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RATP London United Darty DPS727 is seen arriving at Slough Station on Monday 28th December with a rail replacement service from Ealing Broadway.
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On Sunday 27th and Monday 28th December 2015 the railway was completely closed between Slough and London Paddington to allow various Crossrail-related works to take place.
Long-distance services were curtailed at Reading or diverted into London Paddington and London Marylebone, whilst a limited half-hourly shuttle train service was operated between Reading and Slough. A half-hourly rail replacement bus service operated between Slough and Ealing Broadway, using RATP London United Darts, Enviro200s and Optare Versas supplemented by coaches from a number of local operators - the route was single-decked because of the low bridge at Langley Station (this was supplemented by additional 'shorts' between Hayes & Harlington and Ealing Broadway, some of which were double-decked). A half-hourly service was also operated between Slough and Maidenhead to serve Burnham and Taplow, which could not be served by trains. This was nominally a separate service but was worked in practice as an extension of the Slough-Ealing Broadway service with buses pausing at Slough for several minutes.
An alternative service was provided between Slough and Hillingdon Underground non-stop for Metropolitan Line connections to Baker Street; this also ran half-hourly this was operated by First Berkshire using Tridents and a Green Line Volvo.
As well as the dedicated rail replacement buses rail tickets were widely accepted on alternative rail, Underground and bus routes in Slough and West London, and the 81 in particular was carrying good loads between Slough and Hounslow West.
For completeness, on both days Reading Buses and Horseman Coaches also operated rail replacement buses between Maidenhead and Marlow, extended to High Wycombe to connect with Chiltern Railways services to and from London Marylebone.
Working on my replacement torso for the CAM body. It's still too long even though I've cut it down twice. I'm not sure why I can't get the proportions right.... I think it's because I want to make sure it's suitably different from the real CAM torso, but you can only do so much before it doesn't look right with the limbs.
The funny thing is that the boobs are quite large... and I was going "Wow, these are too big." Then I tested it with the head and the head is so big that the boobs looked reasonable.
When you think back, this city was completely obliterated as Leningrad and now renamed St Petersburg it's architecture has once more be rebuilt.
An aerial shot of work being done on the new Roche Cove Bridge. The previous single lane timber bridge, which was built in 1928, has been replaced with a two lane concrete bridge on an improved road alignment which includes 1.5m paved shoulders for pedestrians and cyclists across the bridge.
PCB of PIC16F819 based replacement driver for Honeywell CL15AE evaporative air cooler. Details about this project are available at jayakody2000lk.blogspot.com/2019/07/replacement-driver-fo...
An aerial shot of work being done on the new Roche Cove Bridge. The previous single lane timber bridge, which was built in 1928, has been replaced with a two lane concrete bridge on an improved road alignment which includes 1.5m paved shoulders for pedestrians and cyclists across the bridge.
Seaford & District Motor Service, NE05SEA.
A Neoplan Skyliner CH65/26DT that was new to Stagecoach East London for MegaBus services as LX05BWL and later operated with Stagecoach Western as WLT978.
Seen on a Rail Replacement Bus Service at Brighton Railway Station.
Date: 04.10.2015
Rail replacement buses in Lewes on the 7th December, 2013, due to flooding at Newhaven. Travelmasters Volvo B10M-62 Van Hool Alizee T9 BIG 2116 had been called in from Sheerness whilst Southern Transit Leyland Olympian L1 is a far more familiar vehicle in the area. The Volvo had been new to Armchair as W16 APT.
Blackberry Bold 9700 aka The "Onyx"
Blackberry Bold 9000
Smith & Wesson Extreme Ops Tactical
Plantronics 925
Ultrafire C2 Cree Q5-WC LED
Strobist info:
High Powered LED Bulb in Beauty Dish Directly Above
Two Highlight LED Snoots shooting from the Bottom and Top
Covering for an open top working during summer 2003, we see Ford Iveco 46369 (369) L201FDV, operating route 12E.
Taken at Paignton Zoo
When new carried the stone grey and blue Bayline livery, and route branding for service 12 Newton Abbot-Torquay-Paignton
Part of my Dad's Collection
Well, the long anticipated "Woking Weekender" finally arrived and delivered a magnificent array of vehicles operating rail replacement services out to Weybridge, Guildford, Aldershot and Basingstoke throughout both days. No less than 34 different operators provided in excess of 70 buses, coaches and minibuses across both days including three 75-plates. And Burrows Coaches had "both" their East Lancs Darts out - EDIT - STOP PRESS! On Saturday it was LK55ADX and on Sunday it was J8UFX - first with the news!!
Now then, Woking is not the photographer's friend at this time of year due to high-rise office blocks surrounding the station area. Saturday started wet, eased off but remained rather gloomy all day, and Sunday was almost a write-off with clear blue skies and low sun. The one sunny spot we found came with a time limit as a ruddy great big lamppost shadow edged its way into shot therefore limiting use of that corner. All in all though, it proved to be a belter!! Maybe have it in the Spring next time please Network Rail?
It was back to Basingstoke today (12/01/2025) for another look at the rail replacement operation with an impressive 13 departures an hour. A bit of a Barnes-fest certainly added brightness to an otherwise grey day.
The eagerly awaited Basingstoke blockade didn't disappoint on Sunday 9th March 2025 with a whopping 58 rail replacement vehicles seen keeping the passengers moving to points such as Andover, Guildford, Reading, Weybridge, Winchester and Woking. And the sun played ball too with temperature tickling 20 degrees!
Davies Coaches of Cwmgwili maintains a small Rail Replacement fleet of five vehicles - a Ford Transit, a pair of Volvo B7RLEs fitted with Plaxton Centro and Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork, an Optare Solo and an Optare Versa. All carry a smart, though anonymous, grey, white and red livery, and RRxx WAL registrations.
The Plaxton Centro was new to Shropshire operator Minsterley Motors as DX09 GYS. She passed to Yellow Buses of Bournemouth in 2013 and then on to Swansea-based Cymru Coaches in late 2019, where she received registration G11 CYM:
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Davies Coaches acquired her in August 2024 with her original plate re-instated and she then gained current plate RR09 WAL.
This shot from January 2026 shows her waiting time outside Swansea Railway Station when operating a Transport for Wales Rail Replacement service between Swansea and Llanelli.
VW1054 - LK10 BXZ operating on the Jubilee Line Rail Replacement Service operated by Metroline from the Brentford Garage
The Replacements, ‘Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash’, 1981. The Mats were big on the US College circuit. Loud, fast and snotty, with a 13-year-old bass player and shredding lead guitar breaks from his brother. This album’s 40 years old now but timeless. The sound of the suburbs. A garage band playing with all the vim and vigour of youth, for fun; “I hate music/too many notes!” When Grunge broke, I thought it’s just the Replacements slowed down, but po-faced and joyless in comparison.
Jacks Coaches of Middlesbrough's VDL/Berkhof V30JCK is pictured passing York Railway Station on a rail replacement service on March 9th 2024.
Woking Station (south side), Woking.
Rail replacement Woking-Haslemere.
Stagecoach 36914 YX63GYN.
Arriva 6461 SN58EOD.
Stagecoach 26158 SN67WWC.
In 1990 BR were short of new dmus and for a time formed some Blackpool to Manchester Victoria trains with a class 31 loco plus mark 2 coaches. Some of these trains were extended round The Oldham loop via Oldham and Rochdale or Vice versa in order to fill in for 'Sprinter' dmus. Here 31449 heads a train for Blackpool at Ladybridge on the outskirts of Bolton. The train will have travelled from Manchester Victoria via the Oldham loop and back through Manchester Victoria.
Guardrail end piece replacement locations for Phase I of the project are located on:
I-5, I-90, I-405, SR 18, SR 99, SR 509, SR 526 and US 2. A larger map and list of locations can be found at bit.ly/WABCTBlog1
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Alton has a replacement bus service every Sunday now for the Summer! Stagecoach Trident 18527 in The Rivers livery waits at Farnborough before heading back to Alton.