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Originally Posted by Foghut
My understanding was that Royal Mail ditched the original large EWS operation, and so the Travelling Post Offices and mail trains were consigned to history. Later on GBrf picked up a much smaller deal with much tighter constrictions.
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they did indeed however xmas 07 saw extra trains run by ews and the old vans.
GBRF did use 87 electrics to haul the electric 325's over electrified lines! they stopped using 87's at new years due to the need for a newer black box
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Originally Posted by Foghut
As an aside (oops there goes the tread again  ) there used to be a cab mock up of a 325 at the National Railway museum - does anybody know if it's still there ? It's very similar inside to a 365 Networker without the glamour, if such a thing is possible. |
it was still there a year but you cant go in it.....shame.....
