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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 08/03/2024 at 14:12 #155636
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From the Daily Mirror, 08/03/24.

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Presumably the reference to LNER has come from some sort of press release (from the ORR?) as other papers are following the same drift. Pity that the mainstream media can no longer afford to employ competent reporters or sub-editors.

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 08/03/2024 at 19:51 #155637
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postal in post 155636 said:


From the Daily Mirror, 08/03/24.

Click on the image to see it enlarged enough to read.

Presumably the reference to LNER has come from some sort of press release (from the ORR?) as other papers are following the same drift. Pity that the mainstream media can no longer afford to employ competent reporters or sub-editors.
Shameful 🙄 I thought that everyone knew that the LNER didn't service the West Coast line, but I was obviously mistaken. No doubt they wouldn't divulge the source of the incorrect information.

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 08/03/2024 at 20:13 #155638
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It's not exactly wrong - LNER are the only company currently running trains between London and Stirling, apart from the Sleeper.
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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 08/03/2024 at 22:09 #155639
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greatkingrat in post 155638 said:
It's not exactly wrong - LNER are the only company currently running trains between London and Stirling, apart from the Sleeper.
That's why the Mirror nearly got it right!

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 09/03/2024 at 08:13 #155641
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postal in post 155636 said:


From the Daily Mirror, 08/03/24.

Click on the image to see it enlarged enough to read.

Presumably the reference to LNER has come from some sort of press release (from the ORR?) as other papers are following the same drift. Pity that the mainstream media can no longer afford to employ competent reporters or sub-editors.
Daily Mail seem to have it correct:
Train firm gets green light for new route between London and Scotland https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13167685/UK-railway-London-Euston-Stirling-Grand-Union-Trains.html?ito=native_share_article-top

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 09/03/2024 at 11:49 #155642
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Slightly off topic but I am old enough to remember the old motor rail services from the early seventies one of which originated at Stirling. In those days it was a popular car transportation service which not only served Stirling but numerous points all over the country. The one I remember most in my number collecting days was known as the Anglo Scottish car carrier which usually came straight through Darlington and was usually hauled by the great Deltics. From recollection it used the enclosed car carriages unlike other services which used the flats for cars. Way before people used planes which gradually saw the demise of these services.
Still have fond memories standing on that bridge outside Darlo station.

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 10/03/2024 at 16:39 #155654
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northroad in post 155642 said:
Slightly off topic but I am old enough to remember the old motor rail services from the early seventies one of which originated at Stirling. In those days it was a popular car transportation service which not only served Stirling but numerous points all over the country. The one I remember most in my number collecting days was known as the Anglo Scottish car carrier which usually came straight through Darlington and was usually hauled by the great Deltics. From recollection it used the enclosed car carriages unlike other services which used the flats for cars. Way before people used planes which gradually saw the demise of these services.
Still have fond memories standing on that bridge outside Darlo station.
Remember it well at Stirling. Normally 50,s used to open trailers, then enclosed.

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 10/03/2024 at 17:24 #155656
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tynie123 in post 155654 said:
northroad in post 155642 said:
Slightly off topic but I am old enough to remember the old motor rail services from the early seventies one of which originated at Stirling. In those days it was a popular car transportation service which not only served Stirling but numerous points all over the country. The one I remember most in my number collecting days was known as the Anglo Scottish car carrier which usually came straight through Darlington and was usually hauled by the great Deltics. From recollection it used the enclosed car carriages unlike other services which used the flats for cars. Way before people used planes which gradually saw the demise of these services.
Still have fond memories standing on that bridge outside Darlo station.
Remember it well at Stirling. Normally 50,s used to open trailers, then enclosed.
We went on such a train back in the early 1970s. It was a Perth to Kensington Olympia overnight train and my parents had a Morris Traveller if I remember correctly, but I'be not got a clue what the Motive Power was.

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The Daily Mirror nearly gets it right . . . 19/03/2024 at 09:06 #155769
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Peter Bennet in post 155656 said:
tynie123 in post 155654 said:
northroad in post 155642 said:
Slightly off topic but I am old enough to remember the old motor rail services from the early seventies one of which originated at Stirling. In those days it was a popular car transportation service which not only served Stirling but numerous points all over the country. The one I remember most in my number collecting days was known as the Anglo Scottish car carrier which usually came straight through Darlington and was usually hauled by the great Deltics. From recollection it used the enclosed car carriages unlike other services which used the flats for cars. Way before people used planes which gradually saw the demise of these services.
Still have fond memories standing on that bridge outside Darlo station.
Remember it well at Stirling. Normally 50,s used to open trailers, then enclosed.
We went on such a train back in the early 1970s. It was a Perth to Kensington Olympia overnight train and my parents had a Morris Traveller if I remember correctly, but I'be not got a clue what the Motive Power was.

Peter

It will have been a diseasel of some kind to Mossend, where there was a loco change, then electric to Willesden. A further engine change at Mitre Bridge Junction (West London line, fringe box to Willesden PSB, which required the unfortunate North Pole Junction signalman having to give four line clears in quick succession with a Welwyn release to wind out each time) resulted in a pair of cl25 for the final lap to Kensington.

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