(23 Apr 2021, 10:02 pm)Ambassador wrote Never really enjoyed these. They were intensely unreliable on the 21 (an issue that has only really just been resolved) but pleased to see they’ve got some life in them yet!

Indeed, which was something of a shame given how revolutionary they seemed when they were brand new. You and I will know better than most that the 21 was mishandled for years. The bizarre decisions to allocate Omnicities, the ageing Tridents, the Vykings - which simply weren't suited to our infrastructure - then the ex-London Presidents in 2011 undoubtedly set the 21 back a long way in the eyes of the average punter. It's amazing to think that two of the Lolynes that lasted right up to nearly the end of the DDA non-compliancy period in 2016, 3875 and 3878, had spent over twelve years running between Newcastle and Chester in various capacities, having transferred from Winlaton in the summer of 2004. They were still running with their original interiors too. I personally liked them, but I can still smell the foist on a damp morning.