Virgin don’t own the track; Network Rail do. :p

OK then – back to aviation now. :diablo:

As the link in my posting shows, Network Rail disagree with you bmi-star – and it’s their train set. 😉

No that’s dobermanns, Sandy.

The 707 is an aer-o-plane. 🙂

But surely even you will agree that the 7E7 order book is still a long way short of the 200 figure that was Boeing’s original target for orders by the end of 2004?

“”It’s our plan to hit 200 by the end of the year. Nothing has changed,” John Feren, vice president of sales, marketing and in-service support for the 7E7 program, told reporters yesterday during a break from a two-day meeting in Seattle with representatives of some 70 airlines and financial institutions.”

(Look here for the full article from seattlepi.com.)

10 out of 10 for positive thinking, that man! 🙂

Still no order from a major US carrier, though.

Unsurprising given the state of the US airline industry at the moment, of course, but it must be giving Boeing cause for concern all the same.

Errr….that was irony, Pablo! 🙂

The West Coast Main Line goes nowhere near RAF Valley, bmi-star. You’re thinking of the Bangor-Holyhead line, surely. 😉

Sure – but what I mean is that there’s no major conurbation like Leeds/Bradford, Greater Manchester or Birmingham near to Finningley.

Rather, it’s towns separated by agricultural belts.

Doncaster itself is not exceptionally big but the surrounding area is

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t quite a lot (not all, of course) of the surrounding area agricultural with quite a low population density?