Recent content by GS250

Presume if mk2 d-f, they will need a generator van in the rake to provide the ETH?

Both the ones I went on were actually very good. I rated my driving skills as 8/10 when asked by the instructor early on. I reduced this to 4/10 just before the course ended having realised how little I actually knew about driving, safety and road markings etch

I went to a speed awareness course expecting an argument. I came out more educated on road safety and more humble about my own driving ability.

Yes that was my exact recollection of St Pancras. Quite a few times as a young kid my dad would take me to London's termini. Kings Cross and Paddington were the most enjoyable. Even the platform ends at Euston were a good place to be purely due to the amount of movements. We used to pop into St...

Plus the WCML was wanting to run it's express passenger services at 100mph. Don't think the poor old MML stood a chance of retaining it's newer mk1s. Out of interest was the limit generally 90mph on the MML? Obviously the 'Peaks' were (theoretically) limited to this speed but didn't the odd 47...

Weren't the Nottingham and Sheffield services fairly run down during this period too? Often lacking catering facilities and being the last IC route to receive MK2 carriages?

Yes definitely scope for a separate thread! One can only wonder how it got there too. I'd say almost certainly it went via Harwich!

The 'old' St Pancras was actually quite a depressing place from memory (late 70s early 80s). Seem to recall it was rather unkempt and saw a fairly low frequency service in general? Two DMU suburban services per hour, 1 semi fast to Bedford and 1 all shacks to Luton. Expresses to Nottingham and...

Timed to meet a Ferry to Shetland I wonder?

Out of interest was Thurso or Wick ever part of an overnight service?

Pretty sure a very limited number of Harwich - Liverpool Street 'boat trains' offered breakfast at weekends in the early 80s? Maybe a vain attempt to impress the Dutch although no doubt there was a cheaper and more plentiful version on the ferry. I do recall catering on the GE being pretty...

Didn't scheduled sleeper services run from London Marylebone to Manchester and Birkenhead too?

You are normally so calm and water off a duck's back. Everyone has their vulnerability eh ;) Saying that though, I can't see us entering the customs union or single market in isolation. It would either have to be fully in or not at all. That debate is probably for another thread. If the likes...

Sadly the likes of Cameron and May represent the old EU lapdog days and every reason why we ended up with brexit. The failed old status quo if you like. I don't think whether Cameron or May being remainers is particularly relevant though. Britain has left the EU and won't be going back any...

You could say though it was the likes of Cameron who caused all the division in the first place. His utter naive approach to the EU vote and not even considering that Britain may actually vote to leave says a lot. Yes, you get the feeling he's a dignified and decent man. But is turning the...