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OK OK OK I cocked it up, that was the previous pic i was looking at, how the hell do get the image onto here then ?
i was using copy and paste, what am i doing wrong ?
Trans pennine unit just north of carnforth next to A6
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.384799,0.466833&spn=0,0.038581&t=p&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.384466,0.467141&panoid=TCtMrtXdQbAEXymrqtZSjQ&cbp=12,252.59,,0,6
My 5 to be electrified
1) GWML
2) MML
3) Glasgow/edinburgh - Inverness - Aberdeen
4) Crewe - Holyhead
5) Cumbrian coast line, Carnforth - whitehaven - carlisle ( because i live in here)
Went to a football match in manchester in 1978, had a 'couple' of pints and caught the 18:05 manchester - glasgow train intending to get get off at carlisle for the train to whitehaven, fell asleep at lancaster and woke up at motherwell, carried on to glasgow and explained what had happened and...
My earliest memories as a kid were standing on seascale station when it was a proper station with a ticket office, waiting room with a coal fire, a station master and through trains to london !
Watching britannias, black 5's, Met-vics and claytons
When you see whats there now (a lone perspex...
AAHHH---sorted it, it is the whitehaven connection, put glas-car in the search and it comes up with all the trains on the timetable
PS- its RUSH at the secc on the saturday night:D
I'm going up to glasgow from whitehaven in may for a concert, getting there is easy but getting home is a different thing
Timetable says there are various trains home on the sunday but nat/rail website says there are only 2 back to carlisle during the day
10:45 preston train (which is...
Morning all, major change of plan, i've negoiated 3, 1/2 weeks off work for september, so i'm taking some advice from some suggestions on here, instead of tearing round for a fortnight driving myself up the wall, i'm going to break the country up into chunks and cover it that way using regional...
Have thourghly enjoyed the events of the past couple of days, am looking forward to the next few as well, i might even consider taking friday of work to watch the 'events' live ! lol:lol:
Been enthralled watching this over the last 24 hours, giving me the jitters over my 2 week ALR planned for september, i'm starting to rethink some of my plans as some of the connections are on the short side
Surprised no-ones mentioned the 'station bar' at wemyss bay station, brilliant for a pint of 'heavy' while waiting for a train or ferry
I know its already been mentioned, but the 'prince of wales' at foxfield is superb, massive selection of 'real ales' and no poncy chemical crap, i should...
Thats the first alteration done ! thanks elton.:D
Working on the highland chieftan idea now, thanks boys
Keep the ideas coming, many thanks
busterfridge
Thanks for all the tips, they have been taken on board and this is going to be thought through carefully with some contingencies in case of missed trains/delays etc.First four days sorted, sorts out most off the scottish lines i want to travel on, any thoughts ?
Day 1- Mon...
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