Recent content by pieguyrob

First of all, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I was a teenager in the late 90's, I left school in 1998. At which point the only loco traction availble was the west coast electrics, cross country electrics, the north whales coast 37's and the cross country 47's, and the HST's...

I would like to say thank you to the organisers for putting this event on. Glad I got the class 70 on Friday, as its train on Saturday was packed. The weekend featured a lot of firsts for me, in terms òf haulage, which included my first time behind several ckasses of loco. I got my first 14...

Does anybody know which West Coast class 33 is at Southall today, (11/9/23)? Thanks in advance.

All the taxis I have driven, has a meter that took a pulse from the speedo cable to work out the distance. In Blackpool, all the companies use the GPS based dispatch systems, where everything is done on an app. The driver in the op, was wrong to charge the extra. I now work on the dispatch side...

Thank you all for posting replies. It has been very helpful.

My dad has just received this jugsaw of our next door neighbour, I was wondering if you could help name the locations? Please? 1666932987 I know one of the pictures is alongside the Kennet and Avon cannal. The coronation scot is alongside the grand union canal somewhere between London village...

I wonder if they are the cabs from 47234?

Again, many thanks.

Ok Thank you. Would you know where it is stabled?

Is 508123 working today?

No one has mentioned that the M55 and Yeadon Way use the old track alignment of the Marton extension. Maybe the council lobbied to have central closed so that the motorway takes the more direct route from Preston better serving all of the fylde coast and getting tourists straight into the centre...

Ah, thank you for that. A possible candidate for preservation if someone had deep enough pockets?

In the LNER shop, I presume that bigjigs, is the current name for brio? It looks the same. The GWR ticket holder looks useful, I don't know about the tie slide though.

If you don't mind me asking, what is 60098's historic importance?

Never understood that. What a waste of a perfectly good padlock.