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Syston to Sheet Stores/Trent East is now cleared for W10, restricted to slow lines only Syston to Ratcliffe due to the fast line bridge at Loughborough. Bridge 94, the next brick bridge north of this one (which is 88) is restricted to 25mph for W10 trains.

Afternoon all, I'd just like to make you all aware of our Beer, Cider & Gin festival which takes place again in September at the Great Central Railway. This years event takes place from Thursday 18th to Sunday 21st September, with bars at Loughborough, Quorn and Rothley, as well as bars on...

Afternoon, is this something your looking at selling? If so then if they are still available I will take all 4 please?

Cant do the Peak Forest freight lines without a reversal at Buxton SB. 1744640266 Are we doing loop as in circle, or loop as in continuous line back to the starting point without a reversal? If just longest continuous line without reversal but not wanting the loop to look like a circle then...

There was a 20 TSR on yes, but, i didn't have to stop and confirm what the conditions were like. So, still unsure what the previous comment refers to about stopping and confirming conditions, 24 hours after trains have been running over the line.

Not sure why it needed to report conditions to the signaller for, the up slow was open all day yesterday from Amington to Nuneaton, I came down there with a liner and all was normal.

It’s not over until the fat Tory sings…..

I don’t sign HG to Buxton direct but I’m sure on the 3973 it was something minimal like 5mph. The freight speed the whole way is not much more than 25 or 30, although it’s still quicker than going via Chinley/Peak. the only reason you don’t often see loaded coming out that way is because you...

Hearing on the grapevine this has been extended to approx 14 weeks from initial closure now. Be fun for the freight getting up to the peaks at night around all the scheduled closures. At the moment everything is running via Northwich, but this closes once in 6 weeks, along with new mills south...

The barriers on P1 at the bottom of the stairs near the main road have been removed and replaced with wooden boxes, so you can currently access the station via the stairs to P1 with no ticket at all. The P2 side is overdue widening, be good to have two sets one as in and one as out to try and...

I’ve always wondered at times like this why they don’t run a Sheffield (or derby) to lime street via derby uttoxeter stoke Stockport and EMR just hire route conductors between Stoke and Stockport via Macc. It could be none stop between derby and Stockport apart from maybe Stoke.

Of course you could extend the new mills stopper but turn it back at Grindleford under the new layout. It would miss out dore and Sheffield, but provide an extra stopper over the majority of the hope valley.

Why can’t 6L45 be given the road once the train in front has passed S46 and give the freight 2 yellows so it can begin climbing the bank?

Timetables now online: https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/special-events/beer-festival/ Live music at Quorn Fri & Sat. I’ve 68-70 cask beers coming, then some boxed beer on the trains also, along with 25 ciders. Food stalls at Quorn to compliment the music.

Then you get me trundling through on my 100 SLU container train, getting given yellow red yellow red, expected to keep moving but with air having to run the whole length of the train for the brakes to release each time....