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The information in those pages is very good apart from the fact that the name of Watford Hospital station has since been changed to (Watford) Vicarage Road

Watford Stadium is at present. Lots of vegetation clearance and evidence of widening for 2 tracks at the site of the new Watford Vicarage road station on the other side of the bridge.

Class V2 Green Arrow - useful 3 cylinder. Much better than the appalling Scotsman which should have been stuffed and mounted years ago. Trouble is the public love it. Failing that City of Truro (even though it did not do 104mph in 1904!). Lots of A4's so no need for Mallard. Those wanting...

The thing is charters are operated as class 1 trains. Why then on a UK Rail tours charter was our 67 hauled train also held at Llandudno Junction to allow an all stations ATW train to pass and cause us to run block to block to Chester at 30mph. We were hardly likely to delay it booked non...

Not surprising. Last Friday's trip which I was on was exasperating. Delayed nearly 2 hours outbound at Nuneaton when 67025 was failed. Retimed to return from Bangor at 1830 instead of 1745 - train finally appeared at 2020 and departed 2035! All down to DBS not UK Railtours who did their...

No they do not. Non stop at normal hours/all weekends is Harrow to Rickmansworth then all stations to Aylesbury so he would have to change at Rickmansworth not Moor Park where Chiltern do not stop