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Trying to fill in some gaps in a day out. It was back on 28/3 so I can't look any of it up on RTT. Easy question first: - Which 317s worked the 1905 non-stop Broxbourne to London Liverpool St? Now the fiddly questions. In my notes, I wrote down 455 2005 WAT-CLJ (Shepperton) 377 CLJ-VIC pl18...

Thames Clippers / Uber Boat have a published timetable which is available on their website. It seems to be pretty efficient in terms of not having much in the way of empty moves. I'm guessing they also have a non-published timetable though as I do see the occasional late night empty move going...

I'll be up in London for a few days next week. I'm keeping one day free to spend on the trains. This will probably be a weekday. My aim is to get as many of the "outgoing" stocks as possible while staying in the Oyster ticket area. So far I have: SWR 455 on the Kingston loop (Kingston /...

I know it's been said here (and in other places) that there is a possibility that SWR's 455s would go to Southern so they could replace their 455s. But I've not found anything concrete about this. Given that we seem to have an excess of EMUs, is it likely that such a move would not happen, and...

I know that if I had enough money, I could arrange a custom rail tour through one of the many companies that run them, or even through a TOC if they were interested. It would of course be subject to available stock, stock clearances, staff, and available paths, but within reason I would be able...

Looking at the maps for Waterloo, Charing Cross and Cannon Street this morning, I noticed that all the platforms that had trains stabled in overnight showed the train headcode and the time it was due to depart. As the night went on, the times were replaced with the headcode of the train...

I was on the OpenTrainTimes website watching the progress of tonight's 2B77 (Waterloo - Bournemouth). I noticed that it was following 1L79 which isn't a headcode I recognize as bring a regular on the SWML. So I clicked on it; OTT showed me a working for 5F69, Woking - Woking Up C.H.S, obviously...

21/9, A31 eastbound at Wimborne, mid afternoon, two HGVs in convoy with escort. One steam engine on each, I think in all black paintwork. Unfortunately I didn't have my dashcam fitted so couldn't look back at the footage to get the numbers. Although the second one was facing backwards! Anyone...

Railway photos not updated since March, personal photos since May. Anyone know if he's ok and if he's still working at Eastleigh?

Seems to be the most appropriate place to put this... Can anyone advise on whether planning permission would be required to put a single carriage in a field? The field is in green belt land and within a few hundred metres of an SSSI (site of special scientific interest). I'm guessing the only...

As per the title, really. Was there any rolling stock that never got the NSE livery but worked as regular NSE stock?

I was wondering about this following on from the Stonehaven accident. In a standard HST formation ( PC + carriages + PC ), if the leading power car gets disconnected unexpectedly, either through major electrical fault or, as in the case of Stonehaven, physically, what happens to the other one...

After much Googling and not being able to find what I'm after, as well as fruitless correspondence with BA, I'm asking here in the hope that someone will know where I can find this information! Currently there is at least one BA 747 parked at Bournemouth Airport. BA have flown the rest back to...

What's the biggest distance in time taken between the fastest and slowest trains from the same start and end stations? For starters, I raise Weymouth to Waterloo services: The slowest is the 2110, which on leaving Weymouth, calls at Upwey, Dorchester South, Moreton, Wool, Wareham, Hamworthy...

There was a thread about this a few years back and I thought it might be interesting to find out - are there any CRTs left in use, be it for staff or passenger, anywhere on the network - NR or LU? The last ones I was aware of were Baker Street (LU). There was a dead one at Angel Road. Beyond...

Apart from the mighty ALR, are there any rovers that have a first class option? I'd love to have a day out somewhere but enjoy it in first. South of London/Reading would be ideal. Thanks!

Going to be travelling out of Weymouth tomorrow late morning, back in the evening. Looking on Google maps, the station car park looks tiny. I note there's the car park for the Swannery / RSPB Centre a few minutes walk up the road which I can use. Is this the best place to park if the station is...

Posting on behalf of a friend so trying to keep this as unspecific as possible. Friend works in East Croydon (zone 5) and usually takes a combination of tram and train to reach their home in zone 6. They have figured out that if the tram/train change doesn't always line up and they end up...

Hi folks, I'm looking at getting a Freedom of the South West 3 in 7 ticket. I'd like to pay for this using rail vouchers. However, one of the vouchers expires in early January, and I'm not able to go on the journey until March. How far in advance is it possible to book one of these tickets...

Went through Paddington station last week to get to Bournemouth. Usually I would buy the ticket from the ticket machines. Couldn't do this last week as their new huge touchscreen machines wouldn't accept Bournemouth as a destination. Went into the ticket office instead - they explained that the...