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Cheers! I suspected it must be being shopped somewhere...

Anyone know what's happened to 150111 nowadays? I've not seen it diagrammed on anything for a long time?

Here's a new picture blog. A look back at 20 years of the West Midlands Class 323s. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/09/26/a-picture-farewell-to-the-west-midlands-class-323s/

Today's blog. I've taken a trip on a rare train. Every Saturday Northern run a single round trip between Stalybridge and Stockport, calling at Denton and Reddish South. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/09/21/rolling-blog-saturday-special/

An interesting day on the railways. A visit to Alstom at Derby which included the unveiling of a new concept for train interiors, a behind the scenes tour of Derby works, the chance to drive a Class 701 - and the leaving do of an old community rail stalwart...

Here's yesterday's blog, with pictures from another exploration of stations in SE Manchester. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/09/17/rolling-blog-manchester-reprise/

Today's blog contains pictures from the TRU upgrade in West Yorkshire and travels around stations in East Manchester, showing just how diverse the railways can be. It's not all about trains either. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/09/13/rolling-blog-weather-wise/

New blog. The Green party vote to support building HS2 https://paulbigland.blog/2024/09/09/the-green-party-vote-to-support-building-hs2/

Today's rolling blog. Completing the Colne Valley #hs2 viaduct, a crustacean conundrum and a journey back to #yorkshire . paulbigland.blog/2024/09/05/r...

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There's been a media visit to the HS2 construction site at Bromford in Birmingham today. A few of us were there so here's a blog and pictures. The irony? I travelled there from Manchester and returned via Leeds. The two sections of HS2 that have been mothballed/cancelled. On both routes the...

There's been a media visit to the HS2 construction site at Bromford in Birmingham today. A few of us were there, so here's a blog and pictures. The irony? I travelled there from Manchester and returned via Leeds. The two sections of HS2 that have been mothballed/cancelled. On both routes the...

Today's rolling blog. Off on another #hs2 site visit...https://*******.com/5n8xy6ty #railways

Today's blog has been updated with =AZV3uqIzeyBMKcarWGYn1qODKXk9FoFzgCoWgHQyUXpE1ETpERBIurbC67zc1ehZ7OeKBIPEx7fYh6ulAJScFyfsyN7KXpkxr765QwjTh3CoiA&__tn__=*NK-R']#hs2 Wendover site visit construction pictures as well as the trials and tribulations of trying to get back home on a fragile rail...

Today's blog. Getting from Mallaig to West Yorkshire is proving to be a bit of an adventure. For all the wrong reasons. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/08/05/rolling-blog-there-and-back-again/

It's the end of day 7 and my last day of RAIL rover 2024. I made it to Mallaig, but not without incident. Now all I've got to do is get home again...https://paulbigland.blog/2024/08/04/rail-rover-day-7/

It's the end of day 6 of my RAIL rover. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/08/03/rail-rover-day-6/

RAIL rover day 5 includes old railway history - and gorgeous station hotels. Oh, and station pubs... https://paulbigland.blog/2024/08/02/rail-rover-day-5/

Here's a snapshot of day 2 of my bi-annual RAIL rover. https://paulbigland.blog/2024/07/30/rolling-blog-rail-rover-day-2/

It's day 1 of 7 of my bi-annual rail odyssey covering the UK's railway network for RAIL magazine. Hard to believe, but the first time I did this was 20 years ago. How much has changed...https://paulbigland.blog/2024/07/29/rolling-blog-rail-rover-day-1/