tony wrote:
On Apr 5, 12:53*pm, Sailor wrote:

My railway experience of yesteryear was that in general the system was
flexible to the point where trains could be provided at very little
notice. In those days of course, the railway staff *themselves were
very much users of the system as their primary ( and free) means of
daily transport. *Todays railways by their basic organisation is less
able to react at short notice *and has resurrected all the petty
weaknesses of mid 19th century wars of access and running rights!

What would Gerry Fiennes have done??


He would have written a book - or perhaps several - pointing out the
serial weaknesses of his colleagues while praising (to the heavens!)
his own contribution, such as it was.