ISTR there were double-headed Class 37s puling passenger trains along it a handful of years ago. With hindsight I wish I'd gone up there to travel behind them. (View Post)

A good vote. I might also mention the Cumbrian Coast Line. Though I've never actually travelled the line, I've walked the coast alongside it for miles. A much-neglected part of Cumbria, as … (View Post)

The cynic in me says the thickness of the brown envelope that ended up with certain IOC members... (View Post)

I was saying BJ would be a terrible PM whilst he was still MoL - the Garden Bridge debacle showing all the traits that would eventually bring him down. I got a lot of pushback over that. The defefew … (View Post)

Hey, come on. The Peak Line and the Settle and Carlisle were both on the MML. No other main route went through anything like it. (View Post)