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I remember back in the 80s loco hauled HST sets, whatever happened to the generator vans?

Ive recently watched the above wartime propaganda film showing the heroic feats of Shunter Black. I was wondering about some of the locations. The film is based in a hump yard on the Southern. A close up of a signal box diagram appears to show the divergence of the Waterloo Main and Windsor...

In 1963 three class 37s were allocated the names 1st,2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments. They were D6703/04/07. There is little evidence these plates were carried as those regiments were disbanded shortly after. I remember an article in RE showing the appropriate bolt holes on one of the locos...

If today's social media had existed during World War 2 what implications would it have had? Would Chamberlain have had a copy of an email in his hand,would Hitler have a Facebook account? Would Lord Haw Haw post on You Tube and could careless Tweets cost lives? This does sound funny but...

Sorry if already mentioned. 28/5/20 Channel 5 Inside the Steam Train Museum.

About 1990 I purchased the tie pictured from Collectors Corner. The staff there did not know of its origin and since then it's been a mystery. Theres been a few on eBay over the years but with no origin given. Can any members identify it ?

Eastbourne man builds railway in his garden https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-52487203 This featured on the BBC News website about a retired railwayman who built his own standard gauge railway in his garden. Will the BLS be knocking on his door after lockdown?

Thursday 28th April (no time advertised) The Architecture The Railways Built. It's in the Yesterday channel.

I have just watched a 1989 episode of Top of the Pops. It featured Queens video for their single Breakthrough. The band were on the Nene Valley Railway being pulled along on an open flat wagon miming to their song. What other bands have filmed videos on a preserved railway?

Hello,I am trying to find some information about the guards periscopes fitted to Mk1 and early Mk2 guards compartments. I've seen pictures of the roof mounted mirrors but none of the internal fittings. Most of these guards compartments still show evidence of where it was carried. I believe their...

From Diana Dors,Suzi Quattro to Rhianna. Or Elvis,David Essex and Jason Donovan most of us probably had a teenage crush on someone famous. Who was yours? Mine was Kim Wilde. My room was festooned with posters of her fighting for space between the train pictures. I still like her now. She can...

Across the network are a number of crossings,some User Worked ,others staffed and many other types. Some have unusual names,do you know any? To start:- British Tissues -between Tondu and Garth. Frying Pan Farm - between Melksham and Bradford Jct Paradise Crossing -between Truro and Redruth

The filming of EastEnders has been suspended. When it returns which characters do you think will have had Coronavirus?

Over the years there have been several TV shows that have featured railwayana in the background. From the wagonplates in Roy's Cafe on Coronation St to the BR(Sc) Gentlemen sign in Steptoe & Son. There were many other examples. Where did it come from (Collectors Corner?) and more importantly...

Listening to today's weather forecast the presenter reported that some areas had received over 100mm of rain. Why not say 10cm? Industry is no better,often quoting sizes in 1000s of mm rather than so many metres and centimetres. Is this because 100mm might sound more impressive than just...

David's Railtour Review column in Rail Enthusiast was outrageously funny. Buffer Stop Kissing, railtour standard time and the antics of Beryl & Cheryl were a few of the topics lampooned along with the odd detail of the tour itself. I seem to remember he was involved in the early issues of...

A regular feature of railtours was the photo stop. This as you know entailed the entire contents of the train climbing all over the track,embankments etc for that perfect shot. Generally this madness ended in a seminar shot where we all posed in front of the locos. Such pictures never appear in...