And if finaces/time stretch that far, may I suggest, a cheeky advance return from Berwick-Edinburgh
I was thinking of that but trying to get a tram up and back is quite hard with an reasonable time in Scotland (my base being in Pickering).
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I was thinking of that but trying to get a tram up and back is quite hard with an reasonable time in Scotland (my base being in Pickering).
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LOL I dont know about that but I got a kebab there after my sojourn in the midlands and absolutely wolfed it, always chocker on an evening, so they must be doing something right.
There won't be another trip report for a while because tomorrow I am on my way to the north. But here is one for now.
June big bash day 1: The Wales Wanderer
Finally! The day had come. I had tickets for this trip sorted more than 2 months in advance and all of the non-optional moves for the first day were loco-hauled. I was really looking forward to first class on the WAG as the food sounded really good and it would be nice to meet up with a few forum members again. The date was the 12th of June, the first day of a 4-day trip (although the Sunday was just spending the day with Granny and Gramps) that went like this.
I woke at 07:15 to the sound of my alarm and immediately began to finish getting ready for the day (and the rest of the weekend) ahead. My train wasn't until 10:04 from Leamington but I wanted to be up in good time and get a bit of forum time in before heading off to the station. The 2 hours on the computer went by quickly and it wasn't long before I was sat in mum's car for the drive to Leamington for my first train of the trip.
After arriving at the station, I bought my ticket, a single to Moor Street and headed up to platform 2 ready for my loco to Brum. It arrived bang on time with dud 68011 roaring away up front for the journey to Moor Street. The driving was nothing special (for a good run on a 68 you need a good driver) but it was good enough that we didn't loose any time (although that would be pretty hard for a journey that is scheduled to take 38 minutes). It passed 66502 around Solihull but other than that I saw no other locos while on the familiar trip to Moor Street where we arrived on time. I exited the barriers and then called dad as I began to walk over to New Street to ask if he could see me away from New Street. He said he could and I only had 5 minutes to wait outside the M&S for dad to show up. His new job is in Birmingham so he takes the train to and from Brum every day (165 down, 68 back). It also means he could come down to see me off.
We headed over to platform 12 via M&S where dad kindly bought me lunch to eat later on and when we got to the platform it was only a wait of 5 minutes for the 11:17 to Plymouth to arrive. It did with the familiar sound of an HST. Even better hearing it arriving at New Street because the station is in a tunnel (does BHM count as a tunnel station?) I got on board, standing in the vestibule on the left hand side until we had left New Street so I could talk to dad and wave as we left the station with double duds (all Cross Country HSTs are duds) 43303 and 43357 providing the power.
It was a slow ride until Kings Norton where speed picked up as we were put onto the fast lines for the ride up the Northern Cross City line. I hadn't had the track after Blackwell towards Cheltenham in ages so it was nice to get that again, with a race through Ashchurch. 60010 hammered past a tank train somewhere around Cheltenham but 20305 and 37259 were the highlight of the trip. This pair was seen on a flask train coming off a branch somewhere around Yate. It was nice to watch the back of the train go around the corner at Westerleigh Junction before we joined the other track shared with FGW for the last 5 minutes of my enjoyable journey from Brum.
We arrived at Bristol Parkway 5 minutes late meaning I didn't have time to get to the ticket office before the service to Cardiff that I wanted to catch arrived perfectly on time. I went to find the guard before boarding to ask if I could by my onward ticket to Cardiff on the train. He told me to get on the train so I gladly boarded a mk3 with dud 43023 up front. It wasn't until Cardiff that I found out that the back unit was also a dud, 43087.
Unfortunately, when the guard came to me, he had nowhere to put my cash and the machine didn't want to accept my card (apparently it had been having problems all day) so he told me to go to the unpaid fares place at Cardiff Central. 56303 was seen just after Bristol Parkway with 70003 in Stoke Gifford. Apart from 66154, which was at Alexandra Dock, and quite a few trams, they were the only locos I saw on my train, which I got off 40 minutes later at Cardiff's biggest station. After getting the number of the rear power car, I went down to the subway and over to the unpaid fares desk and told the lady behind the counter what had happened and about a minute later I was going up to platform 1 for my first ever ATW service from Cardiff. The trains to Queen Street (Cardiff, not Glasgow!) are every 5 minutes but some services are 150s and others are 142/143s. Since I won't travel on any pacer, I had to wait for a 150 but since the first train had one on, I didn't need to wait long. Dud 150264 took me forward on the winner track (but not very much of it) to a winner shack at another of the 3 stations with Cardiff in it.
The first train to appear was a single 142, with the second being quite late, so I headed over to the bay platform and waiting about a minute for the Cardiff Bay shuttle to appear. The unit would obviously be a winner, as I had never even had an Arriva 153 before today. It came in with a refurbished one, 153327.
I took a seat on board and just after departure the guard came through checking tickets. At Cardiff Bay, I jumped off the train to shack scratch before getting right back on again. I counted this as a winner shack because the train terminated here and changed head-code before reversing and heading back to Queen Street. It wasn't too long to wait before another 150 appeared heading back towards Central but it was super-dud 150242 this 0.75 miles putting it up to 66 miles. Once again I got off Cardiff Central to wait for another 150 back out hoping for a winner this time. Luck struck! 150227, a winner, took me back out to Queen Street where I waited for at least 10 minutes for what I thought would be a pair of 142s/143s (because the announcer said formed of 4 coaches) but turned out to be a pair of 150s. I immedietly recognized the front number as a dud, 150230 which was previously had from Chester to Crewe but luckily the back unit, 150283 was required. I had seen an FGW 150/2 at Central earlier in the day so I knew it would head off in the Newport direction at 15:00 so I decided to aim for that. But after seeing that the 14:55 to Padd had a winner power-car on it, plans changed and I boarded for the leap to Newport on dud 43122 and winner 43056.
The race to Newport was fun (with window hanging all the way) but there was nothing at Alexandra Docks again and not long after boarding I had to get off again. It was a simple island platform change at Newport and I spent less than a minute on the platform because there was a Great Western tram due. It was another winner and dud combo, with the winner being up front with 43035 and the dud being 43005 at the back (I found out that it was 005 at Cardiff). Having asked on the forum if there were any double 150 sets in FGW at Cardiff I knew to try and get the 16:00 from Newport. This meant I needed to get either the 15:25 or the 15:30 out from CDF. Naturally I tried to get the 15:25 as that was a tram but due to my inbound service being a couple of minutes late, I missed the tram by a couple of seconds. My only other option here was to get my first ever First Great Western unit which was a 158, 158961.
I got a seat for the quarter of an hour journey before getting off again at Newport, which isn't the nicest of stations. I got a summer fruits Oasis from the buffet (as I was parched) while waiting for my train back which arrived about 2 minutes early with double winners 150122 and 150106. I got a seat in the rear unit, which like the London Midland and Northern 150/1s wasn't too nice but they were both winners. 15 minutes later I was back at the Capital city of Wales with an hour until my train away, the 17:16 to Holyhead.
I had time to do a Queen Street leap so I headed over to platforms 6 and 7, ready for a winner 150. The first train that appeared was a dud 150 so I flagged it. At the same time, a winner 150 arrived on platform 7. The next one was also a dud 150 so once again I flagged it and just like it had 5 minutes before, a winner 150 arrived on platform 7. Then the next 4 trains were pacers (where all of the trains on 7 were 2 winner 150s, a dud 150 and a winner 153). This really annoyed me as I now didn't have time for a very short leap and I had missed out on loads of winners. I got the little digi camera out of my bag to get a few photos and just after I had taken it out of its case, a 66 rolled through on a Steel train so I managed to get a photo of it along with a few photos of units. At ab
out 17:05, I headed over to platform 2, ready for my onward journey to Wrexham and at 17:10 the WAG came in with ex Chiltern and Wrexham & Shropshire 67012 on the front. I boarded the rear coach (First Class) and found the load of forum members. I hadn't met some of the them but I knew most of them. I took a seat on the right hand side and just after departure someone came through to take our orders. I got Leek and Potato soup with Welsh rarebit as a starter, pork, potatoes, veggies and gravy as a main and profiteroles with chocolate sauce. StickyNicky sat opposite me after Cwmbran and about 5 minutes after, my starter appeared and it was a very good size and very good quality meal. The main course came not too long after that and tasted equally good, if not better. It was good fun to talk with other forum members while having a very good bit to eat at a very good price (£12.50 upgrade for me+£9 to get to Wrexham). StickyNicky pointed out lots of areas on the marches such as good locations for photography or trainspotting and things like Moreton-On-Lugg level crossing. This was very nice and informative. Finally, a mountain of profiteroles appeared and dinner was finished about 10 minutes before Shrewsbury. We all continued chatting for the journey to Wrexham, except around Chirk where I popped up to the window to get a bit of trash from 'A Shropshire Lad' (that is how it will always be known to me even though it no longer carries the name). It was a shame to have to get off the train at Wrexham, where I got a call from my aunty who was waiting in the car park.
I got a few photos and a video of the shovel as it continued its journey north to Chester and then west to Holyhead. I headed over to my aunties car and got in for the short carr journey to Penyffordd where I would spend my night, ready for day 2...
June big bash day 1: The Wales Wanderer
Finally! The day had come. I had tickets for this trip sorted more than 2 months in advance and all of the non-optional moves for the first day were loco-hauled. I was really looking forward to first class on the WAG as the food sounded really good and it would be nice to meet up with a few forum members again. The date was the 12th of June, the first day of a 4-day trip (although the Sunday was just spending the day with Granny and Gramps) that went like this.
I woke at 07:15 to the sound of my alarm and immediately began to finish getting ready for the day (and the rest of the weekend) ahead. My train wasn't until 10:04 from Leamington but I wanted to be up in good time and get a bit of forum time in before heading off to the station. The 2 hours on the computer went by quickly and it wasn't long before I was sat in mum's car for the drive to Leamington for my first train of the trip.
After arriving at the station, I bought my ticket, a single to Moor Street and headed up to platform 2 ready for my loco to Brum. It arrived bang on time with dud 68011 roaring away up front for the journey to Moor Street. The driving was nothing special (for a good run on a 68 you need a good driver) but it was good enough that we didn't loose any time (although that would be pretty hard for a journey that is scheduled to take 38 minutes). It passed 66502 around Solihull but other than that I saw no other locos while on the familiar trip to Moor Street where we arrived on time. I exited the barriers and then called dad as I began to walk over to New Street to ask if he could see me away from New Street. He said he could and I only had 5 minutes to wait outside the M&S for dad to show up. His new job is in Birmingham so he takes the train to and from Brum every day (165 down, 68 back). It also means he could come down to see me off.
We headed over to platform 12 via M&S where dad kindly bought me lunch to eat later on and when we got to the platform it was only a wait of 5 minutes for the 11:17 to Plymouth to arrive. It did with the familiar sound of an HST. Even better hearing it arriving at New Street because the station is in a tunnel (does BHM count as a tunnel station?) I got on board, standing in the vestibule on the left hand side until we had left New Street so I could talk to dad and wave as we left the station with double duds (all Cross Country HSTs are duds) 43303 and 43357 providing the power.
It was a slow ride until Kings Norton where speed picked up as we were put onto the fast lines for the ride up the Northern Cross City line. I hadn't had the track after Blackwell towards Cheltenham in ages so it was nice to get that again, with a race through Ashchurch. 60010 hammered past a tank train somewhere around Cheltenham but 20305 and 37259 were the highlight of the trip. This pair was seen on a flask train coming off a branch somewhere around Yate. It was nice to watch the back of the train go around the corner at Westerleigh Junction before we joined the other track shared with FGW for the last 5 minutes of my enjoyable journey from Brum.
We arrived at Bristol Parkway 5 minutes late meaning I didn't have time to get to the ticket office before the service to Cardiff that I wanted to catch arrived perfectly on time. I went to find the guard before boarding to ask if I could by my onward ticket to Cardiff on the train. He told me to get on the train so I gladly boarded a mk3 with dud 43023 up front. It wasn't until Cardiff that I found out that the back unit was also a dud, 43087.
Unfortunately, when the guard came to me, he had nowhere to put my cash and the machine didn't want to accept my card (apparently it had been having problems all day) so he told me to go to the unpaid fares place at Cardiff Central. 56303 was seen just after Bristol Parkway with 70003 in Stoke Gifford. Apart from 66154, which was at Alexandra Dock, and quite a few trams, they were the only locos I saw on my train, which I got off 40 minutes later at Cardiff's biggest station. After getting the number of the rear power car, I went down to the subway and over to the unpaid fares desk and told the lady behind the counter what had happened and about a minute later I was going up to platform 1 for my first ever ATW service from Cardiff. The trains to Queen Street (Cardiff, not Glasgow!) are every 5 minutes but some services are 150s and others are 142/143s. Since I won't travel on any pacer, I had to wait for a 150 but since the first train had one on, I didn't need to wait long. Dud 150264 took me forward on the winner track (but not very much of it) to a winner shack at another of the 3 stations with Cardiff in it.
The first train to appear was a single 142, with the second being quite late, so I headed over to the bay platform and waiting about a minute for the Cardiff Bay shuttle to appear. The unit would obviously be a winner, as I had never even had an Arriva 153 before today. It came in with a refurbished one, 153327.
I took a seat on board and just after departure the guard came through checking tickets. At Cardiff Bay, I jumped off the train to shack scratch before getting right back on again. I counted this as a winner shack because the train terminated here and changed head-code before reversing and heading back to Queen Street. It wasn't too long to wait before another 150 appeared heading back towards Central but it was super-dud 150242 this 0.75 miles putting it up to 66 miles. Once again I got off Cardiff Central to wait for another 150 back out hoping for a winner this time. Luck struck! 150227, a winner, took me back out to Queen Street where I waited for at least 10 minutes for what I thought would be a pair of 142s/143s (because the announcer said formed of 4 coaches) but turned out to be a pair of 150s. I immedietly recognized the front number as a dud, 150230 which was previously had from Chester to Crewe but luckily the back unit, 150283 was required. I had seen an FGW 150/2 at Central earlier in the day so I knew it would head off in the Newport direction at 15:00 so I decided to aim for that. But after seeing that the 14:55 to Padd had a winner power-car on it, plans changed and I boarded for the leap to Newport on dud 43122 and winner 43056.
The race to Newport was fun (with window hanging all the way) but there was nothing at Alexandra Docks again and not long after boarding I had to get off again. It was a simple island platform change at Newport and I spent less than a minute on the platform because there was a Great Western tram due. It was another winner and dud combo, with the winner being up front with 43035 and the dud being 43005 at the back (I found out that it was 005 at Cardiff). Having asked on the forum if there were any double 150 sets in FGW at Cardiff I knew to try and get the 16:00 from Newport. This meant I needed to get either the 15:25 or the 15:30 out from CDF. Naturally I tried to get the 15:25 as that was a tram but due to my inbound service being a couple of minutes late, I missed the tram by a couple of seconds. My only other option here was to get my first ever First Great Western unit which was a 158, 158961.
I got a seat for the quarter of an hour journey before getting off again at Newport, which isn't the nicest of stations. I got a summer fruits Oasis from the buffet (as I was parched) while waiting for my train back which arrived about 2 minutes early with double winners 150122 and 150106. I got a seat in the rear unit, which like the London Midland and Northern 150/1s wasn't too nice but they were both winners. 15 minutes later I was back at the Capital city of Wales with an hour until my train away, the 17:16 to Holyhead.
I had time to do a Queen Street leap so I headed over to platforms 6 and 7, ready for a winner 150. The first train that appeared was a dud 150 so I flagged it. At the same time, a winner 150 arrived on platform 7. The next one was also a dud 150 so once again I flagged it and just like it had 5 minutes before, a winner 150 arrived on platform 7. Then the next 4 trains were pacers (where all of the trains on 7 were 2 winner 150s, a dud 150 and a winner 153). This really annoyed me as I now didn't have time for a very short leap and I had missed out on loads of winners. I got the little digi camera out of my bag to get a few photos and just after I had taken it out of its case, a 66 rolled through on a Steel train so I managed to get a photo of it along with a few photos of units. At ab
out 17:05, I headed over to platform 2, ready for my onward journey to Wrexham and at 17:10 the WAG came in with ex Chiltern and Wrexham & Shropshire 67012 on the front. I boarded the rear coach (First Class) and found the load of forum members. I hadn't met some of the them but I knew most of them. I took a seat on the right hand side and just after departure someone came through to take our orders. I got Leek and Potato soup with Welsh rarebit as a starter, pork, potatoes, veggies and gravy as a main and profiteroles with chocolate sauce. StickyNicky sat opposite me after Cwmbran and about 5 minutes after, my starter appeared and it was a very good size and very good quality meal. The main course came not too long after that and tasted equally good, if not better. It was good fun to talk with other forum members while having a very good bit to eat at a very good price (£12.50 upgrade for me+£9 to get to Wrexham). StickyNicky pointed out lots of areas on the marches such as good locations for photography or trainspotting and things like Moreton-On-Lugg level crossing. This was very nice and informative. Finally, a mountain of profiteroles appeared and dinner was finished about 10 minutes before Shrewsbury. We all continued chatting for the journey to Wrexham, except around Chirk where I popped up to the window to get a bit of trash from 'A Shropshire Lad' (that is how it will always be known to me even though it no longer carries the name). It was a shame to have to get off the train at Wrexham, where I got a call from my aunty who was waiting in the car park.
I got a few photos and a video of the shovel as it continued its journey north to Chester and then west to Holyhead. I headed over to my aunties car and got in for the short carr journey to Penyffordd where I would spend my night, ready for day 2...
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I got to Pickering all right. My plan has changed slightly. It is now like this.
Sunday - Day at Granny's
Monday - Rover
Tuesday - Day at York with granny (shopping)
Wednesday - Rover
Thursday - Rover
Friday - Rover
Saturday - Rover
Sunday - home (Malton-York-Darlington-Doncaster-Birmingham New Street)
The run from Donny to New Street is not on a Voyager, it is on a pair of 20s (should be 20096 and 20107).
Sunday - Day at Granny's
Monday - Rover
Tuesday - Day at York with granny (shopping)
Wednesday - Rover
Thursday - Rover
Friday - Rover
Saturday - Rover
Sunday - home (Malton-York-Darlington-Doncaster-Birmingham New Street)
The run from Donny to New Street is not on a Voyager, it is on a pair of 20s (should be 20096 and 20107).
Techniquest
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First point, 56 chains is not 0.75 miles Close but not quite!
Second, why didn't you do the leap to Grangetown for the westbound winners? Takes just as long as to Queen Street and is also an island platform.
Third, why did you need a new ticket from Bristol Parkway? New Street to Cardiff split is at Cheltenham, and a Cheltenham to Cardiff ticket is valid via Bristol Parkway.
Looks like you had a good time though!
Close but not quite!Second, why didn't you do the leap to Grangetown for the westbound winners? Takes just as long as to Queen Street and is also an island platform.
Third, why did you need a new ticket from Bristol Parkway? New Street to Cardiff split is at Cheltenham, and a Cheltenham to Cardiff ticket is valid via Bristol Parkway.
Looks like you had a good time though!
I usually round up/down to the nearest quarter mile so it is easier to work out.
I didn't actually know about Grangetown! If I did I would definitely have gone there.
I had an advance ticket on the tram from New Street. I am on my iPod so I can't go into much depth at the moment.
I didn't actually know about Grangetown! If I did I would definitely have gone there.
I had an advance ticket on the tram from New Street. I am on my iPod so I can't go into much depth at the moment.
Techniquest
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Fair enough, you should have asked me about Valley Lines bashing, as I used to do a large amount of bashing down there! I thought everyone knew about Grangetown leaps, next time make sure you drop me a PM a few days before you go and I'll gen you up on everything I know!
I assumed you must have had an Advance BHM-BPW, although I'd have also bought my BPW-CDF ticket at the same time for convenience.
I assumed you must have had an Advance BHM-BPW, although I'd have also bought my BPW-CDF ticket at the same time for convenience.
Thanks, that would be a big help!
I wasn't expecting the train to be late at BPW because I was going to buy that there. I never thought to buy it on-line.
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It's my last proper day on the rover tomorrow! This has gone way too fast although it will be nice to see my family again. Dad is coming up from Brum tomorrow on the 16:03 (if it is a tram) to come back with me on the bombs for my last loco of the trip.
I wasn't expecting the train to be late at BPW because I was going to buy that there. I never thought to buy it on-line.
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It's my last proper day on the rover tomorrow! This has gone way too fast although it will be nice to see my family again. Dad is coming up from Brum tomorrow on the 16:03 (if it is a tram) to come back with me on the bombs for my last loco of the trip.
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Techniquest
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Glad to hear you've had a good time, agreed rover trips like your one are always over too fast! My NW adventure was over ridiculously fast too, time does fly when you're having fun though!
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Just caught up on these myself 
I can certainly sympathise with being chucked off a train at Northampton! How are your 350 requirements looking after the LM bash? Seems like quite a successful trip.
The Welsh Wanderer was a good read - was in Cardiff Bay just this week, and managed to miss an opportunity to take the shuttle train... For some reason, rip off taxis and walking won the day! Would love to do the WAG Express - I reckon that is one I can get the missus interested in
Enjoy the rest of your rover, look forward to the reports
I can certainly sympathise with being chucked off a train at Northampton! How are your 350 requirements looking after the LM bash? Seems like quite a successful trip.
The Welsh Wanderer was a good read - was in Cardiff Bay just this week, and managed to miss an opportunity to take the shuttle train... For some reason, rip off taxis and walking won the day! Would love to do the WAG Express - I reckon that is one I can get the missus interested in
Enjoy the rest of your rover, look forward to the reports
Thanks guys! I now need 25 LM 350s (5 350/1s, 14 350/2 and 6 350/3). I now need 2 TPE 350s (401 & 403). You arn't missing much with the Cardiff Bay line; it is a pretty boreing route. But it might have a winner 153 on.
I am probably going to mostly aim for 91s today.
I am probably going to mostly aim for 91s today.
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No doubt it'll have a winner 153 - I've never boarded one! That's still a pretty considerable list of 350s, good luck
Techniquest
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153s are by far and away not the worst trains in the world either!
Not doing too bad for someone who only bashes fairly part-time there on 350s, it took me a long time to get mine!
Not doing too bad for someone who only bashes fairly part-time there on 350s, it took me a long time to get mine!
There are definitely a lot of trains that are worse than 153s.
My rover has now finished (well I am using it to get to Donny for the bombs later) and I think it was very successful. It was definitely very fun.
Techniquest
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Glad to hear it, I suspect your trip report will certainly show the good time had. The books/lists/whatever it is you kids use now must be looking a lot better!
Of course, I'm still a long way ahead of you
Of course, I'm still a long way ahead of you
Hopefully the trip-report will be up soon (I need to finish a few first). My platform 5 book is definitely looking better on 91s, 43s and 185s! Oh and on 180s (I only had one but it was my first one). I now need 14 91s and 6 trams to clear VTEC. How many EC trams and 91s do you need?
The 20 thrash (with 20107 and 20096) from Donny to New Street was brilliant yesterday and having a winner Milkfloat from York makes it even better (although I would have preferred a tram, winner or not).
You are definitely way ahead of me on unit and loco count although you have had a lot longer with the added benefit of being allowed in hotels!
The 20 thrash (with 20107 and 20096) from Donny to New Street was brilliant yesterday and having a winner Milkfloat from York makes it even better (although I would have preferred a tram, winner or not).
You are definitely way ahead of me on unit and loco count although you have had a lot longer with the added benefit of being allowed in hotels!
Techniquest
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Indeed so, I suspect you'll be making many, many trips to get cracking with filling your books once you're old enough to go out on your own for multiple days!
Milkfloat, trying to think what that would be!
I need 2 VTEC power cars and 11 91s IIRC. Really need to make an effort there, especially with the 4 GC power cars I need.
Milkfloat, trying to think what that would be!
I need 2 VTEC power cars and 11 91s IIRC. Really need to make an effort there, especially with the 4 GC power cars I need.
Milkfloat is a 91. Don't ask me why!
Which 2 power cars do you need? Still much better than me. My required power cars are the following.
43274
43296
43302
43308
43315
43367
The 2 GC ones I need are 43468 and 43484
And my required 91s are
91101
91105
91106
91107
91108
91112
91113
91114
91118
91119
91121
91122
91127
91132
Which 2 power cars do you need? Still much better than me. My required power cars are the following.
43274
43296
43302
43308
43315
43367
The 2 GC ones I need are 43468 and 43484
And my required 91s are
91101
91105
91106
91107
91108
91112
91113
91114
91118
91119
91121
91122
91127
91132
Techniquest
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I think it's 43274 and 43319 for my last EC HST power cars. The 91s and GC power cars I don't have memorised.
Seems weird to call a 91 a Milkfloat!
Seems weird to call a 91 a Milkfloat!
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Tech I've called them much worse
, I heard someone years ago, calling them blunts, thats not a typing error either I've never really heard a nickname for them to be honest.fishquinn did you manage to get to that chippy in Newcastle or didn't you get time? Hope you enjoyed your time in the North East too,
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I had 43319 twice on the trip (and it was a dud before then too). I obviously haven't had 43274 as it is still required.
The reason a 91 is a milk float is because they kind of look like one and sound like one.
The reason a 91 is a milk float is because they kind of look like one and sound like one.
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I've given 91s the finger before now, as they happened to get in the way of a Grand Central HST that I was filming at the time
I got to the chippy on the Saturday (the only day I reached Newcastle). I was on the non platform side of the barriers for 5 minutes.
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I've given 91s the finger before now, as they happened to get in the way of a Grand Central HST that I was filming at the time
That would be irritating. I definitely prefer HSTs and I think GC have the best HSTs of them all.
47403
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some weird milk floats in Leamington Spa
Dad and I avoided the 66s (we could have got them from York) as neither of us want to get any more of them for haulage (I have never had any!) We were hoping for an HST to Donny as that is booked traction but in the end got a 91. According to the guard, this was due to a last minute set swap at Newcastle.
Fair enough, if you don't like 'em, don't do 'em.
It was a stonking run, mind.
The highlight being racing (and beating) a MK4 set to Colton Junction.
Yeah, I know that was probably running on yellows, but fun nevertheless.
<can of worms.> Locos are always preferable to HSTs in my book </can of worms.>
It was a stonking run, mind.
The highlight being racing (and beating) a MK4 set to Colton Junction.
Yeah, I know that was probably running on yellows, but fun nevertheless.
<can of worms.> Locos are always preferable to HSTs in my book </can of worms.>
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