Recent content by robert thomas

I much prefer to be flexible. I have travelled independently for 70 years at up to 45000 miles a year here and throughout Europe and have never reserved a seat except for the handfull of ocasions where I have bought an advance ticket and for trains like Eurostar which have compulsory...

On 21st August 1976 I travelled on the 14.50 Swansea-Shrewsbury behind it as far as Ammanford.

Also a 09.00 Brighton-Milford Haven and at one time a Waterloo-Maesteg(via Salisbury)which looked very odd on the departure board at Waterloo

Modern Railways reported that SNCF has made widespread cancellations due to Corail stock being unable to cope with their high temperatures (admiiedly up to 40 degrees)

Neath

In Cardiff Central trains to Radyr & points north can leave in either direction.

I find that if the door is stuck in the half open position that if you close it manually & then re-open it usually re-sets itself.

It also did filled rolls (ham cheese etc) and I used it several times on The Cambrian Coast Express.

On 28th February 1964 I photographed sleeping car W9083W on the rear of the 2.50pm Swansea-Pembroke Dock leaving Swansea High Street.

As far as I know there are no English rules on pronunciation it is rather haphazard as in, say, cough and bough.

I was on 1L22. We had to reverse out of Bridgend to access the crossover to the down line and the ran through Bridgend non stop and onto the Vale of Glamorgan. The Vale can only be accessed from the down line.

Penhelig

Pembroke Dock

Gwili and Pontypool & Blaenavon.

Up to 8 empty milk tanks were certainly carried at the front of the train on the Carmarthen-Aberystwyth line right up to closure to Passngers in 1965.