tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post6584046520600900908..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: Trains Of ThoughtDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-19731703965256068332010-03-10T18:32:11.092+00:002010-03-10T18:32:11.092+00:00It is Leicester GC, as it was the change station f...It is Leicester GC, as it was the change station for locomotives on expresses the loco shed stabled a number of Pacifics. The carriage cleaning sheds of the GC were the best appointed in the UK.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-12738778430205626572010-03-07T20:13:25.596+00:002010-03-07T20:13:25.596+00:00Yes that pretty well sums it up, building HS2 only...Yes that pretty well sums it up, building HS2 only really makes sense in the context of expanding the capacity of the network and increasing overall rail use, at a time of severe restrictions on investment and a scramble for scarce resources it makes more sense to electrify the parts of the network that have yet to be done and would most benefit from it.<br />The inclusion of the Great Central in the LNER was one of the odder aspects of the 1923 grouping, presumably it was done to provide competition for the LMS on the midlands and Manchester routes. However by this time the real competition was with the roads as there had been a 'modal shift' as the modern jargon now has it.<br />BTW is that GCR station Nottingham Victoria ?Thornavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609294299733744848noreply@blogger.com