Recent content by johnrichmond70

I worked on this unit a number times in the mid to late 1990s, along with the TRC, UTU, MENTOR and TIC. Happy days

I normally only book rare track tours, but when this appeared it was a no brainer to book. How long is it since there was such a variety of heritage locomotives on one tour? I traveled on the East Anglian 2 day tour and I have to say it was one of the friendliest and best organised Railtours I...

I must agree. One of the best organised tours I have been on. Not too rushed, good balance of routes for normals, Duff fans and track bashers. Well presented and immaculately clean rolling stock. Staff brilliant as well. Keep it up!

A pair of 20s hit around 90mph heading south from Chesterfield to Derby on a Worksop open day committee railtour in the 90's. Not surprisingly, they were failed at Derby afterwards!

Does anyone know if this ran as 3 x units between Swansea & Cardiff Central? It was certainly on 2 x units after Cardiff Central. Also, is this a regular occurence?

I was involved in the commissioning of the 390s at Asfordby Test Centre (Old Dalby Test Track). Originally 2 x pre-series trains were produced and sent to Asfordby (PS01 and PS02). PS01 was a 7 car set without tilt enabled, PS02 was 8 cars with tilt enabled. These undertook extensive testing...

If we are counting closed stations, Rockingham Station on the Market Harborough to Peterborough line was named after a village in Northamptonshire, located in Leicestershire and the closest settlement (Caldecott) is in Rutland!

Was on the 15:34 to Nottingham from St Pancras on Monday 17th