceful photo!

Thank you! The landscape is so lovely around here, sadly still less trains run due to Corona.

It's wonderful! Very graceful photo!

TransPennine Express 802 212 is seen rounding the curve into the Village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, the last village before the train will enter the 5.1KM long Standedge Tunnel which takes the railway line under the Pennine hills seen in the background of the photo. Once the train exits the tunnel, it will be in Lancashire as it heads towards Manchester.
The class 802's which have recently entered service for TransPennine are BiMode units which between Newcastle - York run on electric overheads, then switch to the diesel engines to work through to Manchester on the un-electrified TransPennine line.
Photo taken from a drone.

Virgin Trains East Coast (at the time) Class 91 109 "Sir Bobby Robson" waits on Platform 5 at York station, under the impressive station roof whilst working a service from Kings Cross station in London to Newcastle.
These locomotives work in a push - pull formation with MK4 coaches, with a DVT (Driving Van Trailer) up and down the ECML up to speeds of 125MPH (200kph). Until recently 31 of these locomotives operated, until the introduction of the Azuma units (class 800, 801 and 802). However 10 still remain in service, for now anyway.

More info for anyone who is interested here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_91
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_4

Quote (Devochka ЭП1, 12.06.2020):
> Luxuriously! I really like this photo!

Thank you!:)

Quote (Stanislav Savitskiy, 12.06.2020):
> Это больше похоже, на рельсовый автобус, а не на дизель поезд.

Pretty true to be fair.

Quote (lumberjack, 12.06.2020):
> I like your photos + this photos from interesting places. Good job ;)

Quote (Craizer, 12.06.2020):
> Richard, thanks to you we have learned a lot about the life of the British railway. Thank you very much!

Quote (VladDzen, 12.06.2020):
> Cool photo! Thx for the interesting angles!

Thank you all very much))

Cool photo! Thx for the interesting angles!

Цитата (Mehanik75, 10.06.2020):
> К автору фото,пишите пожалуйста комментарии на русском! Сайт в основном русскоязычный. Всей аудитории что ли пользоваться из-за Вас переводчик?

А почему бы, на сайтах семейства СТТС, не сделать, как на Facebook, т.е. каждый автор пишет на своем родном языке, а кому надо, под комментарием нажимает - показать перевод?