Not Captain Kernow

To carry the large amount of parcels, mail, luggage and other items

Only in one direction though. It would be far more interesting and exciting if they had somehow come up with a reverse slip coach that attached itself to the express!

Has anyone else received this email? Dear Sir/Madam, It is with deep regret that we have to return your full payment as we cannot complete the IQA flask wagon due to some technical issues. If we fix the issues then we will have it up for sale again. We hope that you re-order. Kind Regards Michael Revell Research Manager KR Models

Indeed, travelling from Camborne to Plymouth last Saturday we were five late leaving but on time by Truro.

I have photos of it on five dates, they are not really a huge help to you though but until something better comes along... Class 50 Diesel Locomotive number 50 027 named "Lion" arrives at Truro with 1C11 0645 Swindon to Penzance. 10th February 1987. Class 50 Diesel Locomotive number 50 008 named "Thunderer" passes Gwinear Road with the 0645 Swindon to Penzance. 12th February 1987 Class 50 Diesel Locomotive number 50 037 named "Illustrious" passes Ponsandane with the 0645 Swindon to Penzance. 28th April 1987 Class 50 Diesel Locomotive number 50 031 named "Hood" arriving at Penzance with 1C11 0645 Swindon to Penzance. 22nd December 1987 Same date, empty stock being taken to Long Rock by the 08 which Hood now follows along the platform. Class 50 Diesel Locomotive number 50 020 named "Revenge" passes Wearde with the 0645 Swindon to Penzance. 11th May 1988

Exeter Class 143s, quietly getting on with it for years without any fuss. Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 612 passes Roskear Junction with 2A63 1145 Penzance to Newton Abbot. 2nd October 2009 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 617 departs Exeter St Davids attached to Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU number 142 064 with a Barnstaple train. 28th July 2011 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 departs Dawlish with 2F25 1115 Paignton to Exmouth. 3rd August 2016 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 with 143 612 at the rear pass Cockwood Harbour with 2F17 0912 Paignton to Exmouth. 21st August 2017 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 611 with 143 619 at the rear passes Starcross with 2F17 0912 Paignton to Exmouth. 27th August 2018 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 618 with 143 617 at the rear passes Cockwood Harbour with 2T11 1023 Exmouth to Paignton. 30th August 2018 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 620 at Exeter St Davids having arrived with 2F31 1243 Barnstaple to Exmouth. 143 618 has been attached as the front portion. 18th June 2019

Missed this one from 1st June Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 606 at Swansea with 2B60 1510 Swansea to Abergavenny.

Some Welsh 142s and 143s in action: All on 9th July 2019 Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 002 with Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 609 at the rear depart Cardiff Central with 2M34 1326 Barry Island to Merthyr Tydfill. Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 085 arrives at Cardiff Central with 2Y53 1345 Abercynon to Barry Island. Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 610 with Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 080 at Rhymney with 5R24 1858 Rhymney to Rhymney Sidings. All on 10th July 2019 Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 614 with Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 076 at the rear at Pontypridd with 2F36 1217 Treherbert to Cardiff Central. Class 143 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 143 616 departs Radyr at the rear of 2Y33 1039 Pontypridd to Barry Island. Class 142 2 Car Pacer DMU Set number 142 069 at Cardiff Central with 2M08 0656 Barry Island to Merthy Tydfil

Not sure what your definition of a mass transit system is, but something with 121 million passenger journeys a year sounds pretty mass to me...

Resurrecting this, found one of mine at Weymouth. Formation of BSK, SK, BSK, GUV, TPO, TPO, BG

I was thinking exactly the same thing Royal Oak! Not that I have done it either!

The bigger problem will be the loading times at Woking and Guildford in particular. Haslemere and Petersfield in the peaks produce good loads as well, all trying to squeeze through those end doors.

The 442s previously covered off-peak workings on the Portsmouth direct and were taken off because of the frequent stops, long station dwells and not particularly great acceleration from what I remember. The standard "fast" stopping pattern at that time was Waterloo, Woking, Guildford, Haslemere, Petersfield, Havant, Southsea and Harbour. The current fast pattern has all of those and adds Godalming as well. Be interesting to see how well they perform this time!

OK I have told you more than once that I was not inside the railway boundary. I explained I was a former railwayman and policeman so know the difference, and yet you continue to assert that I was on the wrong side of the fence. Lumping me in with the halfwits who trespassed for Flying Scotsman is ridiculous. I don't know what else I have to do to prove this to you, or why I should even have to? The footpath is configured in a way that the style is indented which allows you to stand outside the fence but in a position that lets you take a clear picture. I think this is quite common at many foot crossings.

OMG - it says on the original post and also on the caption on my own website - Treleigh! Do you want a grid reference or something?