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  1. backontrack

    Trivia: Journeys that go in and out of counties (read first post)

    We're looking for a service between two stations in a county*, that must exit the county and then rejoin it. It must be a direct service. Probably impossible, but here we go... EDIT: Got one already. If you wanted a direct train between Peterborough and Grantham, it would leave...
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    Trivia: Stations that were open/closed for the shortest time

    1) Which stations in the UK were open for the shortest time before being closed? 2)And, which stations were closed, before being reopened, for the shortest time? Station refurbishments and engineering works do count, as long as the station was completely closed for any amount of time...
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    Did Scotrail do a good job?

    [WARNING: TOPIC IS OF A CONTROVERSIAL NATURE. OPENING POST CONTAINS RAMBLING.] Franchise main thread can be found here: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=103634...
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    Photoshops (not mine)

    You can post photoshops, yours or not, in this thread! These are off the web: This site is great for photoshops: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/93-alternative-railways
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    Are there any areas in the British Rail network that you're a bit iffy on?

    Here on the RailUK Forums, everyone knows about the rolling stock and trains at least in their area, maybe more. But, whereas some know a lot about all of the network, others only keep an eye on their neck of the woods - or further afield - but not the whole system. So is there any area that...
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    East Coast timetabling quirks

    In the latest East Coast timetable (18 May-13 December) I noticed the following services: Services from Doncaster to Edinburgh departing at: Mon-Fri: 0615 Sat: 0610 Sun: 0937 These call at: Mon-Fri: All EC stops except Northallerton and Morpeth Sat: All EC stops except Morpeth Sun...
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    Dumfries/Galloway reopenings feasible?

    Would a new Edinburgh-Carstairs-Carlisle service run by Scotrail, with more stops, be feasible? It could reopen Beattock as 'Moffat Parkway', Symington (to serve Biggar) and Abington, (possibly Ecclefechan too) as well as giving more services to Lockerbie. If just Beattock was to reopen then...
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    Operation Princess - Maps and Timetables?

    I was wondering if anyone had any maps or timetables from the time when Virgin Crosscountry launched Operation Princess? I'd be very thankful if anyone could post them here. Obviously, what they needed were longer trains.
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    If the Dornoch Rail Link went ahead...

    ...what would happen to the Lairg loop? The way I see it, Dornoch would be served by the through-running trains, whereas the Invernet services would terminate at Lairg. FOFNL have been lobbying for an hourly service to Tain (which would need more passing loops). If this went ahead and more...
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    Train liveries - any faves?

    Does anyone here have any favourite TOC liveries? One of my faves is Scotrail's 'saltire' livery. Hull Trains have a great livery - their old one was good too. Grand Central's 180s, with their orange strips running down the train, look very sharp. Perhaps surprisingly, I quite liked First...
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    A question about 175s

    I was just wondering if anyone on the boards has any pictures of Class 175s in operation for Wales & Borders, who some of the units before ATW, or for First TransPennine Express, who had some units sub-leased for work on their north-west route until December 2006. On the internet I can only...
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    Most emblematic rolling stock for each TOC

    I think most TOCs probably have a main rolling stock to their name, such as TOCs that are the sole operators of that stock and operate it regularly across their network. So Parry People Movers wouldn't count. With Southern and Heathrow Express this is obvious, but with Northern and Greater...
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    Things you just learnt about the railways

    You learn something every day, they say... ...I only just learned that they opened Energlyn in December. Any others?
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    Football trains

    Earlier this year I was travelling on a morning 156 (ex-Arriva Trains Northern) from Carlisle to Newcastle (the train terminated at Sunderland). Newcastle were playing at home that day and thus the train was absolutely packed with football fans. Yet the train was only two carriages long and...

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