Recent content by alfred roberts

It will be interesting to see how many of the vehicles at Dalton DO actually go anywhere. As I am sure you will all say it COULD be a total site clearance - or two or three being sent off - 915 was very bad, 914 looked better but was the 5 foot 3 inches guage... not much good for over...

Thanks for the confirmation r/e the keeping of three sets - but is it just until July? Not surprised at what you say r/e 451! Hear both have been - were heavily cannibalised to keep the rest going, a' la 452 - the entire of one side by the engine bay of the power car was cut away in the pics...

NIR intend to replace the 80 class sandite BUT not until 2013. So this implies that the 450 DEMUs will still be around until then...

As far as I know 455 456 and 458 are officially still in service and still on NIR stock books, but as you have correctly said they are now in store. I can confirm that 455 and 456 are at Ballymena and a pic of 455 is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/63057595@N06/6884356528 458 is at...

R/e the class 80s the Downpatrick and County Down Railway ARE going to preserve a class 80 all being well and details are - Downpatrick's 80 class preservation appeal was launched on Saturday. Money is not requested at this stage. Contributors are asked to fill in a pledge form and when...

Three-car class 115 from the Barry Railway has been bought for scrap The full thread from 1st - gen Yahoo Group http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/1st-gen/ with links to messages (you will need to join group as there are NO public archives) From: evangreenhughes Subject: [1st-gen]...

Thanks for the replies, sorry to have taken to long to reply. Other railways Thanks for the list of nearby railway lines and museums. Yes I was aware there are a number of standard guage railways and museums at Aylesbury and Northampton. I was aware there are a number of miniature and...

My interest was in reinstating the Luton to Dunstable end not the remainder, which I agree is a bit of a red herring. Yes that was the intention, to add additional units to the timetable to allow the 04 and 34 etc services to continue to Dunstable. Yes you are right, for various reasons as...

Thanks for all the replies! I welcome having what I write TESTED by people disagreeing with me. Closure of the Dunstable to Luton branch line The comment on the restricted size of the catchment area (34,000 population) appears to fit in well with an earlier posting at...

The scenary around the Dunstable line at the Western end does vary a lot, depending on what direction you actually look in - the land around council offices is well landscaped, the housing on Houghton Road looks pretty grim, Brewers Hill Road is tree lined, High Street North beside the railway...

Try telling that to a lot of people in Dunstable!

Brief details of dual - use bus - rail proposal This proposal is my own work only and does NOT represent anybody else. 1: - The guided bus way would be curtailed along narrow stretches of the disused railway corridor to allow the disused railway formation to be retained A: - Provision...

I thing I can answer the above concerns fairly easily. The guided bus way remains extremely controversial. A Luton Lib Dems annual poll of 25,000 houses found 96% of hundreds of respondants were opposed to it. http://www.lutonlibdems.org.uk/index.php/2010/09/96-say-no-to-busway/ In an...

For details of my dual use busway and railway solution see http://south_bedfordshire_railway.webs.com/retainlutondunstable.htm

Proposed heritage railway in Dunstable There is a scheme for a short length of the Luton to Dunstable railway to be retained as a heritage attraction as part of the ongoing environmental evaluation of the Bus way. Bus way promotors Luton Borough Council have indicated that the potential...