Deltic Ghosts

delticbob · Post by **delticbob** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 10:31 am

And keeping better time than the trains of Arriva Trains Northern.

Bob

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 10:55 am

On 2002-06-08 11:31, delticbob wrote:
And keeping better time than the trains of Arriva Trains Northern.

Bob

Lol probably I mean these ghost trains are only like 20 years late at least

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 3:00 pm

Arriva trains northern isn't a railway company, it's a disaster! get it right next time, gents...

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 5:29 pm

not lets be fair to them here, they ARE a disaster but they have a damn good go at attempting to be a train operator

(any chance of a slagging off Arriva forum Matt)

Goingnorth · Post by **Goingnorth** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 5:42 pm

Well I'd join that debate. AVN have made the biggest mess of Northern England train services to date, I'm surprised they are still in business.

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 5:43 pm

You're right, they're worse then the LNER! and that's saying something...

Goingnorth · Post by **Goingnorth** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 5:54 pm

Well I can't disagree there...

When you can't get a train going south from Sunderland at 8pm in the evening there's something very wrong.

delticbob · Post by **delticbob** » Sat Jun 08, 2002 7:51 pm

Just to have a dig at another operator for a moment.

I have got the new Summer Timetable for GNER (I have not checked Mon-Fri or Sundays) but the last train for London on Saturdays leaves Doncaster just before 9.30 pm and the last train from London departs at 9.15. Hardly late night services.

Why have I got the GNER Timetables, cos I have been inputting them into Rob's GNEReastcoast route!

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Mon Jun 10, 2002 10:14 am

Well if anyone wants to see a Deltic Ghost this saturday (15.06.02) D9000 is heading for Edinburgh and back (0830 ex Kings Cross).

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:33 am

Make that 0818 Kings Cross, 1440 at Edinburgh. Late Railtrack timings!

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 9:56 am

are you Clairvoyant Basil? cos you seem to know when a ghost train is running

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 11:30 am

No, Claire voyant is my sister - she works in the Railtrack timings department! As for seeing ghosts, I might make the effort to get a shot of it on saturday and post it here!

Mattaf · Post by **Mattaf** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 12:41 pm

On 2002-06-04 22:35, Timcourt1 wrote:
Nene Valley tunnel at Wansford is allegedly haunted, as many who work on the line will tell, hadnt seen anything myself but its damn spooky in there.

The home owner on the former Stamford and essendine railway at belmesthorpe Rutland late at night years ago reported hearing al loud rumbling noise in the middle of the night on numerous occasions

The house was built on the embankment over the river Guash next to the old level crossing and station in the village.

Go to this to see how haunted I inteand to make it (Evil Cackle!)

http://forums.atomic-systems.com/viewto ... 6&start=30

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 1:27 pm

the only difference been in the real world it is haunted (allegedly) by the navvies who built it and the old Wansford station cat

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:29 am

When I were a kid, Immingham Depot used to be impossible to get round for trainspotters. However, a driver there told me there was a smokie Grey cat that lived at the depot and the depot foremen were very fond of it and adopted it as their depot mascot. I learned that by asking if it would be at all possible to take a photo of the cat, I invariably got given a guided tour with a driver while looking for the cat - and got the numbers and pics that I wanted

I wonder if the cat haunts the depot now...