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Tom-the-eagle  Croydon 15 Oct 19 5.24pm |
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What a depressing experience. I hardly ever take the train for anything. On a train up to town as I wrote this though. Glad I don’t have to do this everyday.
"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit |
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 cryrst  The garden of England 15 Oct 19 5.50pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
What a depressing experience. I hardly ever take the train for anything. On a train up to town as I wrote this though. Glad I don’t have to do this everyday. Up town tom.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 15 Oct 19 6.15pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Up town tom. Giving it the large on a Tuesday night mate!
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| cryrst The garden of England 15 Oct 19 7.31pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
Giving it the large on a Tuesday night mate! Groundhog day tom.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 15 Oct 19 8.10pm |
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Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle
What a depressing experience. I hardly ever take the train for anything. On a train up to town as I wrote this though. Glad I don’t have to do this everyday. Commuting by train or just up to town is pretty grim , i agree.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 15 Oct 19 10.52pm |
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The Oxted and east grinstead line is alright still. Clean, fast and civilised.
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 15 Oct 19 11.33pm |
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Originally posted by sickboy
Commuting by train or just up to town is pretty grim , i agree. Back in my drinking days I ended up in Seattle after a week or so I had to get back to NYC. Rather than fly I got the train right across the country to Chicago then up to NYC. That was some journey.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 16 Oct 19 1.05pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
Back in my drinking days I ended up in Seattle after a week or so I had to get back to NYC. Rather than fly I got the train right across the country to Chicago then up to NYC. That was some journey. Thats what i am talking about.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Oct 19 1.21pm |
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I recall the 'Slam door' trains during the period when guards used to alight at a station, wave to the driver to signal he/she could move and get back on whilst the train was in motion.Always though that one day the guard wouldn't make it back to the train !
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| Ghostship Norfolk 16 Oct 19 4.49pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I recall the 'Slam door' trains during the period when guards used to alight at a station, wave to the driver to signal he/she could move and get back on whilst the train was in motion.Always though that one day the guard wouldn't make it back to the train ! Saw a nasty incident involving a slam door train during the morning commute years ago. Train arrives and the doors open outwards hitting a bloke square in the face who was standing on the platform waiting to get on knocking him out cold. Always thought it was daft to have doors like that but health and safety was just an afterthought back then.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Oct 19 5.18pm |
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Originally posted by Ghostship
Saw a nasty incident involving a slam door train during the morning commute years ago. Train arrives and the doors open outwards hitting a bloke square in the face who was standing on the platform waiting to get on knocking him out cold. Always thought it was daft to have doors like that but health and safety was just an afterthought back then. One could open the slam-doors whilst the train was in motion. Many moons ago an old colleague in a temulent state after large consumptions of alcohol opened the door and leapt out of train at East Croydon station as it was pulling in to where he intended to alight, thinking it was leaving the station. He crashed on to the platform with an almightly thud and did damage to both his knees.
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| thegreatlardino crawley/selsey 16 Oct 19 6.02pm |
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i got battered by one at east croydon when the plum let the door open and it hit me on the back...but then jumping on the train whilst moving with door open as it just started to leave happy days, almost as cool as jumping on the back of a moving routemaster!
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