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Belper station, in Derbyshire is one of the best kept stations iv ever been to, and in contrast, Bottlesford station is the worst iv ever stopped at It wasn't the same a few years ago, all of those new plants have been added recently and used to be thick undergrowth and the station became home to a...

allypally wrote:Bad joke, since it looks like a Desiro, what would occur if SWT sticks it into service into Waterloo?

Ah sorry rather slow on the up take, quite cleaver now I've got it tho LOL!

allypally wrote:Stock shortages in London bring in units from around the country, giving shortformed services into London Waterloo. We apologise for any delays and inconvience this may cause!

Did I miss something?

What a huge shame when Anglia used to run the Norwich - Liverpool St. and local services so well. Its a shame to see something good turn bad. But I don't know all the details and maybe those lines are okay and its just the Ex Great Eastern franchise thats suffering???

I think its in regular service, I live on West Street and have seen it quite a bit recently. I think they're only doing one at a time as part of their mid-life refurb. Its pretty much the same except the 4 seats in low level between the doors in the end cars have been removed to make more standing r...

nwallace wrote:Why give surplus stock any TLC

A good point I was thinking more along the lines of the Mk3s that still see regular use.

I think some of the older HST set ones are getting quite old and heard that the West Coast stock had been showing signs of rusting. Still though surely they've got another 5 - 10 years in them with a bit of TLC.

At least the beauties will be in use somewhere!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4673588.stm Found these pictures on the bbc website of run down railway stations. Although I agree they're not very nice, especially ones with lots of litter (which is a sad shame we need our bins back) where do they expect the money to come from? Then again i...

A class 37? To you my sir £49.99

http://www.hornby.com/pages/prod_det.aspx?id=7506

Only joking, its good to have a dream/goal in life, I used to hear of people buying scrap class 47's of EWS for 5K?

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Peter Ainsworth, MP for East Surrey, has proposed a motion in Parliament, backed by 70 MPs, which calls for train companies to install the broadband horns used in the US, at a cost of £700 each, or revert to the old horns. A snip! I say introduce them instantly on every train in the UK. Its only Â...

I think when HST's were first introduced on the ECML they had 2 buffet cars, one for regular customers and one for first class meals? But that was before my time so I carn't be certain, although I do know there are 2 types of Buffet car, one type with a fully equipped kitchen and one thats more basic.

AlistairW wrote: The brige (in Grey) incase you didn't know which one the Saltash is (Photo off Google Images)

Winces, although I would love 2 lay claim 2 such a photo, it isn't mine I found it on google images. I do have a shot of 2 Intercity HSTs crossing the Tay Bridge in Scotland somewhere though...

Post your did you knows here... Did you know that Brunels Saltash Bridge was actually a gold sandstone color until it got painted grey in the war to stop it been detcted by german planes. The brige (in Grey) incase you didn't know which one the Saltash is (Photo off Google Images) http://www.users.b...

I took my comment down as I dont want to be part of this...

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