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Many thanks for all the information, I will carry on searching. Both the crew are buried in Goole Cemetery and I hope to visit later this summer to pay my respects.

Despite living in the Eastern end of West Yorkshire for about 50 years I have only recently learned of the Boiler explosion in March 1901 of this locomotive. The incident happened just to the east of Knottingley in the area where Kellingley Colliery was later sighted. The engine was badly...

The walk back to Grosmont is quite steep after Beck Hole, where the pub is very good, if you aren’t very mobile.

There is some freight through Leeds, saw one on the Saturday before last. A GBRF 66 on spent ballast coming from the East heading for Horbury I was told. It was about 3.15pm.

Someone once said it you build it they will come, or in this case travel. The TP service from York to Manchester, via Castleford, has on the times I have used it been quite busy. The time to York is only about 5 minutes longer than the time to Leeds so the direct route is well over 30 minutes...

I am saying that from the point of view of someone who has a choice then a 150/2 is not going to be a strong selling point. Especially as lots of other services in West Yorkshire have much newer and better trained, both electric and diesel. Add to that the fact that two carriages are often...

I am aware of how trains are replaced. However the question was how can we increase rail usage and 40 year old Sprinters won’t emcourage anyone to take up rail travel, especially if they crammed into two carriages full and standing everyday.

How many journeys in London and the S.E are run with 40 plus year old two car units? This the usual service with the odd 4 car on the two services from Castleford to Leeds. At commuter times they are often full and standing and hardly make for an attractive package for anyone with an...

I stand corrected it was a long time ago and as I said before at that tender age I detested all diesels so didn’t take that much notic.

As a soldier from 1963 on wards I used the railway frequently until the end of 1967 when I was posted overseas. On a Sunday evening I would go to a Bedford Midland to get a train to London. I never bothered with a timetable, I just turned up and waited to see what arrived. The service was...

I rode on this line in 2012. Recovery of the injured and all the other passengers will be very difficult as the line has a very large fast flowing river on one side and cloud jungle on the other. It is a truly magnificent route and doesn’t actually go to Manchu Picchu but to the village at the...

I am 78 years young so I can’t recall the exact dates but I definitely saw the rake of 1st generation DMUs working at least one return trip to St Pancras. As to the class 31s I stand to be corrected but at that time I detested all diesels and stopped all interest in the railway from about 1961...

In either late 1950s or early 1960s I was waiting for the Manchester to St Pancras working through Bedford. At this time it was often hauled by a pair of class 31s. On at least one occasion it was an 8 car DMU formation. I can’t recall which units but I think it was the ones with the side...

I have decided the next time I do my infrequent trip to London I will stay close to the West Coast line and go in to Euston and avoid Thameslink altogether. At least I will have a choice.

On Monday 8 December I went from Elstree into London The inbound was delayed by about 20 minutes but we were kept informed. St Pancras at about 6:30 pm was chaotic. A late running Bedford train was shown on the screens and announced as stopping at all stations to Bedford and when it came in it...

I was in Krakow last week and on Wednesday waiting for a train to the Salt mines south of the city I saw a train branded Leo run through. I didn’t pay a lot attention but as I recall it was empty and was a four or five car unit.

I am not sure what facilities BTP have for detaining arrested people. I suspect that as in my time years ago they rely on Home Office facilities to keep those locked up. i recall a case where I had arrested a youth for several offences on the railway. When the BTP officer turned up he said he...

In My time in the Wiest Yorks police some 40 plus tears ago I went to incidents including a fatality and serious obstruction of the line causing considerable damage and it was a long time before the BTP appeared at the scene. Given that they were only based at the Largest stations anything out...

Thank you for the info. The whole yard was blocked from view by a freight train on my return at about 2.15pm.

On a run past Midland Road, Leeds, today saw D9000 sat on a road all on its own. Has anyone any ideas as to why it’s there and when it will leave?