Did you know Via Rail has a fleet of British Rail Gauge train cars?
They obtained them from a failed sleeper service through the Chunnel in the 90s. I rode with them on the Montréal to Halifax rail service called The Ocean. Part of a big rail journey I took this summer across eastern Canada and Europe.
As per that there Wikipedia it was in Longsight though in fairness it does sound like it was put to some use eventually.
Agreed. I wonder if people in the 2060s will be saying the same about the castrated version of HS2 we're fucking up today?
There will be a Chinese or Japanese version of Race Across the World where a team boards HS2 at old oak common thinking it'll take them all the way to Inverness. How dissapointed they are when the service terminates a few miles up the road at Brum.