David Pearce

Rail engineer. Partial to waving sticks around in fields. All views my own.

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@SW_Help just FYI the EAD glass is smashed on the outside of D door of carriage 68125 as I had to let passengers off when the doors were locked with the parents separated from their kids. Could you please let the fleet team know?

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

Hi @VirginAtlantic I need to look at changing a flight from Delhi to Heathrow on Monday to tomorrow. Is that possible please?

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@MrTimDunn @HeathrowExpress I say behind my hands that their disposal was partly my doing as eng manager at the time 🫣. 332001 is indeed a classroom/education facility. Everyone I know associated with HEx prior to 2021 was delighted they didn’t all get the brutal Newport claw of doom…

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@GNRailUK carriage 422174 has some pretty hideous hunting at the London end of the carriage. May be worth alerting the fleet team. Bit inconsistent so probably needs a tech to ride it!

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@railair Yes thanks - I understand we’ll now have to get a train to finish our journey

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@railair any idea why the 1450 RA2 to Guildford just never turned up at Terminal 5 please?

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@British_Airways can I take a ski helmet on board with my hand luggage please?

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@PompeyDriver That was mine this morning! Thanks for getting me to work despite the disruption!

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@Captain_Deltic @DriverPotter Big advertising campaign at Waterloo

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@DavidHorne Thanks David! Appreciate the reply! As a T&RS engineer I’ll watch their progress with great interest :)

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

For the non-train people. Here’s a sh*T load of chocolate.

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

For the train peeps. This is a 22-car Stadler EC250 awaiting departure for Lugano this morning. 22-car. That’s real capacity.

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@MrMappy Probably give them a heart attack to know that in Zurich yesterday we saw 8-car double deck units coupling with the stationary unit having its doors open…

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@25kV @stephen37292ML I was about to say the horns shouldn’t be getting that much wear and there’s some very obvious signs of having struck a couple of things on those carbons!

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@Clinnick1 @RailOpsGroup Very nice!

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

Investigating delays caused by intestines on the overhead line is definitely a new one..:

[David Pearce @dpearce21]

@DieselDragonUK @Hampo The Toblerones were added to reduce the risk at the platform train interface as Merseyrail has a slightly unique gauge. Unlikely you’ll see it elsewhere. The UIC numbers are optional on new fleets but I know TPE have them on their Mk5s and I believe a few other fleets do too.