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Reading the thread, I am intrigued. Some threads state that there is certain infrastructure upgrades as needed to cope with 11 car sets. Considering that most stations where the pendos stop were built by LNWR and hence upgraded by LMS to cope with 14 carriage trains, where is the upgrade...

Nice choice there BestWestern As I started the thread, I better put mine Best looking Diesel Locomotive (current and all time) Current - Virgin Class 57 "Zombie" without additional coupling - What a way to give the Old Class 47 a new and glamorous look. All time - Class 35 "Hymek" in either...

I know it is shallow to decide on the best looking trains, but hey, we all like trains, the appeal of the motion, the sound of steam, the exhilaration of the speed. So, I ask for you to have a think of the best looking of the following. Obviously most will rely on the colour scheme too. so...

156459 seems to follow me a lot in the mornings. It seems that I am not the only one with this train. However I wonder for how much longer, now that the ex-LM are starting to cascade to Northern.

The usual train I got on this morning (07:48 from Hazel Grove to Manchester Picc) consisted of 150112.

As far as I am aware the timescale of withdrawing the various roarers were as follows:- Class 84 - 1980 Class 82 - 1987 Class 83 - 1989 Class 81 - 1991 Class 85 - 1992 Most were due to the Class 87 becoming fully on stream, with the '86s covering shorter journeys that the earlier classes used...

Do we know what is going to happen to the ex-LM 150's? Much as i dislike the 150's (seating config mainly) they are still FAR better than the pacers for suburban running. I know that Northern seem to be a dumping ground (sorry, cascading....) for older units. But at least if these 150's would...

Hi, I am a new member and liked reading this interesting thread. So the question is what do we want HS2 to do for us? Well increased speed between London and the major conubations is a must. Not just a 10mins here, 20 mins there, but a major increase in speed. Increase in capacity is needed...