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Title: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: Red Squirrel on August 05, 2019, 17:51:10 If I had a magic wand and could grant GWR three wishes, what would they be and why?
Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: MarkHopwood on August 05, 2019, 17:52:42 1. I’d like a long term (25 year) investment strategy for our network.
2. I'd like our government, colleagues, customers and society as a whole to think of railway as they do in Switzerland and Japan. 3. I'd like mild weather all year and I would also like to eliminate some of the difficult external events we face, like fatalities. 4. I would like to exercise my prerogative as MD to add a fourth wish, which is to have a Class 50 and a rake of suitable carriages in the fleet for special occasions! Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: Robin Summerhill on August 05, 2019, 17:55:18 4. I would like to exercise my prerogative as MD to add a fourth wish, which is to have a Class 50 and a rake of suitable carriages in the fleet for special occasions! I'm sure that could be accomplished pretty quickly by negotiating with those who currently own them! Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: rogerw on August 05, 2019, 17:55:56 I particularly like the last wish. Perhaps that could be used to provide much needed capacity on the Weymouth service on summer Saturdays
Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: MarkHopwood on August 05, 2019, 18:00:11 4. I would like to exercise my prerogative as MD to add a fourth wish, which is to have a Class 50 and a rake of suitable carriages in the fleet for special occasions! I'm sure that could be accomplished pretty quickly by negotiating with those who currently own them! I have to keep business and pleasure separate! Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: grahame on August 05, 2019, 18:07:14 1. I’d like a long term (25 year) investment strategy for our network. 2. I'd like our government, colleagues, customers and society as a whole to think of railway as they do in Switzerland and Japan. 3. I'd like mild weather all year and I would also like to eliminate some of the difficult external events we face, like fatalities. 4. I would like to exercise my prerogative as MD to add a fourth wish, which is to have a Class 50 and a rake of suitable carriages in the fleet for special occasions! That is wonderful .. no 1, no 2 and no 3 are, I suspect, totally supported by just about all of our members .. no 4, of course, it should be a Class 33 ;D ;D but we'll agree on 98% and have one or the other. Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: Timmer on August 05, 2019, 18:08:50 Love a Hoover but yes with Graham on a class 33. Happy memories of them on Cardiff-Portsmouth/Weymouth line.
Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: MarkHopwood on August 05, 2019, 18:11:19 I am still traumatised by my days waiting at Sherborne for a Class 50 only to hear a nasty shredding sound as a Class 33 rounded the corner. In the interests of diversity I do allow the odd Class 33 enthusiast to be employed at GWR but their use on GWR trains would be a resigning matter!
Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: broadgage on August 05, 2019, 18:11:28 4. I would like to exercise my prerogative as MD to add a fourth wish, which is to have a Class 50 and a rake of suitable carriages in the fleet for special occasions! I'm sure that could be accomplished pretty quickly by negotiating with those who currently own them! Sounds a splendid idea and could be chartered for special occasions. Could even have a buffet car, and a van for surfboards, bicycles, and holiday luggage. Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: Red Squirrel on August 05, 2019, 18:12:53 37. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Qn.6 for Mark Hopwood: Finally: Three wishes! Post by: broadgage on August 05, 2019, 18:31:07 37. Just sayin'. Enough of these old diesels, what about something newer such as Tornado :) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |