>>Hi Tony,
Your photos have a way of reminding me of many years ago and today's were no exception. In 1956 I  was doing my military service and was stationed in a REME camp in Stirling.  When I went home to Warrington for a weekend leave pass, on Sunday night I caught a train (steam of course) to Carlisle where I changed to get to Edinburgh.  However this involved a 2 hour wait on Carlisle along with literally hundreds of other servicemen waiting to get to various postings in Scotland and Northern Ireland.  Hence "comfortable" sitting room was nigh on impossible so we sat, or in some cases laid, on the platform waiting for our connection.  I then had another wait in Waverley station for the Stirling train but was entertained by what I know now was the station pilot. A 4-4-0 tender engine formerly LNER and  before 1923 North British Railway called Black Duncan.  Unlike most of the trains and locos of those days, it was highly polished  without a speck of dirt to be seen as it silently moved coaches from platform to siding etc.  To my mind carriages of those days were much more comfortable than the modern airline type with no room for your luggage or your legs! The thought of moving in FSMO with kit bag and a case of civvies makes me glad I don't have to do it.
Keep 'em coming they are really appreciated! Terry McDonald in Derby