Recent content by kjsway

I was interested in this one having mentioned Caesars camp / London further up the thread. I didn't think about the 'border' issue when I visited so have checked the map. It seems odd that the Eastern end on the hill fort (from where you get the best view of London) is in Hampshire. Odd in the...

I'd like to balance the criticism of st Denys. I'm not a regular visitor as Swaythling is nearer but I feel that st Denys is interesting (being a junction) and architecturally pleasing. It feels more of a station in the community than other minor Southampton stations and you have a long covered...

Winchester cathedral was mentioned earlier with some doubt. I can confirm that the tower and nave roof are glimpsed (you have to know where to look and not blink) from the train heading north into Winchester. May be more visible in winter.

If a steam locomotive boiler operated at 200+ psi, would there be a pressure reduction valve onboard to lower the pressure in the carriage supply pipe?

I have never found a video or sound file featuring a 58 in full song. There are plenty of videos of them trundling, but I'd like a reminder of what they sound like. There is a video of a 58 accelerating out of Didcot which gave some Impression, but I think there was background noise. Maybe they...

And a similar London view from the south west can be seen from a highpoint called Caesars Camp near Aldershot. About 55km from the centre. I was there in early summer to see if London was visible from this far eastern part of Hampshire, and lo it is. I only have a grainy mobile shot of the view.

I confess - I was a teenage nameplate rubber! I can't remember where the idea came from. A roll of wallpaper backing, a lump of blue tac (getting more and more oily), red and black stubby crayons from an art shop. It seemed a bit bonkers even in the 80s, but occasionally I'd be on a train from...

I first heard of this release last autumn when Gideon Coe (another Six presenter) played some of it during one of his 'shed-casts'. He sometimes broadcasts from his shed which must be near a railway line (somewhere in London presumably), and curiously he referred to hearing passing freight...

It does look like this post is correct for Swaythling now, but if you went back to the olden days (eg this February) then there were several electric trains, including the 0746 to Waterloo. 5 years ago this would have been a class 450, then in 2016 a 444, and in 2020 a pair of 444s. I was a...

Can't say that I have a favourite (going back to the original question), but I vaguely recall being in compartment stock in the early 80s which was alarmingly hunting from side to side at speed between Taunton and Bristol. Does anyone have knowledge of what bogie maintenance was done back then...

Hello Iggy. Thanks for that suggestion. The journey was a one-off, for me anyway. I'm not a ticket novice, but having looked on national rail and swr websites plus bus doesn't seem to leap out, whereas the £9.70 anytime day return (which I tried, but couldn't buy) does. I've continued with my...

Good evening all, I am after opinions on whether I am wasting my time with ongoing correspondence with South Western Railway (swr) over a combination train and bus ticket. The journey was taken a couple of weeks back, between Eastleigh and Gosport, using the eclipse bus from Fareham. On the Swr...