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What were 303/311 and 306/506 units?

They had pulled onto the road ahead of me at a roundabout and thus forgot to cancel their indicator, they had come off of a 30mph road onto a 60mph road. I suspect they hadn't noticed the NSL sign at the roundabout, or didn't understand its meaning, so played it safe at 50mph. The cars in front...

I've just followed a car for about a mile with its left indicator going, it was also doing 50mph on a straight and clear 60mph road.

I always remember that as £50 by the 1980s/90s!

Emley Moor was the first thing I thought of. You can see it from the Penistone Line and the Hallam Line. Definitely viewable from a number of stations on the Penistone line.

Whilst I myself have never had any unusual traction on a route, I do remember reading this on Railcar: https://railcar.co.uk/images/uploads/101/800/class-101-dmu-1450356073-800.jpg A sandite set working a passenger service from Macclesfield to Manchester in 1998. I think that's got to be...

I like how this one has a, "is it real or is it a Bachmann model?" quality to it!

Dunford Bridge? Re-sited as a new build in 1954, concrete light posts etc. Closed in 1970.

My seating preferences would be: 1) A seat going backwards to direction of travel. 2) A window seat I prefer airline seats to tables, I don't want people sat opposite me if I can help it. Then earphones in, book in hand or window to look out of and switch off completely from all others...

Still one of my favourite trains. Really glad to see some DMUs on here!

This one's still hard at work on the network.

There's a Sunday service which operates from Retford to Meadowhall.

No idea what the first train I went on was. I would guess that it would have been a first gen DMU sometime in 1986, probably a 114, 111 or 101. It might even have been a Craven's for all I know. Whatever was running around Retford in the late 80s.

One of my 3x great grandfathers was recorded on his marriage cert. in the mid-1850s as a 'Railway Labourer' in Yeovil. I've often wondered if he was a navvy. I think he later became a quarryman and ended up in London by the 1860s. They were dirt poor I know that much!

I once overheard a passenger being disappointed that the 150 they were on didn't have a buffet.

Silkstone Common, Berry Brow and Dodworth?

That was refreshing. God how I miss first gen DMUs.

Yes 107s had structural concerns too, according to the Railcar website, there were fears that heavy braking would see structural failure leading to the body detaching from the underframe. I suspect the 108 issues were similar, albeit alloy degradation rather than steel. The Hyde Junction crash...

At some red lights the ambulance could be sat there for two minutes or so, maybe even longer.

I'd argue Barnsley. Before the 2006-7 reconfiguration, the main entrance and booking office was on the same side as the old bus station and town side. When the bus station was redeveloped the booking office was moved to the other platform and so was the main entrance, opposite to the bus...