Alasdair Clift

queer train guy. chaotic pansexual (taken). anxious engineering student. rep stan. 23. he/him. @trainboy_priv is my priv, definitely not @NeroDerg🐉

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

new pinned tweet because I found myself a dork :3

Hi! I'm Alasdair. Start running

Few things about be:

- 21 (it's supposed to be fun)
- trains <3
- taken <33
- unhinged swiftie
- bri'ish 😔🇬🇧
- chaotic bi/pansexual🏳️‍🌈 (either label is fine)
- struggling engineering student

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@northernassist It’s alright - it looks as if it’s ended up in front of 1B33 at Burnley anyway so they should still be fine to make the connection

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@northernassist Hi, I’ve got a friend who is trying to make it to Blackpool, and due to the disruption at Bolton has been sent via Blackburn on 2N98 from Manchester Victoria. They were hoping to connect onto 1B33 at Blackburn, however as 2N98 is running a few minutes late…

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

…they’re down to only having a 1 minute connection at Blackburn onto 1B33. Would it be possible to hold 1B33 at Blackburn so they can make their connection? It would be much appreciated, otherwise it’s another hour on top of the disruption they’ve already had today.

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@john_auldtoon @Globalstats11 …attempts while they were part of the Northern Ireland Executive. It was only after the executive collapsed after the 2017 assembly election, and the subsequent failure to form an executive by the 2019 deadline, that the UK Parliament legalised same sex marriage there

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@john_auldtoon @Globalstats11 If we’re being 100% accurate, it was first legalised in England and Wales on the 13th March 2014, while Scotland followed on the 16th December. Only reason the UK is listed as 2020 is because Northern Ireland didn’t legalise until then, as the DUP consistently vetoed all prior…

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@MickMyers72 @theiaincameron The boundary is along the M3 since it’s a motorway - J1-J4 is in Zone 3, J4-J12 is in Zone 2

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@MickMyers72 @theiaincameron The zones are slightly different for motorways than for A/B roads. A/B roads use the single digit A roads as zone boundaries (e.g. A1, A2, A3 etc) while Motorways use the single digit motorways as their boundaries (e.g. M1, M2, M3). The M27 is mostly in motorway zone 2

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

just experiencing the heart-pounding anxiety of the ballot paper having the party i’m voting for next to the borderline n*zi party and me constantly checking a million times that I haven’t accidentally voted for brummie Hitler

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

remember to vote tomorrow and for the love of god don’t vote reform (or tory), vote for whoever’s most likely to keep them out

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@ClaretBlueTrain @SionJohn43185 @Clinnick1 @CrossCountryUK @AlstomUK @Modern_Railways Based on RailForums reporting (so take with a pinch of salt), of the 220s:

006, 008, and 016 are currently at Litchurch Lane being done (006 being closest to completion and 016 only just having gone in).

001, 021, 023, 025, 027, 028, 033 have all been done

No 221s done yet

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@alexnw102 @lfg_uk @EmilyCh38476529 Worth noting that the Bakerloo line fleet was supposed to be replaced by now - and the Central Line’s heavily refurbished - but both have been delayed by nearly a decade due to funding issues related to both COVID and the severing of UK government subsidy to TfL in 2015

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@alexnw102 @lfg_uk @EmilyCh38476529 Hardly average actually - this issue is almost exclusively seen on the Bakerloo and Central lines which both have chronic fleet shortages at the moment, which mean they have to put graffitied trains in service rather than cleaning them. Other lines don’t have this issue

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@habidz @ReissOmari Boots moved to the other end of the departure boards a few months ago so the space was empty - definitely an improvement as the Greggs was teeny

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

i choose to believe the bin collector in person was a ttpd fan and vowed to get revenge on matty, chose not to empty his trash (since matty himself is trash) them called him a cunt at their first opportunity

respect 🫡

[putasinghonit @putasinghonit]

the concept of a bin man calling matty healy a cunt as he stands next to an overflowing bin full of three weeks worth of rubbish

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@rushman1uk @LNER There aren’t enough Azumas available to run the whole service, and so a few InterCity 225 sets were kept. They do plan on replacing them with new CAF build Class 897 “Serenza” trains, however they’re not expected to enter service until 2028

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@RT190523 @TfL @jimmynokes Guess it’s because there’s lower demand for overnight services via Bank, especially as a number of stations on it feature Night Tube from other lines, plus it increases how much training is required for Night Tube drivers to be trained to operate both branches

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@UptownDonkey02 @pannekook mate we don’t need to know your ao3 history

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@Itsdragonflies @ClanMcRaeMason @futuredci @daiquiriheiress Before, construction started 1987, was opened during 1994

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@ClanMcRaeMason @Itsdragonflies @futuredci @daiquiriheiress Perhaps that’s where we differ then. With anything, I have to consider the cost of doing something when decide whether or not it’s possible. That’s the reality of engineering in this day and age.

[Alasdair Clift @wheres_ally2016]

@ClanMcRaeMason @Itsdragonflies @futuredci @daiquiriheiress Yes, that is one thing that’s very true about engineering. Anything can be made to work - if you’re given a blank cheque to work with. Realistically, any scheme to build tunnels in ground like that in New Orleans is likely to cost many times more than the benefit they bring