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I can remember as a kid being taken with Mum and My Brother to the Tarn ( a park with a pond) at Mottingham next to the Dartford loop line in SE London, and going right up to the railway fence and seeing an 09 light engine on the down line and the Driver waving at us out of the cab window. it...

Spot on!:D

Options 1 & 3 seem best to me. The Mid Kent Line to Hayes always used to be the poor relation of the South Eastern division in the London area. I see you plan to do the North Kent Line to Charlton my old local Line. Enjoy the Units, you will get a good selection across your planned Lines.

Only just discovered this thread. Does anyone remember a story from the back of Rail magazine a good few years ago, about a signalman on duty in a box somewhere in the Midlands? The box was only being manned because the line was being used by diverted trains due to the main line being shut...

Very Interesting Reading! I have often wondered about BR's war plans. It will be interesting what else you uncover. I can remember at Barking station there used to be a shutter doored mk1 coach in a siding for years and I used to have this idea that it was some sort of special/secret/emergency...

Colne valley railway diesel gala Sunday 6th April. Epping & Ongar diesel gala Saturday 26th April. Chinnor & Princes Risborough diesel gala Sunday 27th April. I hope to get to all 3 of these events plus Swanage's on Friday 9th May.

i could'nt agree more!

Thanks, i bet that was good, i would have loved to have seen a duff down there!

thats correct. there used to be one at the end of the Woolwich line at North Woolwich.

probably charges £10 per hot dog knowing the west end:lol:

thanks for that, i will order a copy at the end of the month! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- thanks for sharing that. i went on that website and saw the photographs with the DMU about 50yds from my House! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- a class 31! i wish it...

There is a concrete bunker type next to the St Albans Abbey line at Bricket wood in Hertfordshire, which i believe was built in the 1950's as an emergency control for the BR Midland Region?

I live near the modern DLR Depot in Poplar(used to be Harrow Lane Sidings) and I am interested in the Local recent history of the Poplar Dock Branch from Victoria Park Junction particularly when the BR class 03's were in charge in it's last 20 years. I am interested to know if anyone has any...

Yes that's right. I've been in there and seen that aswell.

If you go to Joe's flat there is a plaque at 304 Holloway Road. The council are planning to put a bench opposite in Joe's memory. Gene Vincent did indeed live in Welling and I am sure you are correct that it was 112 Upper Wickham Lane. It was demolished to make way for a shell petrol station...

I think all of us hark back to times before. I wish I could have seen the sixties for the Railways, end of steam, Beeching, new diesels and electrics etc. and for the Music as well especially the early sixties Joe Meek produced stuff!! That said I also have a fondness for the 80's. I was born...

Travellers Fayre used to do lovely bacon and tomato rolls, I always used to ask Mum if I could have one from there whenever We went on a Network railcard trip. those were the days, toothpaste,blue and grey and jaffa cake liveried slam door stock!

Great! an interesting read. I really need to start getting the red pen under the unit numbers in my stockbook! more scratch

Kinnie is ok.:D but I am now going to do this trip on Wednesday 2nd April. as its just after payday:D

Glad you enjoyed yourself up here. I once ruined a pair of jeans at Emerson Park station by sitting on a wall of sleepers coated in tar!:lol: