Recent content by Stan Cooke

Does anyone know if there is anywhere that sells the regular quarterly 'Freightmaster' timetable book in the Tyneside/Northumberland area? I know that WH Smith at York Station usually stocks it, but York is 100 miles from where I live and the WHS branches here in Newcastle don't do it - and...

Thanks, guys - I'm at the NRM in March so I will get into their library and see if they have a copy - as you say, Dave, it's highly likely that they will have one. Stan.

Liverpool Exchange - I used to use it regularly (from Waterloo, on the Southport line) in the 1950's and 1960's and I always felt it had a good atmosphere, with plenty going on. Stan.

Hi All, I'm thinking of treating myself to a copy of the Cobb "The Railways of Great Britain - A Historical Atlas", published by Ian Allan at £150. The trouble is that, although the atlas gets very good reviews, before spending that kind of money I really would prefer to actually see what...

Hey guys - as a new member reading all this I think I've lost the will to live . . . ! Surely, if we all aim to stick to the guidelines we might do the enthusiast fraternity a service and, yes, there's always going to be the 'jobsworths' around (or just normal folk having a bad day), but...

For me, undoubtedly - the Waverley Route (Carlisle-Edinburgh). The wildest, most fabulous, magnificent line ever to be closed! And (real 'pie-in-the-sky' this) - I'd like to see the reinstatement of 'The Waverley' express (St Pancras-Derby-Sheffield-Leeds-Settle-Carlisle-Edinburgh). One can...