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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 28, 2019 8:51:15 GMT
One of our number has developed an unhealthy addiction and infatuation for the refreshment trolley on the train.... For those not familiar, here is one on the platform of a Manchester station this very morning, laden down with food and drink temptation for those who didn't have the foresight to brig their own or buy from Upper Crust/WHS This has led to a difference of opinion between said forum member and his chums. So OBVIOUSLY we must go to the polls. No Sausage option, because this is a straight choice and because the trolley does not serve sausages. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 28, 2019 8:52:58 GMT
Hmmmm, as I suspected The Trolley's food stuffs will be over-priced, I shall vote-
IT'S A TRAP!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 28, 2019 8:57:51 GMT
Definitely a trap. Although for some it is a guilty pleasure. Guilty being the important word here.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 8:58:01 GMT
Since I have had to travel more, I have let The Trolley into my heart. It is now my travel companion!
For hot food there is the glory of The Buffet Car.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 28, 2019 8:58:23 GMT
Hmmmm, as I suspected The Trolley's food stuffs will be over-priced, I shall vote- IT'S A TRAP! Have you ever had your kids with you on the train when the trolley has come by? "Dad, can I have something off the trolley?? ??" And minus points for no Akbar picture |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 28, 2019 8:59:42 GMT
Since I have had to travel more, I have let The Trolley into my heart. It is now my travel companion! For hot food there is the glory of The Buffet Car. -Ralph No. No there isn't. Because they took them out and replaced hem with the trolleys. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 9:00:37 GMT
On some trains you get...BOTH!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 28, 2019 9:09:07 GMT
Only because they haven't removed the buffet yet.
We lost ours when GWR went from HSTs to IETs, but they'd been running them down for years.
I have never been on a service with both.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 9:12:52 GMT
On some Virgin trains I have had both.
The Buffet Car is even better than The Trolley. It is more exciting because only a few trains have it and also they give you stuff in The Paper Bag.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 28, 2019 9:47:05 GMT
Hmmmm, as I suspected The Trolley's food stuffs will be over-priced, I shall vote- IT'S A TRAP! Have you ever had your kids with you on the train when the trolley has come by? "Dad, can I have something off the trolley?? ??" And minus points for no Akbar picture We're usually ok with such things. It's 'Gift Shops' that are the problem with us. |
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Post by Benn on Sept 28, 2019 10:16:24 GMT
I have never seen a Buffet Car.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 11:35:41 GMT
They are magical.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 28, 2019 13:47:54 GMT
They are like a Trolly but you have to get up and navigate a moving train to hand over your hard earned cash for over priced items. Hardly magical.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 14:11:31 GMT
But the excitement of going to it! The wonder at the specially designed train carriage for it! The thrill at perusing the wares! The special paper bag! The special paper bag!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Sept 28, 2019 14:21:19 GMT
Uh huh.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 28, 2019 16:36:39 GMT
None of this sounds like a thrill. Certainly not for the cost.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 16:39:07 GMT
Some things are worth paying for.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 28, 2019 17:31:13 GMT
Yes, toys. Not overpriced trolly tat.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 28, 2019 17:37:08 GMT
Every purchase I have ever made from a trolley on a train has been disappointing. Buying on the station is the only way to go.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 28, 2019 21:13:30 GMT
The only food I like buying at stations are the wonderful cheeseburger bagels from that bagel chain.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Sept 30, 2019 11:40:34 GMT
For those who travel First Class, the trolley is "free".
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 30, 2019 12:28:42 GMT
Now I understand why Turnbull travels First Class.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Sept 30, 2019 14:40:59 GMT
The trolley is a trap!
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 30, 2019 20:23:00 GMT
For those who travel First Class, the trolley is "free". is it really?! |
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Post by legios on Sept 30, 2019 21:23:17 GMT
I'm going to have to abstain, as my feelings on this matter fall into both categories. The trolley is a valuable source of coffee(*) when one has been either changing trains at stations too small to afford catering facilities, or with too small a window to actually get coffee. In that respect it can be a life-saver when you are making long journeys - especially in an evening after a day of work. It used to be extremely valuable on the first half of my Edinburgh to Billingham run on a Friday night when my mother lived down there.
On the other hand, the trolley is terribly expensive and it is far wiser to ensure that one is supplied with snacks and other food before boarding the train - especially if one has a long enough journey that you need something to pass for an actual meal.
Karl
(* - it isn't _good_ coffee. It isn't even average coffee - but I've drunk the stuff that came out of the machine in the lowermost floor of the Strathclyde University library. That stuff kept me functional during the summer I wrote up my research project, and if you can drink that then most other coffee will seem like a cut above).
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 30, 2019 21:44:49 GMT
Free food in first class. I have enjoyed it a couple of times.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2019 10:00:16 GMT
You're another Secret First Classer!!! Just like Turnbull!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 1, 2019 10:52:04 GMT
Twice. And only when someone else has paid for it or it was actually cheaper.
Now, the overnight sleeper from London to Glasgow. There you are treated like a king.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 1, 2019 10:54:10 GMT
I am in cattle class to London tomorrow and Bristol next week. But I shall buy my snacks ahead of time or even bring them from home. Smart.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2019 11:19:02 GMT
London tomorrow? Phil, are you there?
-Ralph
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