Recent content by Chris Wallis

Thank you for the information guys.....very much appreciated.

I wonder if anybody would be able to help me please. Are there any Hotels in London with a view over a main line? The Mrs wants to spend a few days in London later in the year, but is refusing to pay Landmark prices again! Yeah, I know.......I wont complain just to keep the peace. But I...

Obviously the Devil will be in the details when they are released. There are, after all, variations in what 'Nationalisation' can look like. It doesn't have to be BR MkII. Does anybody know if the TOC contracts include a guarantee of subsidy levels through out their term?

Oh, that's a good tip. After spending nearly £5 for a pint in the Parcel Yard I've been looking a decent boozer near by......I'll give that a try. Another good pub that does a decent pint and Thai food is the Thornbury Castle, a few minutes walk from Marylebone. Either that, or the Mirror...

So, my trip was 11th, 12th & 13th of this month and I discovered just how little of the original 1981 trip I actually remembered, that a stabled Colas 70 apparently left with it's engine running for almost 48hrs turns me into a grumpy old man and that watching trains without any clothes...

Lots of really nice Real Ale pubs close to Cambridge station as well!

Brilliant, thank you Dhassell. Much appreciated. I've requested a room at the front of the hotel so I can see the railway. Didn't occur to me that it might be noisy!

I'm off to Eastleigh (staying in the Travelodge) on a spotting trip for few days. I also intend to visit Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton. The trip has been funded by my family as a present for my 50th Birthday and the intention is to (kind of) recreate a spotting trip I went on with my...

It didn't make any sense to me because I would have thought it would be cheaper for Chiltern to lease direct from Beacon Rail, rather than sub-lease from DRS/DB.....but that has been explained by other posts. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Thank you, and the others who posted...

Yeah, I understand that the Rolling Stock ownership/leasing R&R's for the TOC's and FOC's are different. But what I find confusing is when Govt's make announcements that they are investing '£X' in new Rolling Stock....which then appear to be leased from the ROSCO's. Or have I...

Who actually pays for these new Loco's....and the new passenger stock for that matter?

Overall, i do prefer it if the windows are taken out of the equation. I was on an EMT 158 on my way up to Liverpool a couple of weeks ago and a poor guy appeared to have a Stroke*. He ended up falling into the isle and then throwing up everywhere.....ironically covering those who decided it...

Open windows have been the biggest cause of trouble I've seen while travelling on trains. Now that I'm a bit more mature (!) I try to be more relaxed about things, but I once saw a City Type in his 20's bullying a 13/14 year old over an open window on 365 leaving KX. Before I knew it the red...

What MR ticket would be best for me to purchase? My plan is to go from Lime Street to Central, stay there for a couple of hours, and then back again......

Thanks to the information given I have booked my trip for next week. I really appreciate your help.....thank you. How long do you think it would be before they start repeating? Also, anybody know what the Bars/Pubs on Lime Street like for Real Ale? I'll need to to be mellowed out for...