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Ha, serves me right for trolling, now sat in the office in London wanting to get back to York. Might leave it a couple of hours! Was it 108 that pulled the wires down? Proper revenge for being withdrawn!

"Excellent sir, that's the short term loan, credit card excess payment, Newark-Retford insurance premium, NCD protection payment and the (non) optional repaint into Leasing Co. colours. That'll be [insert large amount here]. What do you mean you can buy a dozen Azuma's for that? What about...

"Yes sir, I'm sure we can work something out, there will be the usual short term loan excess however, and we'd need to take your credit card details now in order to secure use of this valuable asset........"

Can you ring the leasing company up and ask to keep it for another week? Or is it just hard luck?

Quite - I remember them being new, and trying to convince my Mum to let me bunk off school to go on the first trip out of Leeds. Will definitely miss the roaring and whoosing as they set off.

I had my first trip on an Azuma today, the 07.38 Selby to KX, in 800111, fresh into service yesterday according to the (very nice) train manager. Travelled in coach H, the quiet(er) coach, which was very lightly loaded. Was booked into Seat 78, but the row 75 - 78 were all beautifully aligned...

Yep, same here. This morning was ridiculous. Arrived at Garforth at 7.30 to find a handful of parking spaces free, so just in time (despite the old vets being left abandoned and chained off). 7.43 train (equivalent used to be a 3 carriage 170) back to a 2 carriage 158. 7.47 from York...

Took me 40 mins to get from Northallerton to York, where my train was cancelled. Got on another that got to Donny to have a thunderbird attached and a diversion with no given time into London, but minimum of extra 60 mins. Decided to bail out, 15 mins later said train set off without...

Yep, at Garforth this morning, what used to be a reasonably comfortably loaded 170 was back to a 2 carriage 158. Cue stood in the aisles and people getting left behind at Crossgates, just like the bad old days.

I have the occasional need to travel from Leeds to Bristol and I now always go via London, even if it is longer, as I cannot bear to be squashed into a Voyager for that period of time. Sooner something else replaces them or they get a couple refurb, the better

Thanks chaps, was definitely not a 333, but was stood on the far side of the train so couldn’t get a clear view. 331 sounds likely then.....

There was something new and CAF-ish parked up at Neville Hill this evening, couldn’t see what but guess a 195?

Both of them still there this morning when I passed, one grey (802) and one TPE'd up (801)

My grandparents lived in Mirfield when I was a boy, and the station then (late 70's, early 80's) was lovely from my memory - as you came up the steps, you came into the ticket office, and behind was a nice waiting room with an open fire. Years later when I passed and it had been destroyed, I...

Took this today at Doncaster, an amazing sight. A working HT 180. Then this white and red thing got in the way ;-)

It's my office - lucky to work in here, get some lovely views! Can only imagine the views from the residential bits upto the 30th floor!!!

Here it is leaving Leeds (in the distance) from the 8th floor of Bridgewater Place........

Seems an odd way to go out of Neville Hill, though Leeds and Castleford to get to York, why wouldn't it just go straight to York via Garforth and Church Fenton? Too busy with other services??

The cushions seemed fine, but I'm not sure the girl sitting opposite me would have appreciated me slouching down and pushing my legs even further into "her space". Not the end of the world for a 10 min journey into Leeds though I guess......

Saw 2 170's this morning at Garforth, neither seemed to have working destination displays or PIS, though one was refurbished. Got on the refurb'd one to Leeds, and while nice to get a seat, at 6'3", the neck rest really just digs into my shoulders unless I slouch down in the seat. Was also...