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Hi everyone My father-in-law has written another book which is being produced in limited numbers and is available to order now. A Passion for Steam on The Settle & Carlisle Line The book covers Maurice's memories of the line from the last days of steam when he'd cycled 100 miles at the age of...

Afternoon RailUk Forumers I'm currently enjoying a journey home after a long week away with work. When I travel with work, I book my tickets for me through a 3rd party travel company. I chose tickets to leave Newcastle on the 07:05 on Monday morning to travel to Bath via London. The return...

I saw the Network Rail "Banana train" as I was heading out of Bristol TM last week. Will that also change to a Class 800 or will it remain an HST as it's not for passengers?

Hi everyone I'm a regular traveller on both VTEC and Cross Country for work and I always travel standard class and I always have a reserved seat. On Sunday, I'm travelling on the 12.00 from Newcastle to Kings Cross and I noticed on the confirmation email sent by the travel booking company...

Hi all I just thought I'd mention this here in case anyone is interested... Back in the 1960s, my father-in-law, Maurice Burns helped form a steam locomotive preservation society - the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) Their initial aim was to buy two steam engines...

Hi There Me and my family are coming to London in a few weeks for a couple of days. I use the Tube quite a bit, but my work always pays for it and I just pick up my tickets from the machine along with my train tickets, so I don't have much experience with buying tickets and fares. We'll...

Morning everyone This morning, while driving to work into Newcastle, I noticed a very unusual train leaving Newcastle station heading South over the Tyne on the main line bridge. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what it was and maybe where it was going? It was hauled by a Class...

Hi there Apologies if this is a repeat of a similar question that's already been raised, but I couldn't find anything recent on the search. I'm booked on the 13.30 from Bristol TM to Newcastle tomorrow and my reservation is for Coach J. I assume that this will be two voyagers coupled...