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I went to the Statfold Barn Railway today just out side Tamworth. Hadn’t come across it until very recently and went today for their Ale and Rail weekend. Got to say I was very impressed and will be going back again! Other half and my little lad loved it too! I was very surprised as to how big...

Back in the day I had a PC copy of train sim, can’t remember which one but it going back a fair few years. I didn’t play it much but I do remember there was an easy mode for want of a better way of putting it, where you could get in a train and basically there was an accelerate and a brake...

I am out in South Korea and came across this MCW double decker! It appears it left it’s home with West Midlands travel and came over here and ended up near the beach not too far from Daebudo, which isn’t that far from Seoul. Anyone know anything from the UK side of things? It seems to have...

Does anyone know if the Trawsfynydd and Blaenau Ffestiniog community railway company have a hope or reopening the line? After a quick google it seems that in 2016 their was plans, and some clearance took place, then it all went wrong but as of early 2019 it is possibly back on... but does...

I have just got a BR Midland oil lamp that’s fully working (so the ad said).... and fancy using it in the evenings as a table lamp outside, maybe... but what oil do they burn? As I’m guessing filling them with Castro’s GTX isn’t the best idea :lol:. Anyone else got any old oil lamps they still...

I drive up and down the A447 through Ibstock a fair bit, and each time I pass what appears to be an old bus garage, still with a couple of busses round the back I wonder what company it was and what became of them etc? It’s this one here https://goo.gl/maps/Cc1B13rSdPYy36dd8 Anyone know more?

I have been trying to look on real train times etc to see if anything actually uses the line through ashby de la zouch but I am not sure if anything actually does? I might be searching for the wrong junction or crossing or signal etc? Any help or is it a rarely used freight diversion?

following on from the why platform numbers and not letters, I was asked why is it always a train station? (Lets not get into railway vs train...) even if it’s a simple station on a single or double line or a major junction with multiple platforms it’s always station. For buses it’s a station if...

As of this eve there are no trains between Nottingham and Derby until Monday morning, does anyone know exactly what is planned and where? I noticed a speed restriction repeater board just outside Attenborough so wondered if it was anything to do with that? If there's works planned near the...

While waiting at New Milton today for the 442 return I noticed that the 3rd had seen better days, with the web corroded away for over 3 sleepers worth and a pot missing too where it will in a poor state, this got me thinking how is the 3rd rail inspected? Track patrols only or does the NMT also...

On the 9:30 EMT from Attenbough to Nottingham this morning (Sunday 1st May) our Gaurd David was a very happy chap who was clearly very happy in his job! My little 3 year old was also very happy to see David as after having his old ticket checked and stamped (if it isn't stamped or clipped he...

On my way home this eve while crawling in traffic I saw something interesting passing through Long Eaton station as I was heading towards the line. I wasn't that close but what I did see was a Freightline HH Class 66, followed by 2 mineral / coal wagons (sorry not that hot on my wagons) then...

Not been around the MML much today but took my little lad down this morning and at about 11:40 a EMT HST came thundering through Attenborough and the buffet was a Virgin EC one, looked very odd in the middle of the EMT Blue and White formation, Then this afternoon I was walking along one of...

On my way home today (about 16:45 ish) as I got near the A42 at Ashby there was a Class 37 heading south on a low loader, I wasn't close enough to see any numbers etc but I did see it was in BR green with a small warning panel, Any idea where it had come from and where it was going? Just...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/boost-to-rail-services-in-scotland-as-uk-government-awards-next-transpennine-express-franchise Arriva and first... I'll post quite when on PC, on phone at mo https://www.gov.uk/government/news/massive-boost-to-rail-services-brings-northern-powerhouse-to-life

Can anyone give more info on what there is to see and do at the Barrow Round house? I am thinking of taking my little boy there (Nearly 3 now) as he loves trains, and when we visit the National Tramway museum he always makes a B line for the dept first as he loves it in there. The Barrow Hill...

I went with the little one plus the wife, and both sets of grandparents to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway today, and we had a cracking day on the Santa Special! We have done a few over the years, but this was the first with our little lad (2 in Jan and train mad!) and I have to say he had a fun...

We live in Attenborough, which is just outside Nottingham on the MML, and next door to the big nature reserve which the MML runs along the edge of, I regularly take my little lad who is nearly 2 out for trips into town on the train, or down the nature reserve to see the trains and the ducks...

An odd request but one that is annoying me, somewhere on the net I have seen a guide I am sure showing how to tell the difference between the types of air con as fitted to class 158s, and the main give away from the platform was the roof vent above the doors, however I can not remember which is...

Does anyone know where I can find a seating plan for the EMT class 158? I am booked on the 7:40 tomrorow from Nottingham to Manchester, and I have seat 62A, but I wouldnt mind having an idea where that is before I get there, EMT helpfully put the class 222 and HST online, but not the 158. The...