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Ha I like that. When I was at school, we referred (rather disparagingly) to the Hatfield Colliery spoil heaps as "Stainy Alps"... Apologies for the tangent...

I grew up very near here. The excavation you describe is the Bootham Lane landfill site. Unsure whether this is still operational.

To be honest I was interested more in operability rather than proposing a standard running configuration. I know the sums don't add up and there are physical constraints at some stations. I was simply curious if a set had ever been push-pulled by 2 91s and what the performance was like.

Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. I was wondering whether an IC225 set has ever been push-pulled by 2 Class 91s (in the same configuration as an IC125) and if so, what was the acceleration like? Could 225s be extended to 11 coaches using 2 91s? I realise this would create a...

I frequent SWT land a lot and I have never seen a 12-car 455. Most platforms cannot accommodate a 12 car 455, and the inner subsurban platforms at Waterloo (1-4) certainly cannot. Im pretty sure though that I have seen Southern 2 x 4car 455/8s coupled to a 2car 456 (10 cars in total).

I agree completely. I assume by Southern 455s you mean the 455/8s with the gangway doors plated off. The SWT 455/8s dont have the gangway connections covered, but are still ugly! The 455/7 and 455/9 have different cab designs - they are more rounded and pleasing to the eye. Also agree...

Also spotted it at CLJ in the Windsor lines sidings at about 16:45 on Friday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2209945/Jaw-dropping-moment-man-runs-railway-crossing-fractions-second-high-speed-train-hurtles-through.html It's idiots like this that cause chaos for thousands of people... Interesting point in the article... "engines thundering" :roll: ...

Does this mean the L&CR 373 sets might become available for domestic use on our OHLE lines??

I hadn't actually realised that the 89 is Co-Co configuration until i saw the fictitious liveries picture...

I believe the APT was one of the biggest missed opportunities in the history of British railways. Interesting what Sprinterguy says about the formation of the APT-S. I agree we see a lot of the APT in the 91s (particularly the gearboxes mounted in the body and connected to the axles via carden...

I travelled on TPE from DON-MIA the other week and I would class that as a slow end-to-end service. How it can be justified to be called an "Express" is beyond me! It took 2 hours to get from DON-MIA and trundled most of the way...

Fair point!

Completely agree with your first point. It was an interesting programme and I did enjoy it, but I felt it was a little "dumbed down"... alas, as with much BBC content at the moment...

Good effort and thanks for sharing... One thing it does highlight - in my view - how appallingly cr4p the individual logos are. Few (if any) have anything about them that is rail related... maybe the closest is the Virgin "double lines"... and perhaps Chiltern's underlining. At a stretch the...