Recent content by D6700

The gala is next weekend - and the 37 is planned to work from the Saturday afternoon. It will be my first visit to the line, so it's good to hear the reports in this thread about thrash opportunities!

"STAND BACK! STAND BACK!" I'm surprised some station platform shouters still have a voice! At York, there used to be a large rectangle of yellow hatching between the concourse and platform 3, near the steps to the footbridge. This was where ambulances would park when required to take seriously...

Ceska Trebova in the Czech Republic has one, which I once travelled over on a railtour a good few years ago, taking us from the back of the station to a platform road without reversing. Whilst more niche, the inner circuit at the Velim test track in the Czech Republic includes such a loop...

I'm at a loss how a thread, that started with the official announcement of a new train fleet, has been repurposed and shifted into Speculative Discussion! It took me ages to find the thread again... But since we are now "being speculative", I wonder how the 90 mile battery range will cope when...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R45152/2026-05-13/detailed

Yes, there a feature on the BBC local news this morning about the 150th anniversary - and they mentioned special fares at 150 pence for 150 years.

Just noticing this thread is still going, earlier today, I finally had chance to upload to YouTube a couple of videos I took whilst passing the scene last Thursday. The first shows the passenger evacuation taking place, with passengers being routed via a conveniently located staff access gate -...

Correct, 60 mph.

It already has. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:66832/2026-04-11/detailed#allox_id=1

The East Coast Class 67 Thunderbird locos visited Hitchin this morning to move the LNER set onto a wired road and are now running back to Newark via Cambridge. The 225 set will hopefully move tonight - back to Neville Hill under its own power, so no diversions off the usual route.

Funnily enough, I first spotted this feature at Leeds on the 31st of January, when I took a photo and sent it to a mate with the comment: "LNER polluting the departure boards at Leeds, wasting as much space as possible. Obviously, with 2 other people in the coach, I'd better make sure I don't...

I believe this footbridge is designed for use by horses and their riders.

I think they may have left today on 5V42 with 33207.

Will it be loco or DVT leading from Chester please ? ;)

"The section of Common Lane that crosses over the railway will be closed to vehicles between late July 2026 and May 2027 while the bridge is reconstructed" Common-Lane-resident-letter-Nov25.pdf