I am new to RM Web and thus have only just seen the entries from a year ago, celebrating the 9 May 1964, 50th anniversary high speed runs and would like to add my (lengthy) comments if I may.
First I was present on the train in 1964 and flew back thousands of miles from my present home, to ride the two specials on 9 and 10 May 2014 – they simply could not have been missed! As further background, my maternal grandfather was an Old Oak engineman who lived, breathed, ate and drank his job! So I
