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Eurostar's south London farewell
"Mizter T" wrote in message ups.com... I'm sure I'm not the only one to have been cheered seeing the Eurostar making it's way across south London from the other side of the glass, its passing presence being signalled by sound before sight as the distinctive noise of the purring electric motors approaches - a noise I once heard memorably described by an old lady as sounding like a 1,000 hairdriers all blowing at once! It has provided a bit of romantic wonder to onlookers, whether they be on adjacent trains, stations or just near the railway line - where are the people in the sleek never-ending white and yellow train going to, or coming from... a romantic Parisian liason, a far-away land, a first visit to London, or an escape away from it... And I remember, twenty years before Eurostar, similarly timing my walks with the dog at night so as to catch the Night Ferry cruising through Beckenham Junction on its way to meet the boat at Dover.. -- Walter Mann |
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