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realtimetrains will give you the unit numbers since day one of this timetable (assuming they show and they are no VARs etc), but 2 months back was the timetable before. You have to change the date in the URL. Charlwoodhouse does give the specific Train UID for previous timetables. I've tried...

The majority of Scotland MAS Signalling Diagrams are here:- https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/glasgow_suburban_lines_diagrams?utm_c Note that some will be out of date by now. Somewhere on the web (not FOI) there used to be Northern Trains (North West Area) Driver Training Manuals with...

Diagrams have now been uploaded to above site.

They will probably be put here if they become available:- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/information-requests/scotrail-trains-limited-publication-scheme Look under "Class 2" then "Unit Diagrams"

Kirton Lindsey town centre is on top of the hill. The views from it are worth the effort on their own.

As we are only a couple of days out, I was one of the lucky few in the right place at the right time for this late runner. Saturday 28 February 1987 37212 + 37166 0800 Hereford-London Paddington 1A25 from Reading to London Paddington

Saturday 16th February 2008 86101 0934 Kings X - near New Southgate 86101 near New Southgate - Wood Green 86101 Wood Green - Retford Due to the failure of the previous train at New Barnet (0930 ex KX loco 91128), we had to set back from New Southgate to cross to the down slow line. I have 6...

Here’s my winter weekend. Saturday 09th February 1991 43115 0600 Newcastle-London Kings Cross 1A03 from Retford to London Kings Cross 138m 49ch + 43097 Above 62 late. TUBE Northern Line-Kennington from London Euston (d1135) to London Charing Cross 01m 46ch 1531 1150 London Charing...

Friday 25 December 1992 SNCF 67469+67478 2259 Strasbourg-Lyon-Perrache E6193/2 from Besançon-Viotte to Lyon-Perrache 234 Km Via Ambérieu SNCF 72072 0636 Lyon-Perrache-Nantes R6802/3 from Lyon-Perrache to Tours 479 Km SNCF 22391 0636 Lyon-Perrache-Nantes R6802/3 from Tours to Nantes 199 Km SNCF...

1V10 0905 Brighton-Plymouth was, at least on Saturdays, the one to go for around that time. It had a reputation of the ED working on Diesel Power out of Brighton for the cranks?

As I have got time on my hands today. Monday 22 October 1979 55006 0700 Hull-London Kings Cross 1A04 [Retford-London Kings Cross] 55015 1705 London Kings Cross-Hull 1D04 [London Kings Cross-Retford] Friday 22 October 1993 Overnight on the Rancid Astrid as she was known. RTM Reine Astrid IMO...