That sounds great, Bill, but probably unworkable in the mad world of British
railways.
You see, the blimmin' Conservative Government of the 1990s sold the railways to
a very small number of companies, some to run the rolling-stock, one to run the
rail. It now costs a huge amount of money to hire the rolling-stock and
another huge amount to run it on a given stretch of railway line. To stop on a
railway line would probably cost a fortune, even if there were the time to do
so in the first place (before the next expensive train came along).
Rant complete . . .
Chris
On 9 Jul 2013, at 18:15, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good excursion train operators offer photo run-bys. They pick a particularly
> photogenic spot along the trip and stop the train, all the photographers get
> off, the train backs up and the comes steaming past the gathering. They then
> back up and pick everyone up and all are happy.
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