In a change of events I have decided to go to this and I booked my train tickets today. I'll be getting the 0806 from Darlington (arriving in Edinburgh at 1024) and will be returning on the 1630 train from Edinburgh (arriving back in Darlington at 1826).
Well if nothing else, we can confirm that you lot are rather indecisive!
(25 Aug 2015, 7:38 pm)aureolin wrote [ -> ]Certainly is! You'd think I'd given him the train times or something... 
I would want class 91 both ways....cannot wait for the new class 800's.......
(25 Aug 2015, 9:43 am)Malarkey wrote [ -> ]Looks like quite a few members of NEB are going then, what time you heading up aureolin?
Same as Jimmi pretty much, but I'm booked to and from Newcastle.
Newcastle 0842 - Edinburgh 1024
Edinburgh 1630 - Newcastle 1757
(25 Aug 2015, 7:39 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]I would want class 91 both ways....cannot wait for the new class 800's.......
I go through phases, but I probably prefer the 91s over the HSTs. Though I do opt for a HST back from London, simply to avoid the London-Peterborough commuters.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:36 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]HST there, Class 91 back 
Had to do a Google Image search of what both of them looked like, you can tell my interest in trains is very minor
(25 Aug 2015, 7:43 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Had to do a Google Image search of what both of them looked like, you can tell my interest in trains is very minor
Shame on you
Dan will tell you, I can see the ECML from my office window...its great!
(25 Aug 2015, 7:45 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]Shame on you
Dan will tell you, I can see the ECML from my office window...its great!
First day of VTEC operation with the newly painted train out, we had a few guests...!
I've not yet booked, but the plan is the 08:40 Virgin Trains East Coast up from Newcastle to Edinburgh, which is booked a HST. Then either the 16:00 or 16:30 back down, my dad and I are undecided.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:45 pm)citaro5284 wrote [ -> ]Shame on you
Dan will tell you, I can see the ECML from my office window...its great!
I've only ever really seen Northern Rail's Class 142's on the Bishop - Saltburn line, should have seen my face when I got a Class 156 on the direct Whitby train to Darlington on Easter Sunday, I thought it was posh, shows how often I ride trains
(25 Aug 2015, 7:51 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]I've only ever really seen Northern Rail's Class 142's on the Bishop - Saltburn line, should have seen my face when I got a Class 156 on the direct Whitby train to Darlington on Easter Sunday, I thought it was posh, shows how often I ride trains
Oh yes, we see (*ahem* hear) those from the office, too! Bit harder in summer as the leaves prevent citaro5284's viewing of the line, but I can just about see it.
(25 Aug 2015, 7:55 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Oh yes, we see (*ahem* hear) those from the office, too! Bit harder in summer as the leaves prevent citaro5284's viewing of the line, but I can just about see it.
Count yourselves lucky. They prevent the trains from running in the world of DB T&W...
(25 Aug 2015, 7:55 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Oh yes, we see (*ahem* hear) those from the office, too! Bit harder in summer as the leaves prevent citaro5284's viewing of the line, but I can just about see it.
Could be worse, I can sometimes hear them from my house!
(25 Aug 2015, 7:57 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Could be worse, I can sometimes hear them from my house!
Not sure how far away the Northern Rail line is from your house, but it's a matter of metres away from my ears at work... So it's bloody awful when citaro5284 opens the window - and he wonders why I prefer to have the air con on (if we must remove heat from the room...........)
(25 Aug 2015, 8:00 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Not sure how far away the Northern Rail line is from your house, but it's a matter of metres away from my ears at work... So it's bloody awful when citaro5284 opens the window - and he wonders why I prefer to have the air con on (if we must remove heat from the room...........)
Close enough!
My ears are still ringing from when I went to Newton Aycliffe Rail Station for some photos the other week.
Completely forgot that I'm going out the night before this so I dread to think what state I'm going to turn up in for this
Don't know if it's better being out the night before or going straight out as soon as I get back to Darlington which I thought I was doing for a moment earlier.
(11 Sep 2015, 5:17 pm)Jimmi wrote [ -> ]Completely forgot that I'm going out the night before this so I dread to think what state I'm going to turn up in for this
Don't know if it's better being out the night before or going straight out as soon as I get back to Darlington which I thought I was doing for a moment earlier.
Spare a thought for me if you're going to be hungover!
(11 Sep 2015, 5:20 pm)aureolin wrote [ -> ]Spare a thought for me if you're going to be hungover!
It's a gig with a 11pm curfew so I should be alright, although I'm not making any promises
Might be tired though as I'll have to get up sometime before 6, so I hope I don't end up in the sleeping commuters thread