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According to realtime Trains, something is due to pass through leicester from Reading DMUD to Loughborough Brush at 0822, Train is running up the GW line to Banbury then Washwood Heath, then the BHM to LEI line. Apparently it is timed for 90 mph believed to be a 165/1 or 166 (which I don't...

Hello, Does anyone have any information regarding these locomotives at all, or know of any pictures on the internet of UK classed ones? I am interested to see what they look like and who owns them, I have seen photos of the foreign variants and they look cool but if there is one in a UK...

can someone help please with how to get there. I just looked on national rail and panicked as it is saying to go to St. Pancras then underground to Paddington then padding to didcot parkway!?!??! Is there a better way of getting there? cost isn't too much of a worry for me I do need to...

Hello all, I spotted this job whilst off chance browsing on sunday night, and I have subsequently completed the application form and sent it off. What I would love to know is, they mention a SCAAT test and I have no clue what the proceedings of such a test are, I understand it is...

Hello all, I wish to go out tomorrow to get some photos, like a spur of the moment type thing like I normally do. Where is the best place and what are the situations regarding photos at Derby, Crewe and Rugeley? I only ask because I wish to get a variety of Freight and passenger trains...

Hello all, bit rushed, but my mate is a sailor on a merchants ship and he is coming home tomorrow, he arrives at Heathrow airport (he's being flown back) at 16:50, he says he will need 30 -40 minutes to clear baggae and customs and that lark and will get the Heathrow Express to London. He...

Hello all, I have railworks as well but sometimes like to play around with MSTS which I remember as a 11 year old... anyway, downloaded a class 56, got the sounds and cabviews for it, sorted (after 5 re installs and some fettling) Now for some reason the engine accelrates dead fast and...

Hi all, Today I got into a bit of a tiswas but luckily I didn't end up in trouble. With having Asperger's and being in an unfamiliar place at the time, i got very confused with syston station. the 16:08 to Leicester came in and I got on it, we arrived in Leicester but no conductor came down...

Just wondered if anyone had a general list or knew the times that regular freights passed through Leicester and South Wigston??? Only ask as I am getting back a lot more into train bashing now and I wish to start taking more photos of freights as well, especially since Leicester can now take...

Hello all, Quick question really (and a daft one since I live in Leicester...) Where are the best places to get a good variety of railway shots in Leicester and Leicestershire? I would love to get back into railway photography! Many thanks, Bruce

Hello all, Being a transport enthusiast and liking photography, I do take a fair few pictures of buses and the like, sometimes railway orientated as time and funds allow. I have been looking for a new camera. at the moment I have a Pentax Optio E70 camera, which has served me well for 4...

Hi all basically I went into town today and I got on the bus all the usual stuff and was chattig with the driver, as sson as he moved off he 'tild me to read the sign' in other words politely tell me to shush. I am actually shocked (in a good kind of way) that a driver has done that. I am a...

hello all, I found a nice little engine to attempt a scratchbuild of. it is a Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 of an industrial type, inside cylinders and and valvegear. What I would like to know is what class of engine is it and also where I would be able to obtain some drawings, or dimensions, as...

Hi all, My dad works next to the railway line near enough at Old Dalby, he's inside a massive unit all day and doesn't get much chance to go outside on a break, He said that today he heard a 'noisy rattly engine' which sounded nothing like the tube stock that was there in recent times. I...

Travel Weekly have posted an article announcing the administration of Bowen Travel group. Bowen have three Coach Holiday companies under their wing, Bowen's Appleby's and York's. Today the company went into administration at 11.30 The following quote is from the article: Additional reactions...

Hello chaps, Was in runcorn on saturday, got off and noticed a set of points and a spur of single track which disappeared round a bend. seems to be a freight only line or a line to an old terminal? Did a bit of google mapping and it does lead to an old refinery type place, goes down to a...

Looking for someone who makes the roller desti blinds, got the mechanism just need a blind doing up. alternatively I fancy a stab at doing it myself, what material do they use?

Ok cheapest from Leicester to Runcorn Next saturday say about 8am, two adults one way ticket, on a job again! now I have a few routes in mind and I'm checking them out at the moment, so We have Leicester to Sheffield first, then sheffiled to Runcorn if possible but I know that there will...

got to the fotopic website as per usual, just been told this moment by a freind, so if you have an account here's your chance to get those lost files back! :D

Hi guys, I wish to pick your brains again. Now me and my mate need to run an errand next wednesday 10th October and we need to use the train as we might be driving a new vehicle back to Leicester. We wish to depart at about 7am and wish to leave widnes early afternoon, so say 2 pm...