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Hi all, I've just uploaded some photos from Saturday, including Assorted passenger trains 70009 with a freight train 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" with the Cathedrals Express http://the.earth.li/~igloo/photos/albums/trains/2012-06-16/ Enjoy, Ian

Ah, no, I just know lots of impressive-sounding words, having just spent a month reading things while working out which camera/lens to buy :-) Plus, having just bought it, I had the details of what I'd bought handy. This is actually my first non-compact camera. Thanks! Ian

A Nikon D7000 with a 35mm F/1.8 prime lens (35mm equivalent 52.5mm). I used rawtherapee to crop, fix chromatic aberration, sharpen, and fix the exposure as best I could.

Thanks all for the kind words!

Hi all, I recently got a new camera, so thought I'd spend an hour photographing trains from a couple of nearby bridges: http://the.earth.li/~igloo/photos/albums/trains/2012-06-08/ This is my first real attempt, so I wonder if anyone has any advice to help me improve please? (other than to...

Aha, great. Thanks!

Thanks! Doh, I've just noticed the "Fares with Travelcard" button. Sorry! Although I can't see where it tells you what zones are included? Thanks Ian

Hi all, Can anyone please tell me: The restrictions that apply to the ticket below? How I can find the restrictions for such tickets in general? How I can search for such tickets on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/? £26.50 (£17.50 with network railcard) One Day Off Peak Travelcard...

Thanks all. We decided not to risk it and just take the Eurostar instead.

Some of my friends are fans of Aachensee, although I haven't yet made it there myself. It's near Innsbruck, south of Munich, I believe: http://www.achenseebahn.at/en/home.html

Hi all, Can anyone help me understand the CIV rules please? I understand that the CIV rules mean that if one leg of a journey is delayed, then you can use later trains for later legs, even if your tickets wouldn't otherwise be valid on later legs (much like how delays work with advanced...

They made it in the future?

Hi all, I wonder if anyone could help me find the best price for an Oxford to York trip please? There will be 2 of us (with network railcards in the unlikely event of that being useful!). Date not known yet, but we will be leaving on a Friday evening or Saturday morning, returning that...

Which one is "the PDF"? Thanks Ian

Hi all, On page 78 of http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/pdfs/OffPeak.pdf the validity code PV is defined as allowing, for example, whereas http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/pdfs/OPR_PV.pdf allows Am I right in thinking that these are intended to define the same thing? If so, which one is the...

Thanks all for all the info and confirmations!

Hi all, I'm a little confused by Oxford - Brighton fares; I wonder if anyone could help me please? I'm looking at return trip from Oxford to Brighton, e.g. leaving on the 7th Dec and returning on the 9th Dec, for 1 passenger, on http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Both the 14:01 and the...

Thanks!

Hi all, In Amsterdam recently, I noticed a metal bar between the front wheels dropped down and touched the track while the train was stopped. Does anyone know what this is for, please? Earthing? Braking? Something else? Here it is down: And up: And this is whereabouts it is...

Please forgive my ignorance, but what is it that makes this walk valid? I'm probably being dim, but I can't see which easement this is? Searching for "Marlow" in the easements section of the routing guide I only find "300358 Customer travelling to stations on the Marlow and Henley on Thames...