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What's with the 170 hate? They do a pretty good job in Scotland. 158s don't have the layout for Edinburgh-Glasgow services, 185s are a good 25% heavier for the same capacity, and 156s are very outdated. Plus, the 170s work happily in multiple with Sprinters. Now, if they could just stop the...

The RSSB has some information here: http://www.rssb.co.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/pdf/reports/Research/T618_traction-energy-metrics_final.pdf Bristol to Edinburgh is probably around 600km or so, or around 1740 litres of fuel. Assuming 850g/litre, that's 1.47 tons. Interesting that the...

Finally found one of these units working the 8:00 EDB-GLQ. Performance wasn't at all bad - not fast, but surprisingly few dead spots. In particular I kept connectivity and acceptable speeds even through Falkirk and Cowlairs tunnels, which was surprising. IP address says I was on the Nomad...

Confirmed from Virgin that it's just weekend service both days. Which is a shame, I do like their evening meal! Thanks guys.

The 18:40 ex GLC does a hot evening meal soon after departure, so I imagine you'll get it well before Preston. Catering is for all first-class passengers regardless of ticket type.

Hello folks, I've got two 1st advance tickets on Virgin this weekend - GLC-EUS on Friday and EUS-EDB on Monday. Does anybody know what the catering situation is going to be? I think both days are bank holidays in England, but only Friday in Scotland. So I assume it'll be snacks-only, but...

If it's a bit of a panto, I'm pretty sure it's from a 318. Hard to tell though! I think that photo is from the west end of the eastbound platform. There's a fair bit of OHLE equipment there, so could well be something from that. I rather wish they'd fix it in a hurry, I'm fed up walking to...

Now that the full service is running I've started riding the express Milngavie-Edinburgh home from Charing Cross to Haymarket every evening. Passenger loads are still quite low between Airdrie and Bathgate, but they're definitely getting busier. If you're travelling from anywhere east or...

The Pacific Parlour cars on the Amtrak Coast Starlight route have a cinema (of sorts) on the lower deck: http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/5/9/4/7594.1209966011.jpg The larger rooms on the sleeper cars also have private showers (though they're not as nice as the previously posted video!)