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sprinterguy replied to the thread Newcastle - Sunderland pre T&W Metro.They were bi-hourly, 08:45ish, 10:45ish, etc from Sunderland. Commenced in 1996 and continued running for a year or so after the Metro... -
sprinterguy replied to the thread Newcastle - Sunderland pre T&W Metro.They did work the Sunderland stoppers quite frequently as well, though can't recall if any went further south on the Middlesbrough workings.
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sprinterguy replied to the thread 156s on far north line: timing vs 158s?.156s were working through to Wick via Thurso by autumn 1996 (no separate shuttle), and that's around four years before the 158s took over.
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sprinterguy replied to the thread 156s on far north line: timing vs 158s?.3 hours 27 minutes was the fastest (and fairly typical) time between Inverness and Georgemas Junction with 156s in 1997, and around 4...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread What are those train shakers at London Euston for?.And at the best part of any other terminal platforms at major UK stations, for that matter. Newcastle and Carlisle come to mind local...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates.810003 has had an outing from Derby to Stoke and back via Uttoxeter this afternoon...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Locomotive Names - What were the reasons, the logic, the effects, the value?.Hal o' the Wynd was a character in one of Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, the name first being applied in a railway context to one of...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pendolino at Paddington (31/07).Ah, yes so it was. I'm losing track of which 390s have had Railway 200/Greatest Gathering affiliations - it's more than I thought!
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pendolino at Paddington (31/07).No worries, it's easily done. :) 1785500784 So it did, which I hadn't realised until you mentioned it, so I've learnt something there...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pendolino at Paddington (31/07).Quite right, I made sure to note that in my post.
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pendolino at Paddington (31/07).It was renumbered (or more accurately, additionally numbered - it's still registered as and carries 390016) for The Greatest Gathering...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pendolino at Paddington (31/07).That helps to explain why it's the Railway 200 renumbered Pendolino that they've sent over then, thanks for the info.
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Pando in Paddington?.Already being discussed in this thread here, though the occasion hasn't been fully established...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Were there any routes or areas where BR considered using Pacers but never did?.Colin J. Marsden in "The Second Generation DMUs" states that it was tested on the Matlock branch in spring 1981 prior to being touted to...
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sprinterguy replied to the thread Great British Railways - First Train in New Livery.They've shown digital renders and one pre-production sample for promotional purposes, but there's nothing there that needs to be...
