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Surprised that nobody has yet mentioned the LNER naming of the B1 class. The initial locomotives were named after species of antelope, many of them obscure but including “GNU”. After this proved insufficient they resorted to railway directors such as William Hinton Carver in contrast to the...

And as a bonus the first 50 travellers (from Whitby) were being offered a bacon butty f.o.c.

Have to disagree about Newtondale. It is popular with walkers and indeed is promoted as a starting point on a walk to Levisham.

I can recall many journeys over the Wiske Moor troughs south of Darlington. There was a line off “sludge carriers”, mostly made up of redundant tenders adjacent. Now, this may be a misplaced memory, but although most of these tenders were black, and perhaps the occasional green, I have a...

In the case of Cromford the RRB stop is way more convenient for the village than the remote (down an unlit road and over a narrow bridge) than the railway station.

The king & queen travelled to Durham today for the Maundy service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c209vrgndgdo Did they travel by rail? (And if not, why not?)

I noted the DCC announcement with interest being a former driver in the Matlock/Bakewell area. Times have changed considerably since then, especially with regard to evening services. Long gone are the days when Matlock saw a 22.30 departure (22.40 on Saturdays)

Try travelling between New Street and Cheltenham with pax making their way to and from the Cheltenham Festival race goers in a short Voyager.

The Ashover Light Railway (Ashover to Clay Cross) was known locally as the Peggy Line, the name coming from one of its Baldwin locomotives.

Yes,but wont cover special events such as the SNG week

I recently came across this photo, photographer unknown. Date unknown, but I would guess at winter 1947 which I believe was a particularly cold and snowy winter. Note the bookstall etc by the side of the portico. I would guess it was rather cold working there. It must be remembered that prior to...

Whitby is classed as an unstaffed halt. How would any toilets be cleaned/serviced or cleared of needles?

Congratulations on being able to get to Whitby today, the morning and lunchtime services were affected by flooding between Danby and Lealholm. The train you were on is always 4 coaches as it forms the school train from Whitby.

A useful. Hornsby model?

1725201229 One problem with operating the rrb next week will be the closure of the bridge over the River at Grosmont as a result of the damage caused by the bus recently.