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Would have thought Victoria would have been a better terminus at least for the busier part of the line between Peckham and Catford, considering West End access is a bit fiddly from those areas.
Sounds exactly like my journey, but I was going the other way.
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I once did Hatfield to Kings Cross fast on a 313. That's a story in and of itself but as we went over the New Barnet crossovers at 75mph on the up fast I can remember the bouncing was so rough bags fell from the overhead...
Yes same with me, I thought we were going to come off the rails the carriage was so unstable. I asked the train manager what on earth was going on and in a slightly shaky voice assured me this was normal...
Yes I went on an IET late last year out of Paddington and began to genuinely fear for my life at West Drayton. Even the carriage vestibule doors couldn’t stay closed from the violent shaking.
It took me a long time to realise there was a difference in traction motor packages. I remember distinctively hearing the MetCam ones first when I was 4 upon departure of Brixton but it seemed every time I saw a Networker the noise was never quite how I remembered it - because I was hearing the...
Last time I was there to watch trains was a few years ago. I didn’t take pictures but on the down main platform it was pretty remote from the ticket office where any staff would be.
Don’t go to Wandsworth Common station though, staff was *very* unhappy when I tried to take pictures there a few...
I hope not. Soon that incredible traction motor noise would be consigned to history. But if, that dark day is approaching when the MetCam sets will be abolished, does anyone know how to get tickets for the inevitable farewell tour? I missed the 455 one but absolutely won’t miss the Networker one.
I’m aware of the routing of the London Extension. Well yes it is longer but it’s straighter than the Midland and with electric traction could have been as fast. Marylebone could have been expanded by building on the neighbouring goods yards. Suburban traffic could have been routed to Paddington...
I wonder what would have been the fate of the GC if they electrified to WH. Perhaps the GC would have been chosen as the main route to the Midlands and Sheffield rather than the Midland.