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Even more amazing when you think the whole site could have easily been lost to redevelopment (maybe the site was owned by British Coal and not Network Rail). If, for some reason, you wanted to turn a set around I guess the nearest place would be Todmorden (only dreaming but looks like there is...

Good spot re those photos, looks quite an impressive set up (the shunters even get their own cabin!).

Must admit, when traveling from the south to Edinburgh, I always cringe when passing through Carstairs. All that slow motion creaking and grinding, overseas visitors must think "what on earth is this jalopy outfit about?"

I thought the reason for turning the sets was to even out tyre wear

This model has been mentioned above. I have owned a pair of Canon 12x36 IS 11 binoculars for several years and although a bit pricey, they are one purchase in life I have never regretted (the x12 is a good compromise between bulk/weight and magnification). The model needs 2xAA batteries but...

I was going to say Clachnaharry but it is 4 minutes further south than Keith.

I once had a real palaver with a Virgin train from Edinburgh that, when I got to Waverley, had been cancelled outright. According to Virgin, the "normal" repay system only dealt with delayed trains (not outright cancellations). Took me six months of twittering, e-mails and letter writing to get...

Hi, I am planning a trip to Boston in November for a few days. To explore wider afield, any suggestions for a day trip out from any of the city mainline railway stations?

CDM 1994 Reg 13 put a clear requirement on designers to mitigate the risks involved with, inter alia, the cleaning of structures

Hi, I have a trip planned to Boston (MA) in the next couple of months, any recommendations for a day trip out from a main line station?

An interesting subtlety is that the "fixed reds" permit bi-directional working only of the platform serviced sections of track.

Yes, that looks to be the case:

Chester?

I was in Amlwch earlier this week, there are a least some road crossing sections/gates in situ leading to the former Octel works (although, thinking about it, not really tramways). You surprise me when you say the branch was a light railway as its latter purpose (up to the early nineties) heavy...

Amlwch?

I was in Newcastle on Sunday (ok, a BH weekend) by the Quayside, craft markets, plenty of people about, river goings on, nice chilled atmosphere.

In the scheme of things, from a train movement/engineering point of view, is the chord considered to be a tight one? Thinking of the many local (apartment) residents, will there be lots of grinding noises as trains negotiate the curve (like the curve at Broadheath on the Stockport-Altrincham...

Ref above article, how would you reconcile these two statements: and..

Dangerous work by the sound of it :roll:

Was there a curve originally (or only a convoluted one)?