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Thanks for the information everyone it's much appreciated

Please move elsewhere if irrelevant in T&RS I'm wondering does anyone have history or know of any UK railway companies /operators that operated boats inland for either passenger use or goods? I don't mean BR sealink or the hovercraft operations, examples of what I'm trying to research is...

Lots of snapbacks at tutbury and hatton

Hi , I might be going to court over a speeding offence and community service could be an outcome , I was wondering as I volunteer at 2 heritage railways, if maybe I could use that as a double whammy for the community service as well ?

Endon station on the stoke - leek line springs to mind , the infrastructure is intact and is used as a cafe , it is hoped that there may be some C.V.R services running in the near future

Thanks for your help everyone , I bought the lever , rather nice curio , it is indeed a McKenzie and holland lever.

Thanks I wasent aware that leeds PSB dident have levers, as rolling stock is more my feild ,the plate does say "1 UP MAIN DISTANT"

After reading that york IECC aquired the signaling for the leeds PSB area in the mid 1990s, I cant seem to find out where or which of the mechanical boxes it replaced , Im contemplating on buying a distant signal lever which is apparently from leeds, which was removed in the 1990s but cant...

Long Eaton /sheet stores/trent east junction is a very good area, regular aggregate , intermodail and aviation fuel trains that use the freight line to Stenson junction , a good selection of test trains as well as R.O.G locos , plenty of EMR intercity services as this is where the MML splits off...

Hi , I work as a fleet maintenance apprentice, I have also volunteered on diesel traction at a few heritage railways too. Since as most railtours feature "riders" /Traction riding inspectors/ travelling fitters, what would be the best way to get onto volunteering to getting hands on experience...

While the track to Ipstones and Stoke may not be up to scratch , the return to Endon and Leek in the not so near future may spark interest for reenstating the rest of the line .

Plymouth - Royal Albert bridge in salt ash is especially amazing.

Was on the WCRC Royal Duchy tour on 8/4/19 behind 6233 , We have a water stop at Exeter at David's on the return and this guy , absolutely bladderd boarded the train with a hip flask (we're in coach G at the rear ) and he as soon as he gets on he was like "bloody ell wasn't expecting the train...

I've recently been intrigued with the livery used on the Sealink liveried MK1's , very reminiscent of RTC test train liveried coaches , I was wondering what were the diagrams/allocations and interiors compared to other MK1 coaches at the time?

Quite possibly , with the ability to cover for GC 90s at short notice , or the Caledonian sleeper ECS , it seems as though electric traction is seeing a bit of resurgence in the UK so fingers crossed !