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Wouldn't a DSO be a Driving Standard Open? AFAIK the syntax of the letters have meaning - or used to have meaning - too?

What happened to TSOD?

What does DSO stand for?

HSTs being used on a line with a maximum speed for passenger trains (according to Wikipedia) of 100 km/h... Heh 1699819934 According to Wikipedia, they already have ex-Amtrak (and ex-UP) equpiment: Two ex-Union Pacific SD70M locomotives, 12 ex-Amtrak passenger cars (including three Amfleets)...

Pretty certain, based on the WTTs and timetables I have excerpts of, that they were two separate trains, both running over the WCML 1694286278 Thanks for the info. I see that the original poster on Flickr now also have updated the post there with pretty much the same info

Britain should have pruned it's railway network to whatever lines could be converted to Berne gauge (UIC gauge).

So basically two sets of five cars and one powercar?

Is there any truth in the rumours about an HST set (possibly two sets each with only one powercar?) going to Mexico?

Possible, I guess. I thought the sleepers too had been included in the fixed formations change around 1990ish, but I guess they may not have been? I've got pretty reliable formation data for the Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Poole/Penzance sleepers from the summer of 91, but not been able...

But weren't the sleepers already maxed out length-wise (max 16 cars) at this point?

Never claimed the to first Mk1s were anything other than Motorail GUVs, but were wondering about the large number of BGs

Still seems an unrealistically large number of BGs for a sleeper train of that era though? And the other two Mk1s are still a mystery? I'd guess that if aircon Mk2 seaters were lacking, they'd have gone for non-AC Mk2s as replacement instead of Mk1s (were there even regular Mk1s available...

Wasn't Clansman a day train? The caption on Flickr says it's the Euston - GC sleeper 1690289108 Yes, it's the number of BGs that confuse me too, surely the Euston - GC Sleeper wouldn't need more than 1 BG? AFAIK the sleeping car block was a total of 10 cars at this point - 3 sleepers, lounge...

Were there pure motorail trains as late as the summer of 1991 though?

Union Pacific in the US has one steam locomotive that never officially retired from service (although it was stored for some time), and is still used to run steam specials to this day