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The down home at Ledbury may be a contender.

Sounds like a crankcase explosion from overpressure. Sometimes caused by broken piston rings allowing fuel to enter the crankcase.

In the BR era ( 1970/80 ) HST's running on 1 power car were common when the Paxman engines had overheating problems. Was on several where it was a slow climb up from Stroud to Sapperton summit.

They would start the diesel engine a few minutes before. Then at the end of the 3rd Rail, close the electric controller and open the diesel controller.

Top speed on diesel was the same as on electric. 80 mph for 73/0 90 mph for 73/1 and 74 They only could reach top speed on diesel when running light.

A simpler solution would be a battery shunting loco to move trains between the reception road and terminal

A similar incident happened at Didcot in 1967. The MOT report is on railsarchive.

Looks like Scotland by the locos.

For "Worst Railway Journeys in the UK" my vote would be a journey from Cardiff to Manchester in a TFW Class 153. There were several today according to Realtimetrains.

For a VM, try downloading VMware Player. Have been using it for a long time, very reliable.

Must have been a fault on that particular train. WiFi on 755 and 745 is usually very good even in rural area's.

The report on the 1983 Paddington accident on railwaysarchive.co.uk has a list of the vehicles and the formation. You may find it useful.

A bit slow but there is a bus No 103 between Colchester/Manningtree/Harwich Suggestion: Get the train from Liverpool Street to Manningtree Walk to the Skinners Arms ( About 10 mins ) Then 103 bus to Harwich

I was there on BR in the 70's/80's The scenario was just the same with restrictions on who does what and where. Co-operation between regions for Crews/Locos/stock etc could take several days if it happened at all. I am afraid BR is not a good example to plan for the future.

All theoretical and speculation but my preference for the future would be Princess Ann as Queen.