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Title: HST coach letters Post by: Worcester_Passenger on November 12, 2014, 22:51:26 I travelled on the 17:22 from Paddington to Worcester this evening (Wed Nov 12). An HST, with the oddest collection of coach letters that I have ever seen : ABBCDKLL.
There were reservations inside most of them, so I assume that whoever put them out started at one end and ignored the actual letters on the outside. Once past Oxford, the announcements should've got complicated. "The next station is Hanborough. You'll need to be in the front three coaches to alight at Hanborough - that's coaches A, B or C." But there was no mention of the complications of two coach Bs. Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: JayMac on November 12, 2014, 23:21:45 ABBCDKLL. My mind works in funny ways some times. I saw that group of letters and the first sentence that came into my mind was, 'ABBA COULD KILL'. :-\ Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 12, 2014, 23:26:14 My reaction was that if I'd been dealt those letters in a game of Scrabble, I'd have simply handed them back and asked for a fresh set ... ::)
Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: JayMac on November 12, 2014, 23:42:40 My reaction was that if I'd been dealt those letters in a game of Scrabble, I'd have simply handed them back and asked for a fresh set ... ::) Especially as, in standard rules, you'd have been given (or drawn) one too many. That said, BLACK, for 13 points basic. Never throw a C&K back. ;) Oh, and just imagine if this was an 11 coach Virgin Pendolino. You'd have an F&U in the mix as well... Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: BBM on November 13, 2014, 11:24:50 I've recently seen one or two HST sets with a coach X, presumably as a short-term fix for a coach which had a duplicated letter?
Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: Tim on November 13, 2014, 17:45:40 ABBCDKLL. My mind works in funny ways some times. I saw that group of letters and the first sentence that came into my mind was, 'ABBA COULD KILL'. :-\ Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey I'd heard about you before I wanted to know some more And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine Oh, you make me dizzy Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: chrisr_75 on November 13, 2014, 18:12:41 What a curious tangent this thread has taken! ??? ;D
Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: JayMac on November 13, 2014, 18:37:11 Yes it has gone a little off course. Maybe Another Town, Another Train is needed to Waterloo. ;D
Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: tomL on November 13, 2014, 20:49:41 Yes it has gone a little off course. Maybe Another Town, Another Train is needed to Waterloo. ;D Couldn't escape if I wanted to ;D ::) Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: thetrout on November 14, 2014, 05:59:58 (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5YRoYckoRKM/VFp8k-bAHfI/AAAAAAAAmWk/iZbSIiYb0-w/w1026-h577-no/20141105_193730.jpg)
Title: Re: HST coach letters Post by: BBM on November 14, 2014, 11:53:57 https://twitter.com/benlaw/status/532934807282806784 (https://twitter.com/benlaw/status/532934807282806784)
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