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Mr 403 - let's all wallow in the nostalgia! Yeah, I am with you on Peaks but while we would wind up Peak bashers in the day, all old hatchets have long been buried. I've still got loads to share but one day, when I get a little more time, perhaps.

Had a chance to look up the 40s that I had over the S&C - first off was 40058 in October 1974 on the southbound Thames-Clyde Express after a Peak went pop on the G&SW then it was 40013 on 10 September 1983 on the 1635 ex Carlisle to Leeds

Luckily, 4002 was the first one that I ever way back in about 1987 had but as to whether I rode in that one or its partner, I will never know. I'm fully conversant with camping out at Gateshead Stadium or Felling We've been to Dungeness loads of times, but always the other one with a far more...

Mr Kite, thankfully 4022 does not feature on my requirement lists. And yes, I'd put my day on the Tyne & Wear Metro down as productive too! At least when I go back, there'll be no distraction such as track or shack bashing so I reckon a few hours (including the peaks) on the core section will...

Saturday 14th July Today we were supposed to be heading home. Rex and Mark had arranged an itinerary that saw them stopping off at various points along the East Coast Main Line to photograph various things while I had one stop-off before we were all to meet in Doncaster for the final leg...

Still not finished writing up day 4 of last month's trip but a couple of significant winners came my way on the daily commute on August 3rd. Since Thameslink went into meltdown mode, I have been using a convoluted route to get to my place of employment - it's basically involved a succession of...

Mr 13, that Capital caper sounded fun, until the ECML imploded. It's not as easy as it looks getting all those 458s and 707s for 10 miles as they seem to swap partners rather frequently. And keeping on top of new stuff in your back yard keeps the embarrassment level down.. And you've reminded...

Given that I only make an annual excursion north of the border, if there's not a shed-load of 385s in service by the time of my next visit, I'll be getting extremely worried.

LSG - you have to wait no more for day three! (And there will be a day 4 in due course but that's not Scottish based) Friday 13th July After the previous day’s successes, what was there left to tempt me apart from a fistful of mileage candidates? Well for starters, the Edinburgh trams needed...

You should have warned me of your visit! You might have ended up with the Red Carpet Treatment (better than red-penning anything these days). Anyway, hopefully you enjoyed your visit

Thursday 12th July Today’s objective would be to head back to Glasgow and see how many winners would drop into my lap (perhaps 156505 would be one of those?). Starting off nice and early, it was a short walk to Haymarket where I left Rex and Mark to fiddle with their cameras while I got on the...

LSG - Apologies if I grabbed the wrong end of the stick! There's plenty of us "mileage men" around - you only have to look at 55013 of this parish. All my records are on the PC now so my Haulage Book is a Virtual Haulage Book in reality. But Mileage, Shack Scratching, carriages, track. I do the...

June almost ended up being a bleak month on the bashing front with many competing priorities. In the end, all I ended up with was a fistful of new carriages that I gathered up on the daily commute along with a further winning South Western 707 - 707021. That left just one, 707022 which fell in...

Well done on bagging those two shy units. In fact it is good to know that 360205 is about as that is the only 360/2 that I need for 10 miles.

Down to one Scottish DMU. Any clues for what 156505 is up to today? Many thanks

Morning all Is there some kind soul out there who can help me track down my last three Scottish DMUs, namely 156505 158701 158708 Many thanks EDIT found the two 158s so it's only the 156 to find now

KWVR sounds great - only done it once and that was with a tea pot (or two). Must go back sometime (sighs, another thing on the "to do" list) Mr 403, apologies if this 10 mile thing is getting to you. Just be aware that it's not confined to this place as there are persons outwith this forum are...

Hugo, you seem to be sorted for diesel & electric locos but not steam. There are some "coffee table" books on British steam locos but these are generally not aimed at the enthusiast. Platform 5's book on preserved locos gives you some technical details and where they can be found along with...

Well done Mr 13, you did well to snare all those third rail units for haulage and all those new recruits to the TMC too. Do I foresee your next multi-day visit to the south east being a little more coastal in outlook to permit the ensnaring of those pesky 313s? Some fab reads there and keep up...

Not in my book - the station needs to be relocated and/or layout significantly altered in some way or another