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Journey by Journey / Chiltern Railways services / Re: Chiltern Mainline: Nice & Fast!
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on: January 17, 2013, 21:41:27
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Mind you when this Bristolian (at training college in the 70s) was looked after by what he called VESTAL virgins, he found he could never get through to the contents, cuz of all the wrapping.....
If all this promised snow materialises, I think I might be glad of a VESPA if the train don't turn up !
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All across the Great Western territory / Media about railways, and other means of transport / Re: New railway series on BBC2 - Locomotion - Dan Snow's History of railways
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on: January 16, 2013, 23:26:29
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I agree with John R. I think we have all become somewhat seduced by the glut of the glamorous Mr Portaloo staying in the best hotels, swanning around Europe and artificially stage managed bits of the UK▸ . This programme did what it said on the tin....the unvarnished truth,i.e 'loco motion' or 'mad movement'. The rushed breathess delivery, the suppressed excitement, the dirt, the water, the brilliant contrasts of light and darkness captured the mania of those ground breaking early years perfectly. Dan Snow brought a refreshing dose of realism to the whole subject by getting down and dirty where it really mattered.
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