[VERSION 7] LA GRANDE ALLURE Travelling by train in Europe and elsewhere Overseas 1990’s by Peter Dawes Copyright 2019 ã Peter H. Dawes All rights reserved LA GRANDE ALLURE: 1990’s La Grande Allure: Travelling by train in Europe and elsewhere Overseas 1990’s Copyright ã 2019 Peter H. Dawes. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information, storage or retrieval system without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages quoted by a reviewer in a newspaper or magazine. ISBN 978-1-77295-067-0. FRONT COVER PHOTO 1990’s-1: Australian National No. 739 Overland waiting to depart Adelaide Keswick station for Melbourne, led by V/Line locomotive CITY OF MORWELL (1990/11/22) [PETER DAWES]. Enquiries to the author at: West Wind Press #304, 5805 – 112 Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 3J4 (780) 434-4362 [email protected] First posted: August, 2007 (this VERSION 7, September, 2019). Copyright 2019 ã Peter H. Dawes All rights reserved 2 LA GRANDE ALLURE: 1990’s DEDICATION to Tom Clark FOREWORD This project documents my extensive train travels over the years in Europe, and to a much lesser extent in Australia and Fiji, India and Sri Lanka, Japan and Hong Kong. The current volume covers the 1990’s, and involves these holidays: 1990 in Australia and Fiji; 1992 mainly in Austria, Czech Republic, England, France and Germany; and 1998 in England and Scotland. This is VERSION 7 (for changes from the original, please see page 159). ABOUT THE AUTHOR PETER DAWES worked as a transportation policy researcher, analyst, project manager and advisor for the Canadian Transport Commission and Government of Alberta until taking early retirement. He has had a lifelong personal and professional interest in railways and passenger trains, and resides with his wife Sandra in Edmonton, Alberta. Copyright 2019 ã Peter H. Dawes All rights reserved 3 LA GRANDE ALLURE: 1990’s CONTENTS DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................... 3 FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................... 3 ABOUT THE AUTHOR .................................................................................................................... 3 CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 4 PHOTO CREDITS ............................................................................................................................ 6 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 9 GENERAL NOTES AND CAVEATS .............................................................................................. 10 ABBREVIATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS .......................................................................................................... 13 ADDITIONAL RAILWAYS AND RAIL ENTITIES .................................................................... 14 MISCELLANEOUS ENTITIES ................................................................................................ 16 RAIL EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................................. 16 TRAIN SYMBOLS AND MARKETING NAMES ..................................................................... 17 SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS .......................................................................................... 18 EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ......................................................................................... 18 COUNTRIES AND STATES ................................................................................................... 19 ALTERNATIVE VERSION OF NAMES .................................................................................. 19 SAMPLE ENTRY ............................................................................................................................ 20 QUICK INDEX OF TRAINS TAKEN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL (AN) .............................................................................................. 22 AUSTRIAN FEDERAL (ÖBB) ................................................................................................. 22 BELGIAN NATIONAL (SNCB) ................................................................................................ 22 BRITISH (BR) .......................................................................................................................... 23 CENTRAL TRAINS (CT) ......................................................................................................... 23 CONNEX SOUTH CENTRAL (CSC) ...................................................................................... 23 CONNEX SOUTH EASTERN (CSE) ...................................................................................... 23 CORAL COAST (CCR) ........................................................................................................... 23 CZECH STATE (ČSD)............................................................................................................. 23 EAST SOMERSET (ESR) ....................................................................................................... 24 FLYING SCOTSMAN SERVICES (FS) .................................................................................. 24 FRENCH NATIONAL (SNCF) ................................................................................................. 24 GERMAN FEDERAL (DB)....................................................................................................... 24 GREAT NORTH EASTERN (GNER) ...................................................................................... 25 Copyright 2019 ã Peter H. Dawes All rights reserved 4 LA GRANDE ALLURE: 1990’s GREAT WESTERN TRAINS (GWT)....................................................................................... 25 LUXEMBOURG NATIONAL (CFL) ......................................................................................... 25 MERSEYRAIL ELECTRICS (ME) ........................................................................................... 25 NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS (NYMR) ................................................................................ 25 QUEENSLAND (QR) ............................................................................................................... 26 REGIONAL RAILWAYS NORTH EAST (RRNE) ................................................................... 25 SCOTRAIL (SCR) .................................................................................................................... 26 SOUTHWEST GERMAN RAIL AUTHORITY (SWEG) .......................................................... 26 SOUTH WEST TRAINS (SWT)............................................................................................... 26 STATE RAIL AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (SR) .................................................. 26 STEAMY AFFAIRS (SA) ......................................................................................................... 26 STRATHCLYDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE (SPT) ...................................... 27 SWANAGE (SRY) ................................................................................................................... 27 TRANS-PERTH TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (TP) ................................................................. 27 VIRGIN TRAINS (VT) .............................................................................................................. 27 V/LINE/PUBLIC TRANSPORT CORP. OF VICTORIA (VL) .................................................. 27 WALES & WEST (W&W) ........................................................................................................ 27 WESTRAIL (WR) ..................................................................................................................... 28 WEST SOMERSET (WSR) ..................................................................................................... 28 THE 1990’s ........................................................................................................ 29 OVERALL CONTEXT .............................................................................................................. 31 TRIP DETAILS ......................................................................................................................... 33 PLACES VISITED ................................................................................................................... 34 PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY TRIPS .............................................................................. 35 ROUTE SCHEMATICS 1: BRITISH ISLES A – NORTH & MID-ENGLAND ..............................................................................37 B – SOUTHERN ENGLAND ..................................................................................38 C – SCOTLAND .....................................................................................................39 2: THE CONTINENT A – FRANCE ...........................................................................................................40