The question for me is, how long can suitably-equipped Mk1s stay on the main line? The 'Royal Scotsman' set includes 100+years old coaches, so...
You're right - I meant that charters should have low priority where allowing them to run late does not obviously affect anything else - of course...
Indeed so, but my basic point was that charters will/should almost always be accorded the lowest priority regarding timekeeping when compared with...
No, but there are contractual links to ensure that NR is accountable for those that are accrued, where they are in their control. Yes, freight is...
Hope the nearly-one hour late arrival at Waterloo didn't cause anyone homeward travel problems.
45L at Fleet now - don't know why but chunks of time were lost earlier, including at Salisbury.
I would have thought it was fairly obvious, in that anything connected to the normal service (incuding ECS) takes priority over a charter where no...
However, if it was a crew change (I don't know for sure), it would have needed to stop in the platform anyway. It's not meant to be easy...
Sorry, I now realise you meant the freight, not 35028! Of course, charters have a lot of slack built in and are not subject to 'delay repay' so a...
That was the planned routeing.
This is where I would have gone to film if the coaches had been 'proper'! As it is, it looks a little like an alternative history scene - if the...
Or, if you can't get onto the platform, the footbridge a few hundred metres to the east is good.
So, it's air-con Mk2s and a diesel on the rear. That makes my mind up about getting up early to see it - many thanks.
Crucially, I would have thought, does the diesel sit at the back all day or is it left behind in London? Does 'leaf fall insurance' apply yet?
"STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE!" I can hear in my mind at a busier station!;)
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