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As noted above, aside from the rail network issues, the train itself is very good. See pics upthread for Club room. Bed is comfortable, maybe feels a tiny bit shorter than old one, but I’m 6’2” and it’s fine for me. Reckon you’d be ok up to 6’4”. Took a long time for the excessive heat to die...

Spoke to Ryan Flaherty and congratulated him and his team on a good job with the new kit. He assured me he’d used the showers himself on the test runs and that all will be well. Room remains a bit too warm. Room host fella said they’d had some issues with this and is off to try to fix it. It...

Still haven’t managed to get an HST. 1538 ABD - GLQ on Friday was my latest reservation-less 170. Work trips to Aberdeen are a lottery at the moment. On the plus side (and for the relevant other thread) the 385s are great on G-E.

Purely by chance, I’m on the GLC - EUS tonight, not expecting the new carriages yet! (Who organised a training course that starts at 9am in London on a Monday anyway??!) Overall impressions are hugely positive (and I was last on the Mk3s about 2 weeks ago). And not just because they’ve given me...