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As I said, I never actually worked one, but I'm sure they were run at reduced speed when working - maybe 45mph? (although I think there was the "occasion" when they arrived back very, very early...:wink:). I have in my mind that they departed Fratton early evening - 19:30? But I may be dreaming...

I was a guard at Fratton in the early 80's and I never managed to work the de-icer train - either it didn't run when I was booked it or I managed to swap the turn. My recollection is that the Fratton unit went up to Guildford, back to Havant and then up to Horsham and back to Fratton - I can't...

Good job you're not an engineer or anything like that......:lol:

I was on the train just in front of this (one of the first trains up from Portsmouth) and have always been conscious that by a quirk of fate I narrowly missed being in this mess. I was co-opted in to help in the press office in Waterloo that day answering the phones from people enquiring after...

It is preserved - just in the private collection of Sir William McAlpine who lives in Buckinghamshire and has it in his railway museum. Sir William opens his place a number of times a year for charity events, when volunteers run the 1.5 mile long railway (I saw it when I went to one of the open...

Hi Alex, I sent you a PM about some tickets I have, but not had a reply yet. Let me know if you are interested or not. Cheers

Just a thought - this wasn't traffic to the Shap Cement works is it? http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2671420

I'm reminded of that little saying about strangers being friends you have yet to meet - I live in hope that one day government and common sense become bosom buddies (but I ain't holding my breath...:roll:)

Not quite in the spirit of the OP, but I feel I should mention Aviemore where most trains leave from one platform despite there being both up and down platforms - a great idea as it saves people having to negotiate the bridge (unless they want the excellent Strathspey Railway of course)

Thanks - that was it! I have now found the picture on Wikipedia that I was thinking of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bahnhof_Z%C3%BCrich_Selnau.jpg

I hope someone can help. I read somewhere about a metro style train service where the line is tunnelled along under a riverbed with the station accessed via a bridge. Can't remember where (Switzerland, Germany?) - does it ring a bell with anyone? Thanks

At least it is not on a curve and some silly sausage pushes a bike/pram or walks in front of the guard before the driver sets off (had a few close calls myself on loco hauled sets and 4-Subs in times past). Looks perfectly normal to me --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Depends...

Welcome to the forum Stoney6 All the information is available from DB in Surbiton who provide the service to Rail Staff Travel Ltd. Send them details of what you would like to do and they will come back with a price. We travelled TGV and RER and local train from Paris to Chamoney for the...

It used to be that a driver (and guard) had to travel the route every 6 months or go on a refresher. This caused a problem if a particular route only featured once in a diagram and you swapped turns and so didn't do it for a while.

Hi Steve, Is the link supposed to open with the realtimetrains form populated? Sorry it doesn't work for me, I just get the blank form Great idea though Cheers Steve

Hope she is checking her rear-view mirror!

Thanks RozzaDownunder - an interesting insight into "how the other half lives"

Really good to see all the information in one place - an excellent post and idea for a thread. Thanks Altnabreac for doing it

I'd forgotten about the 13 month year - when I went on to monthly pay (i.e, 4 weekly), it played havoc with paying the (normal) monthly bills

I worked on a Southern Region station - platform duties and cleaning in the mid to late 70's. By working 12 hour days or nights on alternative weeks, I could clear £50 which was not bad for a 17 year old in those days. Trouble is that when I started training as a guard, I reverted to junior...