Railway Ghosts

MorningAngel said:
Possibly. I’m still trying to understand what the rectangular thing is. Is it a toasted cheese sandwich with the edges cut off?
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I thought some kind of tart with a pastry/sponge-cake surround?
Or maybe sea sponge thinking about it.
 
Floyd said:
Has the woman on the right taken her bra off?
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Not sure what’s going on there. Looks like she’s still got a bra but is holding a wig?
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That (possibly) and definitely the advert for sweeteners appear to be pathetically cashing-in on the rise of 'Women's Lib'/Feminism.
 
MorningAngel said:
Not sure what’s going on there. Looks like she’s still got a bra but is holding a wig? View attachment 80733
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@Floyd I wouldn't touch that pizza (if that is what it was) but oh for the days when you could get a full English breakfast from the buffet car of a Western Region Inter-City 125. I'm off to London on that route next week and it will be an IET sans buffet but instead a trolley service of cold, overpriced sandwiches and wraps (if indeed they have any).
 
Paul_Exeter said:
@Floyd I wouldn't touch that pizza (if that is what it was) but oh for the days when you could get a full English breakfast from the buffet car of a Western Region Inter-City 125. I'm off to London on that route next week and it will be an IET sans buffet but instead a trolley service of cold, overpriced sandwiches and wraps (if indeed they have any).
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Are the sandwiches still as bad as they were British Rail?

I must say the seats were comfier on the heritage train and it was less rattly than the train I went there on. But the Piccadilly line trains are still 1970s ones I believe.
 
MorningAngel said:
Are the sandwiches still as bad as they were British Rail?

I must say the seats were comfier on the heritage train and it was less rattly than the train I went there on. But the Piccadilly line trains are still 1970s ones I believe.
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I always take my own or buy from M&S at the station as you are lucky to see the trolley more than once in five hours. On my last trip the trolley went through my carriage was just before Exeter St Davids and lots of people were preparing to get off so it was all a bit chaotic. Why not wait until after Exeter when you have a lot of new passengers with a 2+ hour journey ahead of them?

In 2003 I was treated to a full English on a Norwich to London train and it was pricey but excellent. The restaurant car was packed and they were also serving in the adjacent coach but the service has now been cancelled. There is still a Pullman restaurant with table service on the main line to Exeter/Plymouth (and onto Penzance) which I'm told is very good but also very expensive and you can't just take food back to your seat from a buffet. The Travelling Chef concept was a good one - you ordered and picked up hot food from the buffet - but too often cancelled due to faults with the kitchens or lack of staff and was discontinued when the new IETs were introduced.

But at least there will be a trolley, on the Exeter to London Waterloo alternative route (takes longer but cheap tickets) since COVID etc there has been no catering whatsoever for a 3.5 hour journey.
 
Paul_Exeter said:
I always take my own or buy from M&S at the station as you are lucky to see the trolley more than once in five hours. On my last trip the trolley went through my carriage was just before Exeter St Davids and lots of people were preparing to get off so it was all a bit chaotic. Why not wait until after Exeter when you have a lot of new passengers with a 2+ hour journey ahead of them?

In 2003 I was treated to a full English on a Norwich to London train and it was pricey but excellent. The restaurant car was packed and they were also serving in the adjacent coach but the service has now been cancelled. There is still a Pullman restaurant with table service on the main line to Exeter/Plymouth (and onto Penzance) which I'm told is very good but also very expensive and you can't just take food back to your seat from a buffet. The Travelling Chef concept was a good one - you ordered and picked up hot food from the buffet - but too often cancelled due to faults with the kitchens or lack of staff and was discontinued when the new IETs were introduced.

But at least there will be a trolley, on the Exeter to London Waterloo alternative route (takes longer but cheap tickets) since COVID etc there has been no catering whatsoever for a 3.5 hour journey.
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I haven’t been on a long journey for decades. I’m going from London to Blackpool in October so I’ll have to see what that’s like.
 
blessmycottonsocks said:
Medieval cats did lots of useful things - but I'm not sure they were that au fait with pizzas.

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As drawn by those medieval people who'd never seen a cat in real life before...

But what is it now with there being no trolley service - you need to use the QR code on the back of the seat to order food and then it's brought to you? I did the Kings Cross - York route a couple of weeks ago, didn't bother with the QR code because I thought, well, if they're bringing food to people's seats they will take 'off the cuff' orders then. But they didn't, and I was gagging for a Kit Kat before I got off the train. What about those who don't have a phone? Or can't work out how to scan the QR code? Or don't want to have to decide hours in advance what they 'might' feel like having?

What, in short, is wrong with a spontaneous Kit Kat? I mean a real one, not those cats that look like particularly unconvincing furries.
 

Businessman​


Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Manors railway station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990
Further Comments: Wearing a smart three-piece suit and bowler hat, and holding an umbrella, this phantom figure stands on the platform as if waiting for a train. The man is said to loo concerned and would suddenly disappear.

https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/recent/index.php
 
Paul_Exeter said:

Businessman​


Location: Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear) - Manors railway station
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1990
Further Comments: Wearing a smart three-piece suit and bowler hat, and holding an umbrella, this phantom figure stands on the platform as if waiting for a train. The man is said to loo concerned and would suddenly disappear.

https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/recent/index.php
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Next time I see a ticket inspector on the Metro I'm going to ask them and you never I might get another stories to do my own show and call it CANNY.
 
The man is said to loo concerned and would suddenly disappear.

I have sympathy, having been loo concerned myself many times. They've done away with them on so many stations...
 
catseye said:
The man is said to loo concerned and would suddenly disappear.

I have sympathy, having been loo concerned myself many times. They've done away with them on so many stations...
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If you ever have cause to visit Crewe station, have loo concern no longer.
The Platform 12 conveniences are possibly the best on the entire network, to which I do believe @titch will attest after I sent him there.
 
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