Recent content by zaph

HS2 is being sold on the news as being for the north and yet I don't see the benefit. The line won't reach the north until 2032, at the earliest and i would be astonished if it isn't simply stopped at Birmingham to save money. What will the north get from this? Faster links to London? The TGV...

The problem with HS2 up north, is allot of people see it as another toy for London. Most don't believe it will ever reach here and even if it did, we wouldn't be able to afford to use it. We would much rather the money was spent on upgrading connections between northern cities and providing...

I am aware of Northallerton West, just not sure how close to the centre it is. People who think it won't make a difference are mistaken, I believe. I speak more as a lay person, like the tourists that use the line. People would prefer to start in a town with shops and things to do, rather than...

To be fair to the Wensleydale railway, I think things are improving. We visited yesterday and the trains were fuller than I remember them being on previous visits. They are in a cache 22 situation, having 22 miles of track to maintain, without the rolling stock to provide a sufficient service to...

The problem started a few years back when the museum got a new director, who as far as I understand it was a bog standard civil servant, with little railway background. Alas it told. under his management he replaced railway exhibits with an art gallery, which few people were interested in. He...

I have just found out about the sale of Aysgarth station and as someone who likes preserved railways I found their problems disheartening, but not surprising. I kind of wanted to give a visitors perspective and ask the question about whether we have reached saturation for preserved railways. We...

Alas it ws a rural location and when the member of station staff arrived he left. So it would have involved a long journey for the police, and it was unlikely they would have been able to find him.

No not him, but similar situation. Put it down to experience, some people are just idiots. To be fair most of the photographers were perfectly friendly and polite, but like you say, it just takes one idiot to ruin it for everyone.

I am a bit wary of giving too many details for legal reasons. I don't want to implicate an innocent person, reason I kept description of the man in question and line vague. I would agree with you, I try to avoid blocking shots etc, but at the end of day I am there to look at the trains and...

I have a long standing interest in trains and have visited many preserved lines without a single problem. Till an incident today that really shock me up. End of the day and I decided to walk down the platform to view the locomotive. Two photographers taking pictures of the train, both by the...