Recent content by MattWallace

Thanks 33065, it's good to know I'm not losing my mind! :)

Hi all, Whilst playing with the data feeds from network rail for a train spotting site I'm working on, I've discovered that some services (particularly the freight ones!) don't report at a stanox/tiploc until some time after they've passed it (in some cases it can be up to an hour!). My...

Thanks again all, this is excellent information and will make my commute a little less boring in future! Cheers, Matt

Thanks all, this is fascinating stuff! So if I've got this right, I should expect to travel on the "mains" (see, I'm learning! ;) ) if on a 43/175 and the "reliefs" if on a 15x? Or are the reliefs mainly for the freight through that area? One of the reasons I'm interested is that I quite often...

Hi all, Completely new to a lot of this so have been reading the forums and lurking for a while, but thought I'd try and get an answer to something that's been bothering me on my daily commute! Most of the track section between Newport and Cardiff is 4 tracks (apart from the various yards...

Thanks for all of these, I've added them to my reading list and look forward to keeping up with what's going on!

Hi Max, I've had a post removed from http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=105451 under an advisory that it was "Advertising or promotion without permission". Whilst I understand how the post may have been misconstrued as this, it was an honest attempt to answer the original posters...

Name: Matt Wallace Age: 33 Lives: Monmouth, Wales Job: IT Consultant Transport Interests: Freight and DMUs (we get nothing else this side of the country!) Something I could not live without: Internet Access Whats in my wallet: Well, that would be telling, wouldn't it! :) Hi all, Most of the...