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To add to intricacy of the situation, many local roads have also been flooded, which meant moving materials to site using arctic lorries to deliver specialist plant and 500 tonnes of ballast (track stone) is an enormous and very complex challenge. Quote from networkrail update: Frozen ballast??

Does anyone know if 1S25 was routed via Stockport/Piccadilly last night (31st Jan) and for what reason? It stopped half way down Platform 6, (meaning some of the train would not be on the platform?) then left Crewe 35 late routed DF/DMA, which I think could be Down Manchhester. RTT shows no...

Thanks everyone for the clarification

On 16th January Avanti WC service 1S72 at 14.30 from Euston to Glasgow Central shows on RTT as being operated by 390103 & 390112. Did anyone see it? I don't recall ever seeing 2 Pendolino units operating together.

Totally agree! Thanks for posting - I was also at Acton Bridge last night - magnificent sight and sound. Does anyone out there happen to know what fuel they are using? It doesn't smell like normal coal from the cloud which engulfed us last night.

...and the ladder is permanently fixed so the person in the bottom bunk has to limbo into bed.

LSL (Locomotive Services Ltd) operating what appear to be catenary (overhead wires) de-icers 14/15 Dec: VVR 0Z69 Crewe - Carlisle 07.30 90001 + 86101 VVR 0Z70 Carlisle - Crewe 07.00 90002 + 87002 (worked north 13/12 as 0Z90) VVR (Variation - very recent?) is to VSTP (Very short term planning)...

Indeed not! We experienced this behind 60163 Tornado on Pathfinder Tours "The Royal Borderer" on 22nd October 2010. Train was held in Calton tunnel on approach to Edinburgh Waverley for several minutes and safety valve lifted, causing a blast of steam to hit the OHLE. The consequent arcing...

I've had a similar email concerning 1A22 on 30th June 0936 HGT - KGX. Does anyone know what this might be please?

Thursday 17th - West Coast Railways "The Dalesman" York - Carlisle 1Z62 Northbound RHD 1255 / 1Z64 Southbound RHD 1815. Steam from/to Hellifield from usual WCRC pool

Movement from Eastleigh was last night: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U53375/2020-10-30/detailed#allox_id=0 Crew training runs? 5Z43/44/45 https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55361/2020-11-02/detailed https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55362/2020-11-02/detailed...

Message received from WCRC "Due to a recent surge in UK rail travel, we are unable to book the times required with Network Rail to complete the journey on the Railtours | The Pendle Dalesman on Wednesday, 21 October 2020" Does anyone know why? Just seems a bit of an odd excuse when it's been...

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Many thanks Dave

Does anyone know what this service is Carmarthen - Wishaw? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68002/2019/03/08/advanced