By Ian Walmsley
Feature
Is it only me that has trouble remembering the new class numbers?
The new modernisation plan has brought a rash of new classes onto the railway, at the same time as years of logical class numbering has faltered. If that wasn’t enough, some train operators have decided they don’t need class numbers on the front of their trains, so they have gone the way of yellow paint. Does this matter? Well, no, not as much as HS2 or the Williams report, but yes if you are looking for a unit on a dark and stormy night or reporting a defect.
