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« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2009, 00:15:43 » |
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The Phantom
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« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2009, 10:46:59 » |
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The Doing Another TOCs▸ Job
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« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2009, 11:40:37 » |
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The St Budeaux Duo
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1749 Liskeard to Gunnislake
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2009, 11:49:16 » |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #34 on: December 18, 2009, 12:28:15 » |
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Naming trains, though, can be excellent marketing and we shouldn't really be poking fun in a negative way (yes, I know, I was probably the one who started it). How about a TransWilts service named as follows:
07:02 Westbury to Swindon ...
07:40 Salisbury to Swindon ... The "Swindon Commuter"
10:31 Salisbury to Swindon ... The "White Horse"
13:31 Salisbury to Swindon ... The "TransWilts Express"
16:24 Salisbury to Swindon ... The "Cathedral City"
19:32 Westbury to Swindon ...
06:18 Swindon to Salisbury ...
09:02 Swindon to Salisbury ... The "Cathedral City"
12:02 Swindon to Salisbury ... The "TransWilts Express"
15:02 Swindon to Salisbury ... The "White Horse"
17:55 Swindon to Westbury ... The "Swindon Commuter"
18:45 Swindon to Salisbury ...
The "Swindon Commuter" is excellent marketing telling people from Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster and Salisbury that there is a service that's designed and sold to give them a decent commuter service to Swindon.
The "Cathedral City" tells people from Swindon, Chippenham and Melksham that they do have an excellent, direct service to that place in the south of the county - Salisbury - that is so awkward to read by other public transport means.
The "TransWilts Express" is a reminder of how fast the train will get you from "a" to "b" in Wiltshire. I know there have been arguments over the word 'express' here abouts, but at 35 minutes Swindon to Trowbridge, these trains are significantly faster than ANY other way of doing it
And the "White Horse" is in honour of Wiltshire, the tourist industry and the lovely county we have. Let's take an opportunity to remind everyone.
Names for the other services? Yes please - let's name them after some of the key player who have been working so hard behind the scenes in support of a sensible TransWilts service, or who will "own" the service and would be justifiably proud of the achievement. I can think of four names (but I won't publish them here) from within the people at (or have been at) FGW▸ , W(C)C and the DfT» .
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« Reply #35 on: December 18, 2009, 20:57:43 » |
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I hope I was poking fun in a light-hearted, rather than negative, way.  The sterling work done by all concerned in promoting an improved service on the 'TransWilts' deserves recognition. So if things come to fruition in the future then maybe we can have The Train Wot Was Saved  |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #36 on: December 18, 2009, 21:23:21 » |
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Yes - rather like the Titfield Thunderbolt, we could have the Melksham Marauder?  Actually, I think we're moving on from naming certain services, towards naming the trains that will hopefully run them. I can think of a couple of possibilities for such 'named units': the 'Andrew Haines' and the 'Graham Ellis'. But then, perhaps I'm biased.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #37 on: December 18, 2009, 22:10:23 » |
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Yes - rather like the Titfield Thunderbolt, we could have the Melksham Marauder? Actually, I think we're moving on from naming certain services, towards naming the trains that will hopefully run them. I can think of a couple of possibilities for such 'named units': the 'Andrew Haines' and the 'Graham Ellis'. But then, perhaps I'm biased. Personally "The Ollie" sounds good too  |
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« Reply #38 on: December 19, 2009, 05:59:54 » |
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It always struck me with name / specially painted units that they were (and still are) liable to get way out of place ... so any marketing / advertising they provide may end up being out of place. I've no objection at all to travelling from Chippenham to Salisbury in a unit branded for the Looe branch, nor for travellers from Newquay to Par getting a "visit Wiltshire" message - I think it would be a great idea but not exactly the heart of a marketing campaign. Naming a train has a much more local effect IMHO▸ , and there are a lot more of them - there must be between 150 and 200 units on FGW▸ (?), but each running an average of (? again) 3 to 5 round trips per day.
I was very careful *not* to suggest names of individual, and to suggest that names be honoured from amongst the organisations involved in providing the service rather than those who campaign for it ... but there are people amongst us that I would be delighted to see selected. I would say that all such people should be people who have really done the hard work, or who have had real and brave decisions to make (even if those decisions didn't involve a big time investment), and not who just happen to be the figurehead name.
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« Reply #39 on: December 19, 2009, 09:08:34 » |
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A few names of local services are slowly dieing or have gone altogether ....... Marlow Donkey some locals still use the name although most refer to the whole of the Maidenhead Marlow branch line when in fact it is only the section from Bourne End to Marlow
any others still around?
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #40 on: December 19, 2009, 10:46:36 » |
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the Melksham Noctural Occasional still runs from time to time
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« Reply #41 on: December 22, 2009, 21:28:29 » |
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not really a route specific name but i have heard FGW▸ staff referring to the refreshed dmu fleet as sugar coated or polished turds.made me chuckle and having experienced some of the 158's i can agree when you look at the state some are now in.
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« Reply #42 on: October 01, 2023, 08:21:07 » |
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I've just purchased my copy of the new FGW▸ Network Timetable (^3.00 from all good FGW ticket offices!) and amongst the wealth of information therein are a couple of pages of information on the named trains that FGW run, with a little history behind the name.
It is nice to see a little bit of tradition, harking back to the days of GWR▸ (with a nod to SR‡ in one case). Whilst today's HSTs▸ may not have the romance of steam days of yore, it is still nice to refer to your journey by the name of the service you used.
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« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2023, 07:50:42 » |
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Maybe another name for your Wiltshire trains, from the Wiltshire flag, the Great Bustard. There again liable to mis-spelling.
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Not forgetting the "broadgage", and perhaps the "broadgage tavern" for a rebuilt or replica tavern car. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/british-rails-short-experiment-with-travelling-pubs-36068/ |
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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