Recent content by Alicatt

That would have been my ideal service, having a home in Wick and working in London, I used the London/Inverness/London Caley Sleepers a lot, every couple of weeks or so along with the Highland Chieftain when I could get off early, but that meant having to arrange transport from Inverness to...

Thank you I will let Bruce know.

I was back home in Scotland last month and my wife treated me to a tour of Glasgow Central Station. Our guide Paul was very knowledgeable and gave a great running commentary on the different parts of the station we visited, well worth the time and trouble to go and visit, and if their plans come...

Had a friend ask me about a double headed diesel consist that he has seen in Balloch (BHC) during the night, his description is that it looks sort of like mail coaches but in a kind of pastel tan, he last seen them there in the early morning of 29th November. Anyone got any clue? I did suggest...

I have to use the ticket offices as I cannot use my senior citizen's rail card online or in ticket machines - it's a bit of a pain as some of the ticket offices are not coincident with the stations they serve

Thanks for the replies and they tally with my thoughts too. Reading the pressure gauge in the cab, it is red lined at 12 kg/cm or about 170psi, Now trying to put terms I can understand to the numbers on the back of the loco... On the back of the loco: INV-N: V03.0006 =Inventory...

I came across this locomotive in a "museum" about mining at As (Asch) near Genk in Belgium, there was no one there to ask about it and you were just left free to wander the disused sidings. http://i.imgur.com/m7fTQii.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yUFpwKh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EKhoOv8.jpg I...

I knew about the planned extension to go to Dunbeath, most of the traffic there would have been fish but the harbours at Latheron and Dunbeath were smaller even than the one at Lybster and were closed due to bad weather quicker even than the one at Wick. Extending the line down into Scrabster...

I'm going by the local history books I read about the building of the Far North line and also the Wick-Lybster Light Railway and the debate of the reason why it followed the route it took rather than the direct route. Though my personal thought that the direct route would have had too steep a...

Well they needed the infrastructure in to transport the materials to build the lodge, it is pretty remote out there and the track that takes you out there is quite rough, though it was tarmacked until the late 1980s when it was dug up and covered with hard-core/chippings by Fountain Forestry...

Not seen it that far, just watched the part about the Kyle Line and then had to go help the wife. Altnabreac was not far from where I used to live and I went out there a lot. Loch Dhu lodge is the reason, as the railway line was built to service the shooting lodges of the Duke of...

I've been living part time in Belgium since 2007 when I bought a house here, my wife is Belgian and we live close to the Dutch border. The woman had a book, like our cheque books, I was not scrutinising it closely but she was filling it in like you would fill in a cheque, my wife said at the...

By the woman in front of me at the check out at Jumbo in Luyksgestel but it would be 2 years ago, I'm sure I have seen them since, but I do definitely remember that one as it took so long for her to write it out. Jumbo there had separate card readers for Belgium and Holland, we used it a lot at...

In Belgium it is the debit card "Bancontact" for most shops, cash is only allowed up to 999euro, 1000 euro and above has to be done via a bank account. Also a lot is done via overschriving as they have a standard bank payment slip across all banks and businesses, it is very integrated here, in...

Ah thanks for that info, never knew there was a Brewdog in Belgium, I'm a bit far from Brussels but I do love the Brewdog products :) For the best waffles, the Zilversand café on the beachfront of Blankenberg serves the best ones I have ever tasted, they do great food as well and we usually...