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  1. Peter C

    Scanning/digitising magazines

    I have a small collection of old railway magazines (Railway Magazine, Railway Word, and issue 1 of Standard Gauge Times). I am currently digitising them by scanning them in on my printer, and I was wondering if there were any ways (potentially on this forum) in which I could share them as some...
  2. Peter C

    Should Thameslink appear on the Tube map? (Now expected to appear in December on Tube map)

    Having watched some of Geoff Marshall's videos, I've been thinking about whether Thameslink should appear on the Tube Map. As a railway in London, Thameslink appears on the "London Rail Connections" maps but, as it is not an Underground line, it does not appear on the Tube Map. Some argue that...
  3. Peter C

    London Underground "S" Stock moves on the National Network

    The LU S Stock moves that are currently happening on the lines through Banbury and to Derby are very interesting to me as I am very interested in the Tube. I'd like to be able to see some of these moves before they inevitably finish, but I'm not sure which moves include S Stocks and which ones...
  4. Peter C

    Telling the difference between a HST and 800 on RTT

    I use RealTimeTrains (RTT) for when I go trainspotting and whenever I travel by train. As I live in the old Western Region, HSTs are a thing and I like to see them if I can. When I look on RTT, it tells you the style of refreshment service available on the trains. I know that the Class 800 don't...
  5. Peter C

    Trespassing on the heritage railways

    Having been to Didcot Railway Centre recently and seeing a mother and young son climb across the signalling equipment (by which I mean rods and moving parts) to leave the Broad Gauge Shed, I was wondering if there have been any other incidents of people just being a bit silly and perhaps not...
  6. Peter C

    Didcot-Oxford 175th Anniversary

    The Didcot-Oxford branchline of the GWML turns 175 in 2019. To celebrate this, there are lots of events happening at each station along this section of line. The Cotswold Venturer railtour, a railtour which happens every year, is being hauled by 60103 "Flying Scotsman" and will be running...

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