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Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/incident-at-talerddig-wales-21-10-2024.275845/ If leaf mulch can be so lethal, one question that springs to my mind is are the 158's fitted with ABS? I assume not as I believe they are Disc brake only and once the wheel is...

Not sure if ADMIN will allow this but is this simply wrong to allow a celebration event to be used in this manner?? I know Aunty BBC likes to present both sides of a debate but I feel oranisers were correct to kick these guys out! Damaging to the NNR IMHO...

Anyone know what this particular working was?? Seems to be a trip to nowhere in particular. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U02100/2023-04-03/detailed

Anyone know where I may obtain a soft copy of above [free of charge preferably] ? I have tried https://www.sis.se/api/document/preview But it is a preview with only first 19 pages. There does appear to be 5 parts to this standard. Apologies if this is wrong place for this thread, but does...

Preservation thread of sorts, so here goes ... Anyone ever booked and stayed in the following Holiday Cottage lets ? Dent Railway Station Ribblehead Station Masters House Kirby Stephen Booking Office / Platform Cottages? I guess that under Covid travel restrictions, UK destinations are in...

Anyone care to give the timings to above? I am guessing about 11h45 Retford, 12h15 Cottam and 14h30 SYJR. Not seen anything on Railway Herald. Thanks

Hi there, UK Railtours jaunt to Hull, does anyone have the timings for Sheffield Victoria > Deepcar & SYJR bit? Merry Xmas & HNY

Hearty feed-up of being mugged in last 4 seconds with auto generated bids. Apart from uber hi bids, anyway of combating these auto last-minute.com bidding actions?? Or a case of cant beat 'em ... joint 'em ??

I heard a rumour at Mallard Event at Doncaster this weekend regarding the main frames for Hengist were incorrectly cut and after reading the Clan Project blog on Facetube, it seems to be true. I am as saddened as those Hengist members are by this turn of events and hope that the 3rd party...

Hi, Anyone aware if this UK Railtours.com 5 Jan 13 special is still on? And if so what are the timings? I can only quote from website that Loughbro departs at 10h10 and so only guess at times to say Shirebrook 11h00 and say Shireoaks 12h15. Anyone?

Does anyone yet know if above is scheduled for system duties during Xmas break? Was in a closed thread from last years hols ; http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=57472 Any info greatly appreciated.

Has anyone any knowledge or information on the above ?? My family research indicates that my great great grand father worked under foreman Muckley on several occasions but never whereabouts. I believe he (Muckley) started as foreman (S&T) and then worked at L&Y Horwich works 1896 before Crewe...

Like the title says folks...what's the general consensus of opinion regarding panned shots? Is it a personal thing or a no-no? My feeling is that with video, one uses the whole moment to capture the approach, passing and departure of a passing train. It reproduces your normal viewing experience...

Like it says, did any on those side-tip NCB jubilee wagons make it into preservation?? There were hundreds at one time but I simply have never seen any more on my travels, they were a common sight in S Yorkshire but any remain?? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Here this is what I...

Gentlemen, those of you with the above, please turn off your shutter sound effect when there are videos being shot. Nothing is more annoying to a video bloke who has to suffer that pointless sound every time he plays back his video. Its not a real shutter....digitals are totally silent.....its...

I am fortunate in occasionally being paid to work in Northern Italy and Northern Spain where there just happen to be 2 super "little" 1 metre gauge rail networks. The Italian one is passenger only but the Spanish is freight & passenger. Weekends off are spent line-siding......needless to say...

Anyone booked to go on 22 July?? http://www.geoffs-trains.com/Zimbabwe/zimbabwe10.html Looks darned good value, flights excluded but still a good way to spend a fortnight. Please do tell anyone lucky enough to be going!!

Just finished watching this documentary on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway...........what an absolute gem of a film. Dont know who shot it but the director Ivan Smith (I think) has produced a masterpiece, not the usual dross one encounters on the Beeb namely Cash in the Attic, SuperCoook, Flog-it...

Went last night to Bradford IMAX cinema to see this movie...........stunningly brilliant..........if you like that sort of thing!! The 3-D effects are superb and the 2 1/2 hours were spent in jaw-dropping suspense. The IMAX cinema does this type of movie justice and the 3-D effects make it a...

What do folk here recommend regarding Video File Conversion software?? I shoot in *.mts and need to convert to *.avi or similar. The AVS4YOU stuff I have has a water-mark until I pay for it but the darn thing wont give me the correct aspect ratio, therefore everything appears squashed up &...