The BeerTrain

 A two pronged attack of various Countries, with a main aim of M61 madness followed by another visit to the Oktoberfest in Munich.Me (Poodle) & Betty (David Icke - no not THAT David Icke - the other one!). # again denotes New Loco. Wednesday 25/09/96 90009  Crewe - Euston 1245 Liverpool Lime Street - Euston 158miles   Eurostar set 3005 at Waterloo International on the 0953 to Paris 07/09/1994. This was an invite only trial run, one of a series to ready the operators & onboard staff before the start of the passenger services in November 1994. 3006 was on the rear, we had a very nice free breakfast enroute.                                  3206#) Waterloo International - Paris Nord 1715 Waterloo Int. - Paris Nord 494km 3205#) No Tunnel riots today so able to make our booked overnight 72048# Paris Est - Belfort 2237 Paris Est - Buchs 443km A Compo to ourselves that'll do nicely ...

Myself and Betty (David Icke - no not THAT David Icke - the other one!) on a trip with three main aims - sample some more M61's in Hungary, meet up with the UK's German beer-drinking team, then take in the monster festival that is the Oktoberfest in Munich. As I was now A) living near and B) working in Crewe (A= Nantwich the promised land & B= Rail House Crewe) some train gen on our way to Europe for a change.(# = winner locos) Wednesday 16/09/98 87017   Crewe - Euston 0745 Liverpool Lime St - Euston 158m A pleasant start, just a quick check-in for the Eurostar - or NOT! Some plonker has left his Priv Eurostar tickets in the drawer at home.....ME! I can tell you it was mickey-take central in the travel centre "a member of staff forgetting his ticket!" but she was right - still I'd booked on a Credit Card so she had no problem re-issuing the piece amidst all the laughter. 373203)  Waterloo International - Bruxelles Midi 1227 Waterloo Int. - Bruxelles Mi...