Recent content by Martin66

Newcastle upon tyne to Reading via Cross Country.

I always buy my tickets through the forum website and was grateful last week when they notified me of delays & cancellations to my connecting trains which allowed me to catch my booked train from Kings Cross. The staff at Reading were less than helpful when on platform 11 they suggested going...

Excellent. Thanks.

Tanfield Railway are running steam this weekend.

From Nationalrail.co.uk

In 1980 we travelled from York to Inverness on the overnight motorail service. At around 6.30am we ground to a halt about 5 miles south of Aviemore. The driver told the guard the loco was out of fuel and set off walking to Aviemore station. We were served our prepacked breakfast in our sleeping...

In the late 1980s I used to travel to meetings in London from Newcastle on a regular basis. One morning we were advised that due to a broken down train at Durham our train (an HST 125) would be diverted via the Leamside line, between Gateshead & Ferryhill. I remember crossing the Victoria...

It is. Took me around 3 minutes to walk from train to café on bridge. [NB: Café is well worth a visit] https://maps.app.goo.gl/JzHDGzTXDPbctgD49

Or the divers watch Delboy got Rodney in fools & horses: "It only tells me chucking out time in Peking & I am low on oxygen!"

what is OSI?

I was on 1E82 Lumo service we were held for around 55 mins in Retford platform alongside 1A63 GC service held on mainline waiting for 1S06 LNER service to pass having run north on Southbound track. We were 65 late at Kings Cross due to no platform. As a bonus prior to that we ran through York...

To allow the 1E03 0630 Edinburgh to London Kings Cross to overtake at 0731

Footage recorded 17 July 2025. Metrocar 4033 undergoing breakage. Recycling is at the heart of the region’s fond farewell to the Tyne and Wear Metro’s old train fleet. The 45-year-old carriages, which are currently being phased out, are sent for recycling with much of their used metals...

Celebrate the Legacy of Industrial Diesel Power! Join us this September for the Diesel Pioneers Gala, a standout event in our Tanfield300 celebrations! Taking place on the 20th and 21st of September 2025, this gala is a tribute to the industrial diesel locomotives that played a vital role in...

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