Recent content by Grumpy

I had a ride from Paddington to Newport when it first moved to the Western. I don’t remember the departure time exactly but it would have been approx 0930. I believe it had worked an up train from Swansea after running ECS from Old Oak Common. I recall that the coach carpet was soaking from a...

If so then you may be right. But Network Rail's own site says "We’re electrifying the whole route to enable greener trains to run".

What they should be doing is running the 802s to Hull/Saltburn/Scarborough. Newcastle trains only need to be simple, relatively uncomplicated, EMU's. No need to buy any BEMU's for TPE. As pointed out by Richard Bowker they are costing nearly £2m per vehicle (for 145 vehicles) more than recent...

Indeed. It currently looks white and bright. I enclose is a photo of the new underside of the Huddersfield roof taken a couple of months back. The Scarborough roof was also upgraded a few months back and that that looked white and bright when finished. However evidence of a few months of DMU...

Snip St Enoch didnt close till 1966

Or on Monday morning. I found the notice on the barrier re the steps amusing but I'm sure it would have angered some

Still doesn't seem to be anything happening.

The PR blurb claims they are going to reduce the Manchester-Leeds timings by up to 10 minutes. How? The TP upgrade project has already claimed a 10 minute reduction. Is this? -a further 10 minute saving or -confirmation that the TP Upgrade alone can't deliver its claimed 10 minute reduction...

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Indeed. They could inter work alongside their classmates employed on the restored Leeds to Pool/Otley via Arthington run.

I think you're missing the point. For example I had two work colleagues in Leeds who commuted from Ripon. They used their cars every day. The bus journey times (up to 2 hours in the peak) are simply uncompetitive. A few times a year, after a boozy session, they would use the train from Leeds to...

So more than the likes of Okehampton, Marlow, Henley and Fort William then? Also more than the whole of the populations served for the 20+miles of the Waverley route south of Gorebridge. Add in the planned developments mentioned by Deltic08 and you're coming up to the likes of Portishead...

I cant be certain but didn't the manual sorting of mail in TPO's cease in 1996?

Meanwhile the TP electrification/upgrade project is spending big money to provide increased capacity for freight e.g. extra track west of Huddersfield.

And presumably those stopping at Micklefield, subject to the track layout