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The A66 just to the west of Penrith is on the old line to Keswick, one of the hindrances of a reopening to Keswick. Further west the A66 is also on the trackbed of the Keswick - Cockermouth - Workington section of line along Bassenthwaite Lake and in the Cockermouth area.

That sounds like the older avoiding line round to Canal Yard. The line closed after the derailment turns north after Rome St and follows the river. This looks clear still and part is a walkway.

I was in Humberside the day the Humber Bridge opened and they operated a circular trip with the ferry and buses over the bridge between Hull and Barton. I'm sure this was the last day of the ferry but not sure if the train diverted via the curve avoiding New Holland pier after that day. So a...

I've found Easyjet are fine allocating seats on check in - our family of 4 have flown them a few times and have normally had a row of 3 with the other nearby. As our Ryanair flights have been with my elderly father we haven't risked not pre booking to ensure we are with him.

I did an overnight in Carlisle with a group of guys from Edinburgh during the Penmanshiel blockage in 1979 and the traffic was amazing. We based ourselves in a car park to the north of the station between the main line and avoiding line so we could see everything. There was the odd diverted...

Looks like it was the 13.00 service off Euston on Monday 5th June last year. I think it was only a single unit but I can't say for sure!

I was coming back from Euston one weekday last year and was surprised to see a 221 in place for our Manchester service. My wife and I used the coach with the lined up table seats which was much more comfortable than our usual 390 coach A seats. Pretty quiet too as I think most passengers thought...

That's right - no catering on this service. I remember it was Carlisle - Nottingham and return though I think it was more like 6pm off Leeds. Being Carlisle based then it was a great boon as it finally allowed day return trips direct to Leeds and beyond after years of the first southbound S&C...

In the second half of the 70s I used the Merrymaker Mystery Tours from Carlisle. Rake of BSK/SK/CKs off down the West Coast calling at Penrith/Oxenholme/Lancaster and sometimes Preston. I remember Nottingham, Cardiff/Barry Island (down North and West from Crewe), Bristol/Weston-super-mare...

I don't recall the locals having catering in the diesel era.

The morning Leeds - Glasgow C and afternoon return were routed that way and conveyed a buffet car, an old Gresley one for many years! The Thames Clyde Express I think still had a restaurant car when it was last routed that way. Post West Coast electrification there was a morning Glasgow C -...

This could be an interesting one as it was sometimes three portions - Glasgow to Manchester/Glasgow to Liverpool/Edinburgh to Manchester (I think).

There were variants of kitchen cars. The 15xx and 17xx numbered ones had a small buffet counter and some loose seating from memory - one of the number series had a bigger seating area than the other I think. The 8xxxx numbered ones were purely kitchens with no counter or seating hence the non...

In the 70s Class 20s were pretty rare in Carlisle. However a pair were based at Beattock to assist up to the summit. On occasion these would appear in Carlisle hauling in a failed electric plus it's train, soon disappearing north while a replacement loco was found for the train.

Home town was Carlisle so like a few have said the Waverley. Also its NB little brother in Carlisle, the Silloth line - apparently I did it as a toddler but no recollection! Be interesting to run in the old canal out to Burgh and then over the plain to the surprisingly large dock area alongside...

One thing I remember about this train was it used some of the old LMS sleepers until quite late. M60xM kind of numbering.

At Carstairs going south the Edinburgh portion would pass through the station on a loop and once the Glasgow portion was in the platform the Edinburgh portion would be reversed onto it. Preston also combined portions going south when Carlisle portions combined with those from Barrow or...

When the Clansman was introduced it used one of the London - West Midland sets. The set formed an up train to from the West Midlands to Euston in the morning then headed off to Inverness, via the West Midlands. This did lead to a bit of an over provision of 1st Class the further north it went...

There were a few 309s in the mid 90s. They were used on a peak hour morning New Street to Piccadilly service and return in the evening. This covered a few extra stops like Congleton and Bramhall. They ran as two units to help with any traction issues apparently. I think a single unit...

Both north and southbound Clansmans had long stops at Carlisle for watering purposes so it may look like a loco change was taking place. But it was Mossend where that happened.