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Looks nice and contemporary. Probably needed a refresh.

It would make sense to have no further DMU orders and specify bi-modes instead. I find it frustrating that we are so far behind other European railways when it comes to electrification. The most efficient way to move large numbers of people around is by EMU.

I parked at Ely station yesterday. None of the three parking ticket machines would accept any money. I presume this is deliberate to make you pay by mobile phone. And charge you 20p extra for the privilege.

Lots of timing information from the 1984-1988 period of class 31 operation here :- www.table29.co.uk A great website created by a well known 31 follower.

The Brush 2's were ordered by British Railways Eastern Region to replace their fleet of B1 steam loco's. 263 diesels to replace 410 steam loco's. It's worth remembering that the bulk of the fleet were delivered as 1365hp machines which was considered sufficient for the medium mixed traffic...

Running with the ETS on definitely affected the performance. It was a common trick to turn off the ETS to gain more traction power for climbing gradients. The ETS from a 31/4 was provided by an alternator bolted on the end of the main generator. There was a story that a 31/4 operated on...

It was a mixture of load 4 and load 5 in the period from May 1984 to May 1987. These were vacuum braked sets and a mixture of Mark Ones and early Mark Two's. For the final year of 31 operation from May 1987 to May 1988 everything became air braked sets. The Liverpool - Sheffield sets were...

Hairy Bear is correct regarding the ETS supply from a 31/4. There is lots of nonsense talked about 31's but in reality they are a heavy Type 2 design so performance can be modest at times when ETS is being provided. The eastbound climb up the Hope Valley away from New Mills South Junction was...

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If you buy the special £17.00 version of the Derbyshire Wayfarer then you are valid Langley Mill-Nottingham-Long Eaton for as many trips as you like during the day. I presume there will be an alteration to the validity of the basic Derbyshire Wayfarer from today as Ilkeston station opened this...

East Midlands Trains for me. Their staff always seem to be friendly and they still operate decent trains to London too.

My favourite line will always be the Erewash Valley line. Purely for nostalgic reasons.

From memory the Barrow - Nottingham and return ran for a few years until the May 1985 timetable change. It was replaced by a Blackpool - Cambridge and return from May 1985 to May 1986. This in turn was replaced by the Blackpool - Harwich and return from May 1986 to May 1988 as mentioned by a...

The 1815 St Pancras to Leeds as far as East Midlands Parkway this evening. 43054 and 43045.

Those trains sound like the 0740 Leicester - Leeds to me. Usually a four coach set of Mark 1's. The full diagram was something like :- 0645 Derby - Leicester 0740 Leicester - Leeds 1227 Leeds - Sheffield 1710 Sheffield - Nottingham 2125 Nottingham - Sheffield The set then formed...

The Nottingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh and Harwich - Glasgow/Edinburgh train pairs lasted until the May 1987 timetable change from memory. The Nottingham services were then replaced by two Nottingham - Blackpool round trips booked for a sprinter but loco hauled for the entire year with mark 1's...

A fascinating thread as the Nottingham to Sheffield line was my local line in the 1970's and early 1980's as I lived in Ilkeston. I recall the passenger service was very sparse in those days with virtually everything being in the hands of 45/1's except the Harwich-Manchester boat train which...

I think she also did the announcements at Chesterfield at well. Very nice voice and you didn't mind your train was late quite so much when she announced it.

How many elections did Fidel Castro win ? For the RMT to be portraying him as some sort of hero just makes them look ridiculous.

Cost is likely to be the reason. So how about a slightly smaller fleet of all 5 coach sets instead. Either way the use of HST stock is a big improvement over 158's / 170's.