On 11/05/2021 07:16, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 23:08, Certes wrote:
On 10/05/2021 21:18, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 20:45, tim... wrote:


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On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
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On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Express trains on the wycombe line?

Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than
your knowledge of

engineering or railways!

Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham.
Yes, why would
anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when
they could
fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe
and bicester
at a leisurely pace in a diesel train.

Paddington?!?!?

Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when
they could
fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West
Ruislip?

Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west
first!
Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it
takes to get
there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service.

But they do

they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way

And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a
leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist

Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though.

I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go back
to the 80s for these

I was going back to the 60s :-)

Paddington-Birmingham via Oxford certainly lasted into the 80s, with
some trains continuing to Manchester, Liverpool, etc. and even one a
day via High Wycombe.

The Birmingham expresses were the last King-hauled and amongst the
earliest Class 52 hauled. I saw the first 25 of the latter almost
sequentially running through Beaconsfield as they entered traffic.


I did travel from Paddington to Machynlleth on the Cambrian Coast
Express in the late 50s, but cannot recall the route. Clearly from
Wikipedia it went via Birmingham so I assume not via Reading.

--
Colin

"ColinR" wrote in message
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On 11/05/2021 07:16, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 23:08, Certes wrote:
On 10/05/2021 21:18, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 20:45, tim... wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote:


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On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Express trains on the wycombe line?

Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than your
knowledge of

engineering or railways!

Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham.
Yes, why would
anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML when
they could
fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe and
bicester
at a leisurely pace in a diesel train.

Paddington?!?!?

Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when they
could
fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West
Ruislip?

Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west
first!
Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it takes
to get
there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service.

But they do

they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that way

And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a
leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist

Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe though.

I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go back
to the 80s for these

I was going back to the 60s :-)

Paddington-Birmingham via Oxford certainly lasted into the 80s, with
some trains continuing to Manchester, Liverpool, etc. and even one a
day via High Wycombe.

The Birmingham expresses were the last King-hauled and amongst the
earliest Class 52 hauled. I saw the first 25 of the latter almost
sequentially running through Beaconsfield as they entered traffic.


I did travel from Paddington to Machynlleth on the Cambrian Coast Express
in the late 50s, but cannot recall the route. Clearly from Wikipedia it
went via Birmingham so I assume not via Reading.

1953 Bradshaw's

11:10 Paddington to Aberystwyth arr 5:17 - Through Carriage Wednesday and
Saturday only - via Reading and Birmingham





--
Colin

On 10/05/2021 09:24, wrote:

Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west first!

Marylebone - Moor Street 111 3/4 miles
Euston - New Street 113 miles

Obviously journey times tell a different story,
but the westward direction is not the problem.

--
Basil Jet recently enjoyed listening to
B-Sides (part 1) - The Coral

On 11/05/2021 17:30, tim... wrote:


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On 11/05/2021 07:16, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 23:08, Certes wrote:
On 10/05/2021 21:18, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 10/05/2021 20:45, tim... wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 10/05/2021 10:23, tim... wrote:


wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 May 2021 23:04:54 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 09/05/2021 21:55, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2021 15:55:04 GMT
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Express trains on the wycombe line?

Amazingly, your knowledge of geography is even worse than
your knowledge of

engineering or railways!

Oh sorry, I forgot, you think its a main line to birmingham.
Yes, why would
anyone get a train direct from euston to brum on the WCML
when they could
fart around getting there from paddington going via wycombe
and bicester
at a leisurely pace in a diesel train.

Paddington?!?!?

Yes, why would anyone get a train direct from Marylebone when
they could
fart around at West Ealing waiting for a parliamentary to West
Ruislip?

Oh , Marylebone , even better! A nice leisurely tour going west
first!
Didn't know chiltern went to brum but looking at the 1:50 it
takes to get
there I'm not surprised they don't bother advertising the service.

But they do

they focus on the much cheaper fares that you can get going that
way

And in case you haven't noticed, starting at Padd requires a
leisurely tour going West, and it is a service that used to exist

Castle hauled last time I did it! Only as far as High Wycombe
though.

I was thinking of the via Reading services, probably have to go
back to the 80s for these

I was going back to the 60s :-)

Paddington-Birmingham via Oxford certainly lasted into the 80s, with
some trains continuing to Manchester, Liverpool, etc. and even one a
day via High Wycombe.

The Birmingham expresses were the last King-hauled and amongst the
earliest Class 52 hauled. I saw the first 25 of the latter almost
sequentially running through Beaconsfield as they entered traffic.


I did travel from Paddington to Machynlleth on the Cambrian Coast
Express in the late 50s, but cannot recall the route. Clearly from
Wikipedia it went via Birmingham so I assume not via Reading.

1953 Bradshaw's

11:10 Paddington to Aberystwyth arr 5:17 - Through Carriage Wednesday
and Saturday only - via Reading and Birmingham





--
Colin


Thanks