Re: Scotland on Sunday: Secret talks on London bullet train

"Graeme Wall" <Rail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>           "Peter Masson" <peter.masson1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > 1974 the wires were up through to Glasgow, and the Royal Scot was
booked
in
> > 5 hours, with only one intermediate stop at Preston. On one occasion
when I
> > travelled on it during the 1970s it got to Glasgow 22 hours late,
having
> > been dragged from Crewe to Preston via Denton, because of a freight
> > collision at Weaver Junction.
> >
>
> Luckily I avoided that one.  If it was '74 I was earning a bit more than
> 12/10/0
>
though see my correction (sticky keyboard) - it was actually 2 hours late,
not 22.

Peter