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I thought there might be some one upmanship in travelling on the first 185 to run that route in passenger service.

I wonder how many bashers will be on the first service on the 25th? :wink:

Both Cleethorpes drivers and guards sign 170's

Early morning stopping service from Cleethorpes to Doncaster, all stops... even Althorpe!!! Passenger says to me... "Who can i make a complaint to?" Half asleep passengers sat adjacent rouse themselves from their slumbers.... Me: "How can I help Sir?" Pass: "Why doesnt this train...

Ken Doherty (snooker) Tim Witherspoon (Boxer) Vic Reeves (comedian) oh and Austin Mitchell (ex TV presenter and now MP for Grimsby) A friend of mine who works for Virgin was surprised to see Mickey Thomas (ex Wrexham, Man Utd, Wales footballer) on his train from Colwyn Bay...

we hear it ALL the time......

an 'on train' announcement on the late night TPE 'stopper' from Doncaster to Cleethorpes actually tells you that ".......the next stop will be Kirk Sandall" - after you have just left the aforementioned station!!!

How about the run along the sea wall at Dawlish, going through the set of small tunnels there with the red cliffs on one side and the sea on the other always looked spectacular to me. In the days where a train could have up to a dozen carriages the loco could be 2 tunnels ahead of the last...

Back in the early to mid eighties i was living in the Goosewell area of Plymouth. Street lights were selectiveley turned off at around 1am i believe. (ie every 3rd or 4th light would remain on overnight while the rest shut down). A sensible solution to the problem of reducing Co2 emissions...

I would think it was probably in meltdown. I passed through Doncaster at about 11:45 yesterday morning and already knew from my control about the problems on ECML . Instructed to advise my passengers heading for London to travel via Sheffield or Manchester. If anyone on here was on that...

Grimsby's new footbridge and lifts almost completed

theres a burnt out brake van in the sidings close to the new footbridge at Holyhead

how about the 21 abandoned liquid nitrogen tankers that have resided for at least the past 20 years in the sidings close to Wraby Junction box? Flashearth linky thingy

It wasnt long... around 10 mins as i recall, maybe a little less

Got stopped by the bobby one morning, 1st service down the line that day.. bobby informed the driver that the next box down the line, wasnt open yet because someone had nicked the key and the bobby couldnt get in. Turns out that someone had broken his key in the lock and a new one had been...