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Hi sorry I just happened to see them, i dont know what stock or trip they were working but looked like mk3s in the old intercity blue? made them work as they were only dong about 30 mph past us

Just seen and heard:D double header 31s through Stourton heading into leeds. Green liveried front with intercity liveried 2nd with very long rake of blue intercity stock Making them work, forgot what they sounded like its been so long!! Just the 66s now:oops:

Sunday IC125 and Meridian 222s Leicester to St Pancras services are being diverted over the Manton Junction to Kettering line crossing the 1,275 yards (1.166 km) long 82 arch Harringworth viaduct over the Welland valley, not forgetting a few long tunnels as well!! Scenic ride if you havent done...

Basically nothing to do with the EU but all incidents that could be fatal are treated as a crime scene until proved otherwise whch is why the M1 gets closed for 8 hours after a fatal car crash one minor road near us was closed for 24hrs causing massive disruption after a serious RTC with one...

Note updated prices for children

Hi Our two 2011 open dates at the Stapleford Miniature Railway are 11th 12th June and Sunday BH Mon 28th 29th August I did have this post up but seems to have moved http://www.railforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=36463&highlight=stapleford Nige www.fsmr.org.uk

Express head office was Ruislip so you could try archives there i am surpised Dairy Crest dont have any archives from Unigate but then again!! If anyones doing Guiness Park Royal I have some pics of Unicorn when she was there working in the early 90s on the beer keg traffic when I was...

I have a couple of LNER wagon plates recovered off old railway vans on the farm and an old cast iron Shut and fasten gate sign aqquired off a gate we scrapped in the 70s and stuck in the barn. I painted it up the other year and we have it on one of the LC gates at Stapleford Railway on public...

One of the best place to see this is in the ECML just North of Newark as the A1 dual carriageway runs parallel for some distance The Arc is so bright that it is hard to focus when following next to the train in the day let alone at night

What a brilliant story Not all folks are jobsworths We had an experience with Midland mainline about 5 years ago when I took the Kettering Leicester Sunday diversion over the Corby Oakham diversion route one Sunday as my 6 yr old wanted to go on a 125 (or was it me!!) When it came to...

And if you were really lucky, you even got to ride up front in the cab on the Oakham to Leicester line:D Of course, it wouldnt be allowed now due to child protection policies to name but one Oh how life has changed since the 70s:( Used to love watching the AWS warning or we might even get a...

Wasnt there a Big Big train layout at Warley 2010? I remember a freind having one in the late 60s whe all i had was dublo and triang hornby 00 system 6

Hi as an engineer working for the dairies, the subject has always fascinated me although i have only been doing this job for 26 years so missed the rail operations Not sure about photos but some milk sites that were rail connected were: Arla Foods Northallerton (closed this year but rail...

Thanks, seen them at Pbr yard Just wondered the implications of throwing loads of powder snow up over the OLE lines and insulators while live though

There is also a lot more HSE rules and regs since the last major snow in 62/63 I cant imagine being able to hand dig a loco out on the network today with 100 men armed with no more than duffle coats and shovels although onnce the lines closed due to snow, then whart other choice will they have...

Assuming enough snow falls to require ploughs on the ECML in Lincs tonight I assume you cant run a plough under live OLE due to risk of creating a path to earth through the snow being pushed up (same thing happens under the 11kv lines across farm land with irigation sprays) ?

Sorry Not been online for a cpl of weeks!! mods feel free to remove:oops:

Hi Appologies if posted but i couldnt see it and feel free to move if in wrong place just received this link from a colleague Not often you can turn up to film a passing train and it unravels in front of you!! starts to fall apart about 3:40 in...

Hi I had a few wmv files of the railway taken off the website and put on Youtube bit rude especially as they didnt acknowledge I contact them and ask them to at least put the website link up!! regards Nigel Stapleford miniature Railway webmaster www.fsmr.org.uk www.youtube.com/stapleford

Please note the new date change for June ammended above and prices now added