Recent content by HullMichael

The way that nowadays a trailer for next week's episode is called a "sneak peek". It makes it sound as if it's something dodgy you shouldn't be watching, or nobody else but you can see it. Why not call a trailer a trailer or nothing at all? At least "next time...." isn't too bad, but "sneak...

What they've told the OP about only being able to buy these from a TfW station is nonsense. Last year I bought a Heart of Wales 1 day ranger several months in advance from the ticket office at Hull with no problem whatsoever. The booking clerk knew exactly what I was asking for and issued it...

Without wishing to take this thread off track, Hull Trains named 222101 Professor George Gray in 2005.

Last time I was at Worcester Shrub Hill station (a couple of years ago) there was a yellow disc ground signal. Certainly the first I've ever seen. Don't know if it's still there though.

I have Advance paper tickets for after the changeover which are marked VTEC booked train only. I'm sure I'll be fine, but what are the chances of a jobsworth guard saying "this is not a VTEC train"?

The NYMR did not have a diesel gala last year and is not having one this year. I can only assume this is for financial reasons, but the last one in 2016 was excellent with a visiting Deltic and immaculate Class 40 as star attractions. They've compensated diesel fans by having one or two diesel...

Despite decades of travelling, a particular favourite was quite recently, at the 2016 NYMR diesel gala. Leaving Pickering we were hauled by a Class 37. At Grosmont the 37 was taken off and a steam engine coupled at the front (I was in the rear coach so could not see which engine it was). Then...

A Light Railway was proposed between Beverley on the Hull-Scarborough line and the village of North Frodingham, but was never built. Curiously the line is clearly shown as existing on the tile maps which still exist at some former NER stations.

According to RTT, the Yorkshire Coast Statesman on 3rd June which was also due to run down the coast line, travelled via Malton both to and from Scarborough. It certainly looks like there is an issue on the coast line, which wasn't there in the recent past. There's a similar Yorkshire Coast...

I would simply buy two singles. The 11.01 EMT service on the 20th from Derby to St Pancras followed by the 13.35 SWT service from Waterloo to Southampton Airport Parkway is £32.50 for a single. The 15.53 CrossCountry direct service via Birmingham on the 21st is £44 for a single. You will...

The Hull & Barnsley Railway never got as far as Barnsley!

There are many long-closed stations on the Hull-Scarborough line with several of the platforms still visible. North of Beverley there was Lockington. North of Driffield there were Lowthorpe, Burton Agnes and Carnaby. North of Bridlington there were Flamborough, Speeton and the branch to...

Hull Paragon had 14 passenger platforms when rebuilt in 1904. Over the years it has lost a staggering 8 platforms to now operate on only 6, bizzarely numbered 2-7 as platform 1 has been out of passenger use for many years.

The mainline approach to Hull is from the west, so to reach the eastern docks and the Hornsea & Withernsea branches, the railway crossed the city at ground level, necessitating several level crossings which caused chaos every day. When the Hull & Barnsley Railway decided to build their own line...

I'm sure I read somewhere that the Whitby branch is signalled as a long siding (from Nunthorpe?), and I'm sure it's the longest branch line in the UK, at 35 miles. But then when is a branch not a branch? Is the Kyle line considered to be a branch? If so it's about 64 miles from Dingwall to Kyle.