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The down 'papers from Marylebone was one of the tightest timed services on the GC in the 50s and early 60s at least. It was rostered for a Leicester A3 in the 50s, and utilised their power to the full. Nobody told the crew how much a van full of newsprint weighed, just the weight of the van itself! There is a description of a run from Marylebone to Leicester in Main Line Lament by Colin Walker.There was a distinct pride in running it to time as this was how much news was distributed then. I also have a recording taken from a Peter Handford LP of a V2 on the 'papers at somewhere like Princes Ri

"Is Nottingham that bad?" Nah, it's just that everywhere else has gone soft, I can remember a time when you couldn't get into Nottingham unless you had half a tab missing Rog