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Hi all, I've just been going through my Japanese photos from August this year, using JR's timetables and the useful "hyperdia" website to find the origins and destinations of all the trains I photographed (mainly bullet trains). Anyhow, I managed to find no trace of certain services now I'm...

Hi all, apologies if this is a thread which already exists, but I wanted to know where's the best for freight in Europe: currently considering France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands for a trip not long after the New Year. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks very much, Cosmo

Hi all, I took the Night Riviera for the first time the other day (I know, long time waiting), and I was struck by how similar the engine sounds to that of the 66, with the exception of one thing-the scream. Could it be the alternator?

Hi all! I'm thinking of going to Toton and Brush Loughborough for the first time in about a week or so; does anyone know of the best walking routes to snap an optimum amount of locos shored up at either establishment? Thanks very much in advance :)

Hi all (move if irrelevant), I can't be the only one at the moment thinking that Flickr's Aviary-powered editing suite is taking a very long time to process edits at the moment! Anyone else having this issue?

Hi all, I'm very lucky indeed in that I'm going to Japan over the summer-of course it wouldn't be complete without a few Shinkansen photos! Does anyone know if a Japanese equivalent of those splendid Platform 5 books (listing the classes and fleet numbers) is available anywhere? Thanks v...

Hello all, Just been going thorugh some of my Italian photographs from last July, and I realised that, since the E.404 powercars on ETR.500 "Frecciarossa" train sets are regularly swapped around (à la our HSTs), I've found it nigh on impossible to find out which powercars are in which set...

For you Brush fanatics here, news was published yesterday about the preservation of DRS no. 47828. http://www.dartmoor-railway-sa.org/news

Hi all, On a rove around the West Midlands today, I happened to notice some new track, including a prefab set of points (and an OLE mast crossmember or two) to the south of the running lines just east of Smethwick Galton Bridge (on the New Street lines)-does anyone know what they're for?

Hi all! Just wondering-after Grayrigg, did 390033 have its nameplates removed? As I understand it, the named coach (69633) and 69733 are at Moreton-in-Marsh for fire service training-can anyone recall as to whether 69633 kept the "City of Glasgow" nameplates? If not, does anyone know where they...

Does anyone know why FreightLocate is displaying no freight AT ALL through Tamworth LL? All the headcodes seemed to be displayed for Platforms 3 and 4, but not for 1 and 2.

Hi all, As part of one of my uni projects, I need to redesign HS2 phase 1, and, somehow, I've added a deep-level HS2-HS1 link that joins HS1 just before Stratford International. Does anyone happen to know where I can find some side-on views of the station (particularly the western approach...

Apologies for the *very* wibbly nature of this post, but with wires due to extend down the Lickey very soon, would it be plausible for DB Schenker to swap their banking 66s for some drawgear equipped 90s or 92s? Would be great to see some of the neglected electrics earning their keep again!

Hi all, I was just wondering what the semi-official Southern Region classification was for the 455s, 456s, 465s and 466s when they arrived? It seemed strange that the 460s earned '8GAT' and the 444s and 450s '5DES' and '4DES' respectively. Were there any semi-official nicknames for the units at...

Hi all, I've been going through all the privately operated locos I snapped on holiday, and I noticed that one of the ones I took (ES 64 U2 - 038) has since been converted (i.e. number changed) from one in the ES 64 U2 038-052 range to the 060-074 range. Does anyone happen to know which...

Hi all, Just checking RTT to see if the pair of 56s on the RHTT move from York to Kings Norton, and they appear to have stopped outside Morton (derbs). Has the train been caped?

Hi all! Just got back from some photography at Kings Norton, and was wondering why, on RTT, do freight services not follow the usual scheme of digit-letter-digit-digit for headcodes. Case in point: one service I saw, going from Bescot to Avonmouth was advertised as "699Y", but its actual...

With DRS excepted, as they have 88s on order, and GBRf reactivating most of their 92s (though not without some catastrophes), what can we expect the UK's major freight companies to go for in terms of 25kV/dual-voltage/bimodal locos in the near future? Personally, I'd say either Bombardier's or...

Hi all, I'm intending to travel from PAD to Selly Oak via Bristol (TM/Pkwy), in order to get more HST powercars for haulage. Would a ticket between the two marked as "any permitted route" be valid, or would I have to go via the Chiltern/WCML?

Hi all! I've recently had a very hare-brained idea: to repaint my bike in BR InterCity livery, complete with yellow front! Does anyone know the closest matching vehicle paints to InterCity that are commercially available? Thanks, Cosmo (a student who thinks his rail obsession may be going...