Justin Smith
Member
Many of us think modern rolling stock has a poor view out of the window, something of great importance to me for sure (I prefer Pacers to Class 150s for that very reason ! ), but why is it so low on the list of priorities for the current generation of rolling stock ?
This was bought into sharp relief by the picture below :
Picture on the left is the APT, and on the right a Pendolino.
And, even more incredibly, an article in the Railway Magazine from Feb 1931 (actually quoted in Railway Magazine "50 Years Ago" for Feb 1981 p87) where the LNER actually went to the trouble of turning the train so the corridor was on the other side from the view of the "coast scenery" whilst crossing the border into Scotland !
This was bought into sharp relief by the picture below :
Picture on the left is the APT, and on the right a Pendolino.
And, even more incredibly, an article in the Railway Magazine from Feb 1931 (actually quoted in Railway Magazine "50 Years Ago" for Feb 1981 p87) where the LNER actually went to the trouble of turning the train so the corridor was on the other side from the view of the "coast scenery" whilst crossing the border into Scotland !
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