Recent content by Geoff DC

When I was a kid everything was Steam Hauled except for the Green Southern Electrics. So everything has been new to me except the 150s that looked old, just like the Southern Electrics, even when new.

First is always full too, with paying customers. From chatting to others I've met Doctors, solicitors etc. all paying top dollar.

If trains are consistently full and standing including Toilets, Vestibules & any other spare space, then surely XC must be most profitable & if not why not ??

If you want to change from XC to GWR, Newton Abbott is much nicer and there is a good pub right by the station

On GWR they make a useful cushion to soften the seat

I reckon a lot of local Cornish might use a train to Padstein, whereas currently, I doubt few venture there anymore - same as Snives

A pity Newquay Airport is not included. Maybe an integrated Airport bus from St Columb Road would work ??

They look very good inside & out. Something similar would be perfect for Penzance/Paddington :lol::lol::lol:

I live close enough to Penzance Town Clock to use the chimes to know the time of day. In common with most other local residents, we also know how to add on another 20 or so minutes in order to get the correct time :lol::lol::lol:

True Bussy - but I'd still rather have a Warrens than a Greggs :E:E:E

Penzance Station ran right up to the harbour until the part nearest the station was infilled to create car parking. A spur led along the adjacent Albert Pier until the connection was severed in 1967. See Cornwall Railway Society: Penzance area - as far as Marazion >>

For me it's the owner-skippered 'Express Skopelitis' in Greece that runs to & from Amorgos & Naxos, stopping at Donousa, Koufonisi, Schoinousa & Irakleia.

Pic of me unloading in Qatar in 1975, Loaded in Maidstone Kent.

That's probably due to lorries needing a completely different driving style to maintain momentum. Lorry drivers will be timing their actions long before a car driver and with a much higher driving position can see much further ahead and to the sides than car drivers. So whilst it may not have...

British trucks regularly ran far afield as far as Pakistan (occasionally India), Russia, the Chinese Border at Almaty, all over the Arabian Peninsula, and as far south as Nigeria in Africa. Not very common for Brits now, but the reverse is still happening. Iranians & Turks, Uzbeks, Kazaks, etc...