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I would love to be there longer, but the fact that i'll be able to visit in the first place is awesome. I'll be sure to post what we are planning on doing, its only a matter of time.

I knew your country wasn't that small, but i was kinda thinking that, lol. I hope i can see steam on the mainline but we will be moving around alot, trying to see as much as we can. ECML180, if i do go to doncaster, i wont be there long. I sadly cant fit an entire day trainspotting at one place...

I brought it up earlier, it would be nice to go there for a visit. The the only problem is that i will have limited time over there and my parents and my older brother will want to do non-railway things, while me and my twin would love to do as much railroad stuff as we can. I just found out...

lol thats true, and i have heard some interesting tales about phantom locomotives and headless brakemen. One ghostly tale i have heard is of 'The Legend of the Olive Ghost Train'. "In October, 1930, a number of people stood in front of the probate judge in the coal mining country...

There hasn't been much action in this thread in awhile.. Why is that? Id like to hear more railway ghost stories from people.

I should! Their kind of like our RDC's. I just read that they will have to be retired/withdrawn in 2019 so now or never. I have no idea what kinds of things im going to do but i do know i will have alot of fun ;) I might see some freight's if i'm lucky, who knows?

I heard it was somewhere in the National Railway Museum but didn't know which part. Just curious, i know that in our locomotives the engineer is on the right hand side of the cab, but in the u.k. you have engines with controls on the left or the right, why is that?

I like HP but I LOVE doctor who, just got into the show mid 2013 and now I really like it! Now this will make a friend of mine very very jealous when I show her I traveled in the tardis! ;) I might do the Harry potter one as well but doctor who is of higher priority. I hsve heard aboUT the...

Thanks, i have a great interest in steam loco's from the 1800's, my most favorite one has got to be our 4-4-0 American type. I love the balloon stacks on them along with all the polished brass and gold leafing. Have any of you guys ever came to the U.S. for our railroads?

You are right, i have never been there but they have one that is a display in the museum. Does the replica rocket at the National Railway Museum steam up often?

now THAT would make my Harry Potter friends very jealous! That looks like a fun trip, i wonder if hogwarts accepts non-magical folks? :P I have been looking at the Dean Forest Railway's Website for their Steam Driver Experience, how long is the line? would you recommend it?

Thank you, never have seen more than 3 steam locomotives under steam before so this will be a treat. There are several class's of locomotives i would love to see under steam while in England. One of them is an A1x Terrier 0-6-0, its a very nice looking loco. I like others like the Great...

Spot on! I live in one of the towns neighboring Manchester. Manchester NH is where the nearest active rail line is from my house. The line usually see's a local a couple times a week, and it carries 80 car loaded/empty coal trains that go to the coal power plant near Concord. Line is owned by...

I knew that Top Gear was hard to get in to, but shame that i would have to wait THAT long. Oh well, I would have loved questioning James May about his railway interests :P My last day of school is June 13th and maybe the 15th i will be in England, My family is still in the early stages of...

sorry, just goes to show how little i know of how your railways work :P