Troop trains - anybody remember them?
Eighty year old carriages which were on their last legs, hauled by a wheezing locomotive which should have been in a museum, one hundred and
thirty troops (plus kit) herded into rolling stock each with seating for just 100 - and periodically shunted onto remote sidings to allow freight trains to pass.
Plus .. eleven hours on a stale cheese sandwich and an apple does not make for happy travellers.
Ah but, we were 'serving our country' - so that's alright.
I'm sure that somebody within the Department of Defence was congratulated and promoted for saving money, though.
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Last edited by Stanwell; 19th Oct 2016 at 22:52.