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Now then It appears that the museum at York station has upped sticks and moved to Lincs. Has this happened yet? And if so, where has it moved to? And if not, when is it due to happen? Also. Are there any model railway museums in Scotland? The wee one is getting interested in such...

Good morning all We (me, my partner, and the wee boy) are off on holiday in the not too distant future and one of the days we are planning on getting the train into Glasgow from our base in Strathfillan. I was initially just going to get a return ticket on the railcard but upon further...

We're off to Wembley on Saturday for the FA Trophy final. Big day for both Darlington and Mansfield. However, it appears that there is a whole heap of mayhem on the London Underground network. As such, I would like some advice. Initially, I was intending on getting the London Overground...

With the reopening of the Airdrie-Bathgate line, would it not make more sense for the Fort William portion of the sleeper to stop at either Queen Street or Central low levels instead of at Westerton?

Wiki is of no use whatsoever. Would you please be able to tell me what the difference is between Sprinters and Super Sprinters? Also, I thought that 156's were the only sprinters, but the wiki page says that all manner of DMU's fall into the Sprinter category. Clarification please...

Did Moor Street used to have platforms on the eastern approach into New Street? I never realised that the New Street Line went straight under Moor Street station.

It's probably been done a death before, but I am baffled. When the ICE came through the tunnel last month, it had to be dragged, and one of the reasons given was that it didn't have the yellow nose required to run on main lines in Britain. What I am struggling to work out is if that is the...

I have just noticed whilst looking on bing maps that Darlington still has a turntable just to the south of the station. I have never noticed this before. I assume it is no longer functional looking at the image. But I am just wandering how rare is this? How many turntables are there out...

Yesterday, I was parking the car up and an odd train setup went past. It was a class 67 (EWS) pulling two HST power cars (East Cost livery) with a single black/navy blue mk1 carriage (possibly a mail wagon?) sandwiched in between the power cars. It was travelling North, through Darlington...

About to be shot down, but here goes... What's the big deal about having diesels running under the wires if their destination doesn't have overhead power for the full length?

Not thinking of towns where there isn't any track. But for me, I've never been able to work out why Peterlee hasn't got a station. It's on the Durham coast line. It (well Horden) borders the railway yet it has never had a station. Surely the simple investment of a couple of platforms and a...

With Eire having a different guage compared to the UK. What happens in Northern Ireland? Is this the same as the rest of Britain? Or is it the same as the rest of the emerald isle?

I don't know the answer to this. I'm just curious. What station has the largest number of platforms (still structurally there - with rails) but do not get used? For example. Headstone lane (or Hatch End) has platforms on the fast lines into Euston, but only the Overground platforms are...

Afternoon all As you'll see from the post count, I am very new to the board. In fact, I am very new to railway enthusiasm. Actually that's not true. I've had 20 years on sabatical. And after moving into a house that backs onto the ECML, I'm becoming somewhat hooked once more. However...

I'm sure many of you will know of and experienced the wonder that is the Whitby Beer train (19.15 departure) during the summer months where they crack a barrell to the back of the train and have a band playing in the carriage. Just wondering if there are any routes out there that have this...

I have tried for years to get hold of a picture which was long lost to my childhood. I had a book of trains and there was one picture which has always stuck in my memory. It's of Newcastle Central station (from the Castle I think - but could be a helicopter) looking down on the East End of...

Now then. I am thinking of taking my partner to Rome for the Rugby and a bit of romance in 2012. Obviously we could fly, and the fact is we probably will. But I'm interested in a) how long it would take to get to Rome (no sleepers - I'm no longer an eager 20 year old) and b) how much is it...

Now then. New to the board. So apologies if this has come up before. With everyone seemingly moaning about capacity, what are the major problems (other than cost) of building additional carriages to add to existing trains? Obviously, gone are the days of uniform carriages which can be...