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| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 26/03/2011 at 20:29 #2665 | |
Razzabazza123
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I just want to find out because i live in doncaster and people know the train codes . I Just want to find out Moderator: I've edited the title because I couldn't cope with seeing the wrong kind of there/their/they're in the title! Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 26/03/2011 at 20:29 #14335 | |
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Razzabazza123
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I just want to find out because i live in doncaster and people know the train codes . I Just want to find out Moderator: I've edited the title because I couldn't cope with seeing the wrong kind of there/their/they're in the title! Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 26/03/2011 at 22:35 #14345 | |
Peter Bennet
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One of the few public sources that I know of. http://jplanner.travelinenortheast.info/jpclient.exe?newQuery=newQuery Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 26/03/2011 at 22:39 #14346 | |
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Razzabazza123
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TAA
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| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 00:14 #14355 | |
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welshdragon
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or sign up for something like Railmiles and use that to search for headcodes
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| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 05:23 #14362 | |
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Rushey Platt
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welshdragon said:or sign up for something like Railmiles and use that to search for headcodes I might try that Railmiles - in my bashing days of 75k rail miles a year I did it all by hand in a notebook (the old-fashioned kind that had pages and you wrote on them)! Anyone else use it like that? Rob Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 08:46 #14366 | |
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Peter Bennet
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Rushey Platt said:welshdragon said:Me too- still have all my books somewhere- did attempt to put them on a spreadsheet once. Interesting to see people find in cl444 what we found in a Cl40 / 50 etc etc- can't see it myself ..... in my day.... proper trains ...... bah humbug...or sign up for something like Railmiles and use that to search for headcodes Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 09:54 #14370 | |
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Rushey Platt
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Peter Bennet said:Me too- still have all my books somewhere- did attempt to put them on a spreadsheet once. Interesting to see people find in cl444 what we found in a Cl40 / 50 etc etc- can't see it myself ..... in my day.... proper trains ...... bah humbug... I don't think I even recorded units! What I'd also really like is a trackbashing app that automatically marked off lines done on a map, that would be cool :) Rob Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 10:17 #14372 | |
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Peter Bennet
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Or link it to GPS so it'd fill in the route and mileage for you!- And a TOPS App that would diagram your day for you- no need for a "bible" then. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 11:04 #14377 | |
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TomOF
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The old GNER website used to list both the headcode and traction type in their timetable section. I haven't seen any other TOC do this since. Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 11:16 #14379 | |
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Rushey Platt
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The staff section of the National Rail website does realtime information with reporting numbers, Trainplan train IDs, etc. Password protected, though! Rob Log in to reply |
| How do people know the traincodes in their area? 27/03/2011 at 14:10 #14407 | |
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UKTrainMan
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Don't be afraid to ask train drivers or other staff for a train's headcode. Generally speaking they're normally happy to provide it. In-fact a couple of times in the past when getting a train at my local station I would speak to the member of staff in the ticket office and ask for the train's headcode and they would provide it generally without a problem, although I would normally briefly explain the reason behind asking just to ally any unspoken concerns they may have. TomOF said: The old GNER website used to list both the headcode and traction type in their timetable section.And East Coast thankfully still do! 
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