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Great to see the Flying Scotsman in full steam pulling one coach just south of Retford this afternoon in brilliant sunshine. A wonderful sight indeed!

Can someone point me to where I can find out the schedule for the inaugural run. Presumably, Flying Scotsman needs to pick up water somewhere? I am based near Newark, so wanted to avoid standing trackside all morning awaiting the passing by! Thanks Philip

Thanks Taunton - that covers all the bases! For a new title, what about Traction-maestro?

The BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-32758223 poses the question why do the USA insist on calling the person operating the engine of a train and "engineer" and not a "driver". Turns out that this was also true in the UK back in the day - hence the acronym ASLEF...

It begs the question - where can I find a map that shows the rail route? I have a road map which provides an intermittent clue as to the railway, and I have seen a soley rail map with terminus names etc. But it would be great if there was a clear map that combined the two, without resorting to...

"That was the first, and so far only, time I've ever even got close to getting on a train with an 86 on it." - I regret not having a clue what these numbers mean. I've always been interested in railways (especially steam ones), but I don't know some of the basic stuff that people on here...

I'd really like to know the answer to this one. It appears, from the passenger point of view, that ALL announcements follow the same pattern i.e. they follow a script. If this is so, then the complaint is not to the poor guard who is following his/her instructions, but to the company who...

Some reports say that the train was diverted onto a line that took them past a different platform than the one normally reserved for high speed trains. This, they say, was due to some on-going track work south of the station. Other reports commend the driver whose quick action closed the...

Mansfield

No comments here can erase my amusement - I know that if the aide had purchased standard class she was wrong to do so and if it was George who just assumed that he was travelling first and just sat down, the aide was wrong. So it seems the aide got it wrong whatever - it wasn't anything to do...