[ianrail]

I know we don't have a huge number of members from north of the border but just a thought. Although he weather in Scotland has been pretty rough today, that's actually not that unusual and the Scots have a way of just getting on with things (imagine the blanket coverage in the media if such weather had hit southern England). However, why has the strong wind caused such disruption to the passenger services in Scotland? Lines such as the vital links from Inverness to the far north have been closed whereas I remember 40 years ago the train service ran in far worse weather than todays. Is there really a safety issue or is it the usual modern obsession with running for cover at the first sign of perceived risk? Maybe they just prefer to give up running the railway. This is dangerous though: exactly the attitude which led to the closure mentality in the 1960s.