A Celebration of 153s

grahame

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A Celebration of 153s

« on: May 07, 2016, 14:30:23 »

I always wondered what the 'collective' noun was for a group of trains and concluded after watching this video - initially noted on the fgwdmu group on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fgwdmugroup/ - that it's a celebration of 153s.

https://youtu.be/xaPhwk8TdbU

My thanks to Crispin Phelps for posting that video link on Facebook and to DRS37412 for putting it on YouTube (I suspect Crispin might be DRS37412). It truly is a celebration for what the daily availability of one of these does for the TransWilts service. Travelling again on the the 17:36 from Swindon last night and chatting with passengers ... even some of the Swindon -> Chippenham passenger using the 153s in preference to the HST^▸ ! For some Melksham residents, they are lifechanging!


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Re: A Celebration of 153s

« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2016, 15:13:18 »

The 1730 from Swindon is usually standing room only, so I can see the attraction of waiting another 6 minutes and getting a seat, particularly as you can sit on the train whilst waiting to depart.


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Re: A Celebration of 153s

« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2016, 22:57:55 »

Quote from: grahame on May 07, 2016, 14:30:23

it's a celebration of 153s.

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(Ross 'Ancromarty' Hamilton posted back on the Usenet uk.railway group from the 1990s onwards, and I suspect may have been one of the first UK^▸ rail staff to post publicly on an open-access forum. He worked for Regional Railways Central, and then Central Trains as its successor; he seems to have stopped posting although I did spot him very briefly popping up on railforums.co.uk once.)


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