So, did anyone from this newsgroup attended the tour(s)? First
impressions? :-)

For reference:
http://www.coxster.co.uk/tubetours.htm

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, alex_t wrote:

Not me, but i know at least one lurker did. I don't know if he'll post
comments, but i'd bet my bottom dollar on photos appearing somewhere soon.

tom

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:54:51 -0700, alex_t
googlemail.com> wrote:

I was on the first trip, the 1039 Ealing Common - Rayners Lane -
Charing X - Stanmore.

It seemed exemplary to me. My car was not full, which surprised me,
but there were plenty on the train in any case. The train seemed very
lively indeed, and it seemed that it would have no trouble at all
keeping up with today's services.

The trip seemed very well organised. It was easy to pick up tickets at
Ealing Common and the operation of the train was good, too.
Turnarounds, such as the one in the Rayners Lane westbound, were very
smart by virtue of the driver becoming the guard for the next leg.

A good effort all round.

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:54:51 -0700, alex_t
googlemail.com> wrote:

I forgot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQZmXOEbkg

Tom Anderson wrote:

Lurker! me? Well, probably.
Still, I will re-invigorate the Hammersmith Low Level Bus Station thread
if the thing ever even vaguely looks like opening. There is also the
minorly exciting news on TFL knocking everything behind my house down to
build the new Hammersmith & City Line signaling centre, which I welcome.
The blue glass hedgehog planned for the bottom of my road on the other
TFL land is however evil and must be stopped.

But I digress...

I don't know if he'll post

There are indeed some photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuttyxander/sets/72157602054147851/

On 16 Sep, 18:54, alex_t googlemail.com> wrote:

Full of foaming-at-the-mouth trainspotters, quite a few of which I
suspect are frequenters of that awful District Dave's Forum.

The actual tour was rather nice though.

In message <1190052325.627792.195580@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>, BRB
Class 465 hotmail.com> writes

That's unfair - District Dave is a very nice chap; I often go drinking
with him!

On 17 Sep, 19:53, Steve Fitzgerald 127.0.0.1]> wrote:

Pedant! I was writing about the forum not its owner...

BRB Class 465.

Finally somebody said it!
When I came to Ealing Common the first thing I saw on the platform was
a significant number of typical trainspotters - you know,
freaks'n'geeks in anoraks. It was rather sad proof of stereotypes...

And before you reply, I want to explain - I'm not really into judging
people around me, the only thing that is really worrying for me is how
much I myself fit into this crowd. Overweight anorak with receding
hair line, making photographs of everything - it really got me
thinking...

OK, I can say to myself that I'm not really a trainspotter. I mean, I
can appreciate nice wooden interior of the train, but the real goal of
my participation was to have a glimpse at the running tunnels* - not
for the "technical" aspect, just to see creepy darkness, you know. I
spent about an hour in the driver's cab looking around, which was
fantastic! (if anyone from event organizers will read this - THANK YOU
SO MUCH!)

But still - it is scary to realize such things about myself!