CentralTrainer
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Slam door EMUs and compartments.
Always wanted the experience of riding one of those - sadly I was slightly too young to be around when they went out of service.
Slam door EMUs and compartments.
Always wanted the experience of riding one of those - sadly I was slightly too young to be around when they went out of service.
There are still compartments in mainland Europe, though not as common as they once were.
The Bluebell Railway has just opened a former elephant transporter wagon as a kids play zone.Circus animals were routinely moved by rail, there is a similar picture of Elephants coming out of Ipswich Station in the 1950's (scroll down to about the 9th picture).
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/d...look-like-when-it-originally-opened-1-4861329
This is actually lost on a lot of forum members.....some of the bigger staions years ago were dire to say the least.
I remember the dirt and squalor well into the 80's
I remember it in the 90s! Manchester Piccadilly was dire.
1. Relief Trains - often these would run on inter-city routes. They would inevitably be formed of rakes of Mark I coaches with compartments and any 1st class vehicles in the rake more often than not declassified. Classic traction (such as a "roarer" on the WCML) would often be found on these services making them a magnet for enthusiasts.
Summer-Saturdays-only services to every seaside town in the country
Platform tickets
2. Trains being diverted via alternative routes during engineering works rather than just being bustituted like they are today.
The flipperty flip sound as the departure board set out the next services to leave.
As previously mentioned.
Utter filth.
Also
DMUs running with knackered exhausts.
Passengers relying on timetables when boarding a service.
Planters made of old tractor tyres in major stations.
Fences and barriers made from welded track remnants.
Direct dial telephone numbers to your local station (where staff would take over the phone ticket sales, hand deliver tickets and pick up the cheque at the same time!)
Casey Jones burgers that would take the roof of your mouth off.
But mostly.
Utter filth.
I remember it in the 90s! Manchester Piccadilly was dire.
Think the OP means slam door stock? If with non-corridor compartments, they went in the early 80s?