Last time i used one of their routes i took the southern route from the WCML and the northern route back. Bloody lovely route, fantastic scenery and oddball stations. Bradford had two main stations, one North, one south, a vagary of the east the railways were built over a hundred years ago, a short walk between the two stations.
Ps, dont use the service if you actually have to be antwhere on time, for me a combination of Northern, Trans and Ariva, a tripple fucking.
It’s difficult to imagine how South Western could be worse but I’m sure a Labour govt could manage it
I thought 4 operators ( East Coast Mainline, TransPennine, Northern and South Eastern (LNER) had already been ‘nationalised’ by the Conservative government, although they obviously couldn’t use that word
I do like a gronk. Amazing there are still a number in daily use across the network despite the first one rolling out in 1952. Mind you 996 were built between then and 1962
Also on a smaller scale; research your Bell Codes!
Quite an undertaking! Well done to this bloke:
Whenever I hear people say train drivers have it easy, I think about how they have to drive at night with lamps- which for the most part are designed for the fucking thing to be seen…
Signalling.
And driving technique.
I’ve had a play (light engine) with a system similar to this one and because I might be a bit sad, I find it fascinating:
