<b>By Casey Jones
Railway Correspondent</b>

The Queen has sent Greater Anglia railways a telegram to celebrate its InterCity fleet reaching a remarkable 100 years old.

The locos are the oldest in the industry, taking frustrated passengers from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex into London everyday in sheer discomfort and filth.

But Her Majesty was clearly impressed by the landmark birthday, and sent the trains a telegram - just as she does to any subject who makes it to 100.

Greater Anglia were delighted with the 100-year-old milestone for its trains.

An insider said: "People may mock us for having the oldest and most decrepit train fleet in the history of the world, but the old girls are still going, despite some mishaps along the way.

"Her Majesty The Queen was very kind to send out a telegram. It means a lot."

A Buckingham Palace spokesman told Suffolk Gazette: "The telegrams are normally sent to people who have made it to 100 years old. But Her Majesty was so impressed that Greater Anglia still have trains going at that age, that she felt she had to send a telegram to them as well."

He confirmed Greater Anglia was the only UK train company to receive the honour.

"Everyone else uses modern trains," he said.


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