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The Erewash Valley is my favourite line having grown up in Ilkeston. Fond memories of the down Master Cutler with a class 45/1 and the power handle wide open heading North in the evening.

Trying to replace Hymeks with 31's was very optimistic. I think there was little other choice as there were no spare Type 3's available. 31's also replaced Class 22's on the WR which they easily outperformed.

The entry in Wikipedia is rubbish. A 31/4 produces the same output as a 31/1 when the ETH is switched off. The only difference between the two is a 31/4 has a modifed Woodward governor and idles at higher rpm. I suspect that is where the nonsense comment on Wikipedia originated from.

You would have thought those passengers have suffered enough already without having to travel on another 5 vice 10 or 0 vice 10 journey with GWR.

That is an interesting perspective and I can see your point. I've always though that Mark 3's were the best coaches ever built but for me Class 222's are just as comfortable.

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I would certainly agree with your comments. Things are much better now for my kids at school than they were back in my school days. There is definitely much more tolerance of being different than there used to be and that is definitely a good thing. Being a railway crank comes under the...

Whenever I've travelled on the Hope Valley stopping services recently they have been Class 142 pacers. I think the odd 150 does turn up though.

Another vote for Class 68 from me. A very stylish design.

47/7's were great fun blasting up the Queen Street tunnel. Most of the drivers seemed to give them some hammer.

It is proportional loss. As a 31 is only a Type 2 in the first place then turning the ETS off temporarily to get a bit more horsepower to the rail for climbing hills was a regular driving technique. 'You can have heat or speed but not both'.

The Wikipedia page on Class 31/4s is complete rubbish and as you say it would make no sense. When a 31/4 is not providing ETS it has the same traction power available as a 31/1. 31/4s do have a different engine governor to a 31/1 as a 31/4 has a higher engine idle speed than a 31/1. The...

I always use the Nottingham to London fast services whenever I travel to London. Meridians are OK but the HST sets are quiet and comfortable.

UK mainline railways are now run like budget airlines. There are just enough resources to run the service but no spare resources or resilience if anything goes wrong. So in the light of that it makes sense to thin out the timetable when heavy snow is forecast to try and keep things going.

There was a 31 hauled 1638 Manchester - York service on Mondays to Saturdays as you describe and it ran from May 1984 to May 1986. The loco and stock then formed the 1935 York - Hull. There was no reverse York to Manchester service. The working ended with the 1986 timetable change when the...

No there aren't any direct services. As an earlier poster pointed out the confusion occurs at Norwich where there are trains to Liverpool Lime Street and London Liverpool Street leaving within a few minutes of each other.

The Erewash Valley line between Nottingham and Sheffield for me. So many happy memories growing up in the area.

In the end we went back home for the night and then had to buy new tickets to travel with Virgin East Coast at a cost of £170 for the two of us. We finally arrived 10 hours later than planned. Needless to say a letter of complaint is on its way to CS.

We were booked on 1S25 tonight and got offered nothing whatsoever. We were told to make our own arrangements. Appalling customer service.

Class 68 for me. Excellent performance and an attractive design.