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  1. brad465

    What went wrong?

    Substitute water and other utilities in there and it more or less still makes sense.
  2. brad465

    Trivia: Longest trip that any loco or unit has every done.

    465s and 466s would likely be either London Victoria-Dover Priory via Chatham, or Cannon St (recent)/Charing X (several years back) to Ramsgate via North Kent and Chatham. They also went to Folkestone Central on peak services long ago but that may not be the longest. Don't believe they've gone...
  3. brad465

    Longest non-stop distance on former SR lines

    What was the distance of the former London Bridge-High Brooms non-stop run? I recall back in the early 00s not only could Bromley South be skipped, but also Rochester, so some peaks were first/last stop Chatham to/from Victoria.
  4. brad465

    Longest non-stop distance on former SR lines

    It's a pity Southeastern have decided Chelsfield now belongs on the peak Hastings services that used to run non-stop London Bridge-High Brooms and vice-versa, as that would be a good contender on the Southeastern Network (they still skip Tonbridge, but Chelsfield is more or less slap bang in the...
  5. brad465

    Class 365 memories of their time in service.

    This was me travelling either to/from Margate on a 365 when they did the summer specials via the North Kent line, which were the only occasions I remember riding on them during their CSE days: I had observed them on other occasions, and as I was around 7 at the time, and they were a real...
  6. brad465

    History of the Networker, You Tube documentary.

    The video is here: I've seen it too and did enjoy it as well, but it's not the only historical class video on this channel.
  7. brad465

    Routes which had more trains operating 25-30 years ago than today?

    The Maidstone East line doesn't have Cannon St trains anymore; I was still in Crayford when the 2009 timetable change saw them end, but do vaguely recall their existence. Their is a reminiscence of the old service whenever VIC trains are diverted to Cannon St due to Sunday engineering work...
  8. brad465

    What is your earliest memory of travelling on a train?

    Riding on Networkers at the start of the century when I was around 5, I remember being able to distinguish the different designs and traction motor noises between the BREL (465/0/1) and Met-Cam (465/2 and 466; 9s were not re-branded at this point) versions even then. As I had and still have a...
  9. brad465

    Banking Of Passenger trains.

    I've seen videos on Youtube of charters with steam engine banking up Lickey earlier this decade, albeit they're not "regular passenger trains".

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