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It looks like the end is nigh for the British Class 43 ‘Intercity 125’ HST, with their replacements, the Hitachi SuperExpress ‘IEP’, now entering service in droves. Built between 1975 and 1982, the Intercity 125 ‘HST’ trains are officially the fastest diesel trains ever produced anywhere in the world, setting a record of 148mph in 1987 which STILL hasn’t been beaten. They’ve already put in a good, solid and genuinely rather astonishing 40 years of solid service, and during that time, they’ve been painted in many, many different liveries and variations – all of which we’re bringing together, right here. For clarity, we’re not including allover advertising paint-jobs, small amendments, temporary bastardisations or special commemorative colour schemes here. That would just be ridiculous. Take a seat, grab a coffee and prepare to engage in some Valenta-powered nostalgia… British Rail blue and grey Image source: Wikimedia Commons The prototype HST power cars, along wi...

“You will get what you want, when you stop making excuses on why you don’t have it.” How do you wake up in the morning? Do you jump out of bed and look forward to starting the day? Do you wake up in the morning and you did not want to get out of bed, hear the alarm clock ring and you press the snooze button over and over again until you are forced to get up and go to the bathroom? Or wake up even more tired? With the busy life style that we lead today, most of the time human beings are operating on autopilot, seldom do we stop and ask ourselves essential questions. In addition we are being constantly bombarded with information ( breaking news, whatsapp messages, tweets, emails… ) and we are reacting to the situations, that our lives are being controlled by external environment that we have forgotten simple concepts of life. What do you think about when you wake up? Do you think about all the things you need to do, the list is endless and you feel overwhelmed before...

“The Grand Tour Game,” the episodic racing game from  Amazon Game Studios  based on “The Grand Tour,” is all about “playing the show” and keeping the emphasis on fun while keeping it accessible for families. Rather than aiming to offer a complete, realistic racing experience, the team told  Variety  that its whole ethos with the upcoming title is geared toward letting people emulating the “cool” things seen during the weekly show. The game is meant to follow the Prime Original series closely as-is, with “seamless” transitions from the show to gameplay as well as a new slate of voice acting from hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. “Every Friday, it knows there’s a new show and a new game and the game will download onto your PlayStation or Xbox. The game gets bigger and bigger…more cars, more tracks, more events, more stuff to do, and more gadgets to play with,” the Amazon Games Team told Variety. New episodes of “The Grand Tour ...

Douglas Adams said it was the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. He meant it as a joke, but a new book shows how the number 42 has played a significant role in history When Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he added a central joke which has become more famous over the years than the novel itself: "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42." Geeks have since wasted years and massive effort trying to ascribe some deep, symbolic significance to the number and its occurrences. Now, in an attempt to cash in on their obsession, a new book published this week, 42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, looks at real-life occurrences of the number 42. The book is timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Adams's death this spring. Scores of adolescents have posited theories about significance of the number. The actor Stephen Fry ...

Alstom and Eversholt Rail have unveiled the design of new hydrogen train for the UK market. The train, codenamed ‘Breeze’, will be a conversion of existing Class 321 trains, re-engineering some of the UK’s most reliable rolling stock, to create a clean train for the modern age. These trains could run across the UK as early as 2022, emitting only water and no harmful emissions at all. The rolling stock conversion will be carried out by Alstom, working in partnership with Eversholt Rail and building upon an established business relationship spanning over 15 years and across multiple rolling stock fleets. This proven and reliable Class 321 is an excellent fit in terms of characteristics, fleet size and availability for conversion to a Hydrogen Multiple Unit (HMU). Alstom and Eversholt Rail are working closely with industry stakeholders to develop the business cases and evaluate detailed introduction plans for fleets of these innovative trains and the associated fuelling infrastruct...

We need routinized habits in the mind to live. You cannot continuously analyze everything before acting.   You live on the basis of habits.   Every habit has a solidified decision behind it. All habits ultimately are habits of the mind. The habits are actually standing orders from the mind to the cells to act in a particular manner. There is   fear habit , there is the   courage habit , there is the   hate habit , there is the   analysis habit , there is the   procrastination habit , there is the   non-acceptance habit , there is the   acceptance habit , there is the   trust habit , there is the   distrust habit ...the number is infinite.   Today, science is based on the habit of mathematical reduction. It is based on the habit of converting self into a machine . I shall come to this aspect of science in another essay. In this essay, I shall deal with the health and happiness giving habit—the habit of love. ...