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Mark It was about 1040 at Rugeley TV Rgds 45378

I'd go for Crewe. SR do have a scheduled stop there with the sleepers - both north and southbound. There a few XC each day - presumably for route knowledge via Wilmslow as an alternative to via Stoke NR, VT, LM, EM, AW are all regulars Rgds 45378

Travelling south on LM today betwen Kidsgrove and Rugeley, we overtook a FHH loaded coal train just North of Stafford. It subsequently ran through Rugeley TV on the main line up slow. Does anyone know the origin / destination of this movement ?- presumably either Liverpool or Ellesmere Port as...

Nothing to do with the original question, but in BR days with conventional loco-hauled rolling stock with facing/back to engine reservations, the West Country - Scotland axis could cause havoc with reversals at Gloucester, Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh Waverley. Punters routinely turned...

I was travelling mid-afternoon Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe today, so not directly impacted by the fire, but - perhaps inevitably - caught up by some of the consequences... A few comments: 1. Both at Lime Street and Crewe the screens showed pictures of the fire - which helped convince...

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A lot of timber being stacked in the yard. Does anyone know where it's coming from / going to / when & how it's being moved ? Rgds 45378

What everyone seems to have missed is the question of which idiot designed these interiors - and it doesn't matter whether it's a pendo, a Voyager, a 170, a 175, or whatever - so badly. In fairness Siemens, with classes 185 and 350 has tried reasonably hard. But the others, well, they've...

Does anyone know the scope of work that's going on during this blockade? Apologies if it's been discussed already; I haven't been on the site for awhile, and I've only skimmed recent posts. Rgds 45378

The true horror is being stuck on a diesel Super Voyager for a journey entirely under the wires from Edinburgh (or Glasgow) to Birmingham - approx 300 miles. I despair of the logic behind Netwrk Rail's electrification plans in NW England if there isn't an associated push on the TOCs and the...

A recent trip up the ECML from York to Edinburgh produced a fair crop of such signs on the east side- mileage to London / Edinburgh, halfway points, sign at the northern end of the Ferryhill loop etc... Returning via the WCML produced signs at Quintinshill (site of worst UK rail disaster) and...

I've recently seen a couple of coal trains on this line - from a distance - think they were operated by Freighliner HH. Does anybody know their origin / destination / frequency? Rgds 45378

They were being used 'in anger' (as it were) at Bootle Oriel Road about 10 days ago. Rgds 45378

Apols for delay in getting back to you - the temp repair theory is the most promising. Sorry I haven't got a photo. Cheers 45378