[Northward Ho! In which divers misadventures befall our correspondent..]

4 hours ago, rockershovel said:

I've just seen South West taking a slating in the Grauniad for various misdemeanours involving abandoning a number of passengers on an unspecified, remote station on a rain-lashed night. These stories are often months to years old,  being the outcome of complaints investigated without haste, and I wondered if it was another leftover from that weekend's misadventures? 

The Guardian article states this occurred at Yeovil Junction, on the 18.27 London to Exeter St David's train.

[Locomotive naming, numbering, and classification - initial musings]

6 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

How about a convict class, named after notorious criminals, like jack the Ripper, Dick Turpin, Al Capone or Guy Fawkes? 

 

There was a ship's captain in Bristol who got the contract to deport some convicts sentenced to transportation.  The contract  didn't specify the destination beyond "overseas", so he duly dumped them on Lundy Island and went straight back for another boatload without venturing beyond the Bristol Channel. 

I will definitely be doing something like this. Any chance for a dig at officials in London would definitely be taken (providing I can think of a reason that the Privy Council doesn't have to approve all legislation).