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Title: 48 pictures that prove train travel in London used to be so much cooler Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 15, 2014, 00:32:27 From London24 (http://www.london24.com/entertainment/48_pictures_that_prove_train_travel_in_london_used_to_be_so_much_cooler_1_3800916):
Quote Whether it was a kindly porter carrying your bags, eating Christmas Pudding in the dining car or bumping into Charlie Chaplin or JFK ^ these retro pictures make train travel in London look much cooler than traipsing through Waterloo at rush-hour in 2014. But check out these 48 pre-war pictures of stations across the capital and see for yourself ^ look out for the cow being milked on the platform at King^s Cross: Title: Re: 48 pictures that prove train travel in London used to be so much cooler Post by: JayMac on October 15, 2014, 00:42:12 (http://www.london24.com/polopoly_fs/1.3800866!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/image.jpg)
Rail Gourmet launch day. ;D (http://www.london24.com/polopoly_fs/1.3800869!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/image.jpg) Fresh milk available on the 0928 to 'Uddersfield. Title: Re: 48 pictures that prove train travel in London used to be so much cooler Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 15, 2014, 01:42:44 I'm so glad I decided to post this particular topic in 'the lighter side' from the outset. ::) ;D
Title: Re: 48 pictures that prove train travel in London used to be so much cooler Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 15, 2014, 21:12:08 My own favourite:
(http://www.london24.com/polopoly_fs/1.3800904!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/image.jpg) It'll never catch on! Porters at Waterloo station inspect an automated ticket machine installed on a platform in 1913 by the London & South West Railway (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |