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Saturday 26th March 2016

Yesterday, I enjoyed a trip to York and Harrogate.

08:18 21 6066 Chester-le-Street Red Lion to Durham Bus Station
The day began with an 07:15 alarm, to allow ample to time to get to Durham Railway Station for the train south; the 09:43 Virgin Trains East Coast service, 1E06, pathed to be a Class 91. I left my house just before 08:00, and met Adrian on Front Street at about 08:15. He wasn't to be joining me on this outing, but he was heading through to Durham to sort some stuff out at work. 6066 was our ride through to Durham, operating the 08:18 21 service from Chester-le-Street. We sat behind the stairwell and talked throughout the short ride to Durham, and spent about twenty minutes taking photos at the entrance of the bus station of stuff coming in, was also able to catch recently repainted Enviro200 1320 on North Road. Just after 09:00, we parted ways, and I began making the arduous climb up to the station.

09:50 1E06 91112 Durham Railway Station to York Railway Station
Joining me on this occasion was citaro5284, who had boarded at Newcastle, but no sooner had the train departed Newcastle, the station staff at Durham informed passengers awaiting the imminently due southbound TransPennine service that a platform change was occurring due to a broken rail rendering Platform 1 (southbound platform at Durham) useless. I watched from Platform 1 with intrigue as a Class 185 unit rolled into the northbound platform (2), heading southbound, and unsurprisingly, the passengers awaiting the 09:43 VTEC were soon moved across. Upon reaching Platform 2, I saw the Mk4 set slowly rolling into the platform, with DVT 82216 leading the train. Quickly made my way up to the flag for Coach D, in which we were booked, and boarded the coach at the end nearest our seats. We sat at a standstill until 09:56, departing Durham with a delay of 17 minutes, stopping again before Darlington, arriving there having incurred a delay totalling 20 minutes. Our coach remained lightly loaded for the duration of our journey, and we rolled into York at about 10:55. 

11:09 2C25 142023 York Railway Station to Harrogate Railway Station
After identifying the Class 91 that had been paired with 82216 as 91112, which was a winner for haulage, we headed across to the ticket office and used one of the electronic ticket machines to collect our tickets for Harrogate. Once this was done, a short walk across to the platform for our train to Harrogate was made, our train was already in the platform in the pairing of 142037 and 142023; unsurprisingly, both were winners. Both had bench seating, with the 3-2 formation on the interior, and so when the driver came and opened the doors, we boarded 142023 and took a seat at the two rows of seats that face each other about mid-way in the saloon. citaro5284, who had come down with a cold that he had presumably obtained from Dan, offered me a locket so that I could ''fight the infection before I get it''. Our plan was to meet one of my friends at Harrogate, one of the moderators on RailUK Forums, David Russell (he made an account on this forum with the same username as his RailUK account, ''theblackwatch''). The journey on this stopping service was very enjoyable, far superior to some of the units at Newcastle.

13:04 2C30 142037 Harrogate Railway Station to York Railway Station
We met with David at Harrogate Bus Station; citaro5284 and him talked for a few minutes while I focused on getting some photos, before citaro5284 headed down to the stand for the 36 for a closer inspection of the operations. Following about thirty minutes at the bus station, we walked down to a place called North Bar, which David led us down to, and we had a drink in there for about twenty minutes. Customer service was great, but the interior was a bit too basic. Upon returning to the railway station at 12:55, we parted company with David, and headed back to the platform. Our train back to York soon appeared, the same pair of Pacers as before, 142037 and 142023, so we sat in the former this time to allow some variety. Managed to bag the same seats as we had sat in on 142023, and we enjoyed the scenic journey back to York. I'd recommend this journey, the loadings were quite light, and I found it enjoyable. Was also nice to have two more Pacers ticked off, too.

Upon returning to York, we walked to the National Railway Museum to catch a glimpse of Class A3 Pacific 60103 (4472 in it's LNER days) ''Flying Scotsman''. It was quite crowded, and as we'd been before, we didn't stick around. Following this, we walked back through the railway station and made our way up to The Punchbowl for some lunch. citaro5284 enjoyed a steak while I had a steak and ale pie. We noticed, from our seats, that some of Transdev's reverse Olympians were running around on the shuttle service for York Racecourse, so I decided to focus on getting some photos of them. Following our lunch, we slowly walked back to the railway station for 15:20. Managed to photograph S54 VNM, a Palatine 1-bodied Volvo, which turned out alright: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127739730@...ed-public/

16:39 1S21 91125 York Railway Station to Durham Railway Station
We returned to the station at 16:00, making our way over to Platform 9 and taking a seat at the end of the platform. We sat and observed stuff coming in and out of the station, before citaro5284 pointed out that the late-running TPE that was using the same platform as our train might end up causing a delay to our service, due at 16:35. As predicted, our train rolled in just after it's scheduled departure time, with 91125 leading the train north (thankfully, another winner for haulage). We took our reserved seats in Coach E, but shortly after departure from York, citaro5284 moved across to some unreserved seats, as the coach was effectively empty. Was a nice journey back, with stops at Northallerton and Darlington, and we rolled into Durham at about 17:30. My father picked me up and we drove back, arriving home at 17:45. I'll be quite sad when the HSTs, but more so the 91s, are replaced in due course, as they are fantastic machines that demonstrate power and speed at it's best.

It was a very enjoyable outing, my thanks to citaro5284 for the company. I'm unsure of when my next outing outside of the north east will be, as there is a lot of stuff I need to try and catch up with over the next few weeks, but chances are it will be in the next two months or so. However, I have decided to end my reviews at this point, until further notice. Back in September, I took a temporary hiatus from this forum, for reasons that I made clear at the end of a review at the time. Things haven't improved, and now I am well and truly at the end of my tether. Some of the people associated with this hobby make me dislike it, in short, so I intend to no longer post on the forum much, and have less of an online presence. 

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