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More gibberish from know-it-all veg. 155s would require re-training. They may look similar to 153s but electrically they are not. There are significant enough differences, particularly with circuit breakers and under solebar equipment. From a northern driver who signs both.

Don't think it was 91023 that involved in Sandy. However it was definately involved in Hatfield (it didn't tip) and Great Heck (again didn't tip). Incredibly it didn't become too damaged in either incident but when it went in for repairs it was re-numberd 91132 in the 91/1 program.

You might referring to the engine hunting for fuel. I'm told they are supposed to do this but don't know why.

I believe it's to keep the lettering consistent throughout all of their trains, IIRC 'A' is used for bike/luggage reservations in the power car or TGS of the HSTs. Not sure what letter is used for the DVT space as that's at the opposite end of the train.

Bus Ferry The ferry is £2.75, the bus shouldn't be much more. So should be less than a tenner each.

The round trip via Skye is recommended, I did a few years ago. You don't get to see that much of the Skye, but the scenery is still excellent. You also have the advantage of doing two different lines in one trip.

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Doubt it. No talk of that from people I know from Northern. Sounds like end of platform veg talk.

As far as I'm aware 333s are staying in the Leeds area. Probably gonna be a desiro replacement in the north west region. They seem like the electric unit of choice just now!

Veg.

No. I said I would prefer a VEP or whatever (i.e. any of the old mk1 stock) if they were still in regular service rather than on a branch I rarely travel on. Now stop frothing otherwise someone may mistake you for a unit stoat ;)

Out of all the trains currently running on the Southern I find the Desiros the most pleasant to travel on. Having said that the furthest I've done on one is Waterloo - Alton, so I can't comment on long distance journeys. Given the choice I'd probably choose a VEP or whatever, but apart from...

Old stuff/'enthusiast' perspective - 101, 303, 308 Newer stuff/'passenger' perspective - 156, 185, 222, 332, 333, 444, 450

Generally because they're seen to have replace 'better' traction. Personally I don't mind them, they can look decent in a photo and the alternative would probably either be something just as bland or nothing at all.

Last time I checked 86, 87, 90 and 92s weren't diesel ;)

Are you going to own up which one was you then? ;) Obviously it was always going to be slightly bias, but I think it gave an interesting insight into the company.

Both approaches to Sunderland have quite slow linespeeds so I guess a bit of power might be needed to get into the station without crawling to a halt.

Actually 91s had the space reserved for tilt equiptment to be fitted as with the mk4s for future improvements. This space was used for reliability improvements during the 91/1 conversion. I believe another Traction Motor cooler was placed in the space where tilt would have been fitted as 91s...

Nexus were promoting the service by scheduling specific gaps in the service for GC to fit in to Sunderland, when things go right....

I've just had a look on their website and apparently Grand Central will be offering free wifi to all passengers. If they do then it'll certainly be a big incentive for me to use them rather than GNER if I'm travelling down to London and am not in a hurry.