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  1. SM Chobham Int

    Most powerfully hauled passenger trains

    having just watched catchup of worlds most scenic rail journies - New Zealand where the train goes through Arthur’s Pass using 4x their fruit salad locos at 3300hp each, total 13,200hp....... having been on it - it’s very impressive. I wondered what the UKs most powerfully booked passenger...
  2. SM Chobham Int

    Trains on tv or film

    ive just watched the new BBC drama gold digger....... 3 times they showed an exterior of an HST for a journey to or from Paddington & Devon which is ok despite them being recently replaced....... but each time the interior shots were in a Thames Turbo (or similar) Has there ever been a UK rail...
  3. SM Chobham Int

    Fast Pompey services in the 70s/80s

    when he was alive my Dad regularly complained that modern day services on his line to Portsmouth were 14 minutes slower than BR days...... as I have quoted this a couple of times I wondered if this was actually so - I have no old BR timetable to refer to....... Thanks SM Chobham International

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