[steam for ever]

I would ahve loved to have seen 172s up here. The Turbostar series are fantastic units- quiet, comfortable and with very little vibration. I get the feeling that the only time that something will be done is when it it too late. I mean, why did London overground get 172s in the first place? They had perfectly good 150s there, so the 172s cold have been sent up here.
I have got to the stage where I don't drive unless absolutely necessary. Petrol is just too expensive, so I travel as much as possible by train. I don't like the 142s and I'm sure that neither does anyone else, but at least they are trains. It's all very well saying that they have to be withdrawn by 2019, but nothing is set to replace them. No civil servants do live up here granted, but one very poweful man does. I speak of the Duke of Westminster, who lives in Chester. I don't know if it would be worth sending him a letter. I imagine that Theresa Villiers would quake in her boots at the sight of him.