Recent content by cm39275

Im lead to believe they have gone back to crewe for exams as it has been heavily rumoured that Colas are taking some of the silver 68s on a short lease for RHTT work this coming Autumn.

When I opened this discussion up at the end of Feb I wasn't expecting much participation, so thanks to those who have contributed. Now that myself n works colleges have finalised more details to out trip to Germany in roughly 3 weeks from this post. Im wondering if there's any more details and...

Myself and some work colleagues are heading out to Germany in the next couple of months and we where wondering, if anyone has any up to date or any idea where I can find information of which services are currently operated by DB class 218 Locomotives in Germany? We have searched the forum for...

I managed to capture a 68 and mk5 set in platform 1 at Oxford on December 23rd and confirm that they take up roughly the same space if not less that a 5 car IET.

Myself and the rest of my party have decided to take our business elsewhere for any future railtours as we've all lost faith in pathfinder. Which is a shame as we've all had great experiences when travelling with pathfinder on previous occasions.

I certainly have no confidence in pathfinder as now the Cumbrian Explorer is cancelled, that now makes 4 tours that have booked on in a row which have advertised ti pick up at Oxford to be cancelled.

Now been cancelled itself due to insufficient bookings

Couldn't another idea be to electrify the branch between west Ealing and Greenford to create a big loop so Elizabeth line trains that terminate at Paddington could be extended and head from old oak common interchange via the Acton to Northalt line curve around just east/south of Greenford then...

I do feel sorry for pathfinder to be put in this position at such short notice as I was booked to travel as part of a group of 4 on this coming Saturday tour.

I believe 168001 and 168003 are both currently at Crewe for refurbishment

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The reason why I asked about 214 is that I hadn't seen any reports that it had returned from repairs at Wolverton, and had wondered if someone had reported 214 by mistake instead of 241.

Any news on when 214 will likely return to traffic?

Crosscounty are not operating any services on Saturday 30th September and Wednesday 4th October.

Train Times between Oxford and London Padding for Saturday September 30th, according to the staff briefs that have been sent out to staff over the last few days list departures as: From Oxford towards Paddington as 07:07, 09:59, 13:02, 16:02, 19:02 From Paddington towards Oxford as 08:22...