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Have to agree with Techni regards riding on a 153...I found it very comfortable...even before I moved across to the bay of 4 seats at Llandovery. Maybe it's just my levels of tolerance are high, but I even had a recent 142 bash along the Durham coast that had, I thought, a really comfortable...

Thanks Techniquest, Really enjoyed my first go at trip writing...you're spot on with the comments...thankfully I've now edited the post to say I'm not a time traveller ....yet! The thing for me at the moment is I prefer describing the journey more than anything...units/locos I'll certainly keep...

First off, a bit of background....I decided to come out of my “dark ages” about 3 years ago having given up the interest in trains back in the late 80s...however my interest was reignited by attending the Stainmore 150 celebrations in Kirkby Stephen in 2012. I had such a good time at that event...

Edinburgh to Man Oxford Road via Wigan North Western is 229.27 miles Edinburgh to Man Picc via Wigan North Western is 229.92 miles Hope that helps

CallySleeper please would you check these for me also...like fishquinn, I would like to know if these are usually 11 coach pendolinos 1H06 EUS - MAN for Monday 11th May 9M60 EDB - EUS for Monday 11th May I might be also using these sevices on a Monday in June...what's the chance that...

Fishguard Harbour - Wick on a weekday 21 hours 01 minute !! Fishguard d 0150 Swansea a 0348 Swansea d 0458 Bristol Parkway a 0629 Bristol Parkway d 0638 Edinburgh a 1305 Edinburgh d 1334 Inverness a 1654 Inverness d 1828 Wick a 2251 Epic journey...mind you at £225 it's not cheap:D

Too risky an itinerary for my liking.....by my calculations there are a few possible routes that break the 1460-1470 miles in a 24 hour period, but most of these come with significantly hairy connections. It's a balancing act trying to find max mileage routes that still have a good chance of...

I've been inspired by this thread to start to plan a charity based challenge, to see what maximum miles can be travelled in the UK in a 24 hour period using scheduled trains BUT with no backtracking and no need to start and end in the same place If you look back to page 2 of this thread EM2...