One for the railway heads

[tobester]

there was plans for the pacers to come to scotland to work the paisley canal, east kilbrides and whifflets, thankfully after trials they refurbed some real DMU's class 101's

They had a 143 visiting when Bathgate re-opened in 1986, but they decided on 101s etc.



(from the site - http://www.jim.nisbet.dsl.pipex.com/rai ... _index.htm)

One of the guards at Queen St was trained up on them, and is the now only scotrail specific guard to have been trained on the traction

[Dexter St. Clair]

Faro Station, Portugal


Stopping Train to Lisbon



rear end



Lisbon Express









I'm sure the Motorail in Inverness saw more use.



Local Train Faro to Lagos





Old Lagos Station

[gap74]

That Express could use a sponge thrown over it...

Wonder if the Magic Wash in Burnside do trains?

[HollowHorn]

A history/celebration of train sets tonight at 9pm on BBC4.

[gunn13]

Found this in a second hand shop today.
Very interesting to read the actual report.

[banjo]

drawing looks the work of a certain mr gray of lanark fame.

[Godsgift]

Faro Station, Portugal


Stopping Train to Lisbon



rear end



Lisbon Express









I'm sure the Motorail in Inverness saw more use.



Local Train Faro to Lagos





Old Lagos Station

Has me thinking of Spain and trains to Benalmadena and Malaga. Odd gague though.

[Alycidon]

Found this in a second hand shop today.
Very interesting to read the actual report.

I have a copy of that report, out of interest how much did they charge you for it.

[gunn13]

Picked it up for £12. More than I would usually pay for something like that to be honest, but it's not often you come across something like that.

[Grahame]

I've also got a copy of that Clyderail report - my dad actually printed it and brought home an unbound proof copy. Anyone care to bid on that?

[Alycidon]

I paid Douglas Blades £5 for mine through fleabay, he was gutted at the lack of bids.

[tobester]

The Great Gathering at the NRM in York to celebrate 75yrs since the Mallard set a speed record of 136mph...The Mallard, Bittern, Sir Nigel Gresley, Union of South Africa, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower, the last remaining A4s all in attendance

All 6 in the Great Hall


4468 The Mallard


4489 Dominion of Canada


4464 Bittern


60009 Union of South Africa


60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower


60007 Sir Nigel Gresley

[The Egg Man]

My French isn't great and it's a while since I've been on a long distance train in France but I overheard a conversation earlier between two French folk about yesterday's train crash and as far as I can tell, they agreed the reason there were comparatively few deaths is that nobody is allowed to stand on express trains.

Is it possibly that simple?

[hillbilly]

Trenitalia at Faenze.

[InkMan]

I have tried searching this thread but either can't find or have missed the answer - if it is here:

I plan to travel down from Glasgow to High Wycombe on the final Tuesday in October and return, should I be able to pick up a ticket circa £80, on the Euston First Class service on the Friday.

To say I am confused by the conflicting advice online is an understatement. Should I simply book both journeys as soon as the twelve week period allows me to? It seems that £65 gets me from East Kilbride down to High Wycombe so I am budgeting for around £150 or so for travel. I am concerned that should I leave it too late then I miss out on the opportunity for cheaper tickets.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Shuggy