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  1. ChrisM

    April collection started.

    April collection started with a First Scotrail and Central Trains liveried 158s at St Denys and 'pig drag' with 47841 at Millbrook.
  2. ChrisM

    Mega-Train coming to the South West

    Mega train is soon to be available from Bournemouth/Weymouth to London plus a few stations like Exeter,Salisbury and Bath. I'm off to London for £2 return instead of £25 ish. :)
  3. ChrisM

    Wrexham Wanderings

    A trip upto Wrexham on Monday producing only a few photos here due to it being very cold and having to deal with windy conditions and hailstones and snow. By the way Wrexham is as scank as Walsall.
  4. ChrisM

    Virgin XC north of Oxford 6th March

    Anyone know what happened to Virgin services north of Oxford on monday 6th March. Passengers who travelled north of Oxford were given free food and drinks on southwards services to Southampton and Bournemouth yet the train was ontime from into and leaving Reading and some services were...
  5. ChrisM

    Slammer through Didcot

    Photos from a trip to Didcot to see the 'slammer' scrap train to newport plus a few EWS 66s. http://motteram.fotopic.net/c882565.html Now Updated with a few shots from Cholsey and Tilehurst.
  6. ChrisM

    Bescot

    A few shots from Bescot including 37425 (i haven't seen a 37 since Fort William in 1989) 60 - 66 - 67 - 92 (never seen one before) plus some units. http://motteram.fotopic.net/c875378.html Also some shots from Shirley,Walsall and Solihull.
  7. ChrisM

    Virgin tains to Birmingham

    Monday 27/02/2006 Left Bournemouth on time at 06:30 with a few in first class. A trip to the buffet/shop saw us have a snackbox with a very small roll,yogurt and bag of fruit and a cup of coffee. Train left Southampton Central packed and by the time we left Oxford even first class ticket...
  8. ChrisM

    Eastleigh

    A afternoon trip to Eastleigh via Totton and Millbrook (which was a bit of a waste of time)
  9. ChrisM

    The Trainline and travelcards

    Anyone know if the rules for add-on travelcards has changed? I used to get a Bournemouth to London and add on a off peak travelcard for an extra £2 or so but the trainline won't let me add one on unless i pay full price of £6.30. Are the travelcards add-ons still available?
  10. ChrisM

    Centro area

    I'm off to Birmingham in a few weeks and have a few hours spare so where is the best place to get some photos within the Centro area but away from main stations. Any ideas?
  11. ChrisM

    159s through Brockenhurst

    I take it the class 159s are visiting Bournemouth depot but for what reason as i thought they were serviced and maintained at Salisbury.
  12. ChrisM

    Millbrook freight

    A cold few hours spent at Millbrook station to sample some freight action aswel as a couple of units.
  13. ChrisM

    Cheap tickets

    Not sure if this has been posted but the Daily Mail is doing a train ticket promotion Here Virgin Trains, GNER, First Great Western/Link, Midland Mainline, Transpennine Express, One Railway and Chiltern Railways are all offering cheap ticket but are limited.
  14. ChrisM

    Broke my first bone

    Due to an accident at home i broke a finger and knuckle with the knuckle slipping down into my hand a little so it looks like i have a knuckle missing,the first time i have every broke a bone before. Anyone else every broke a bone and how long did it take to heal?
  15. ChrisM

    Mount Pleasant crossing

    Not great photos due to bad light,mist and rain but spent around an hour at Mount Pleasant crossing in Southampton which is very busy. Also added a January collection with some 66s at Eastleigh.
  16. ChrisM

    FA Cup

    Once again the FA cup has thrown up some surprises with the results. Any opinions?
  17. ChrisM

    Camera filters

    Anyone know of a site with some information on what filters and lens there are for digital cameras and what kind of use they would be? All i can find is retailers with no real information on uses.
  18. ChrisM

    Small update ~ mainly freight

    Just uploaded some photos including class 59,60 and 66s in the Southampton area.
  19. ChrisM

    New photos

    Foggy Friday trip in the Aldershot area to line bash the Alton line.
  20. ChrisM

    Swaythling and Southampton

    Added a few 66s + SWT 73 at Swaythling + Southampton Central

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