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Upon seeing an image of Caledonian Railway no. 123 and wishing to see her restored to running condition, I got thinking about her age - 125 years old - and if it would be an issue if she were to return to steam and get mainline certified. Upon this, I got thinking about the age of certified...

With electrification being more-or-less deemed as the be-all end-all of the modern railway, does anyone know of lines over the past century that have been stripped of their electricity and reverted to Steam or Diesel control?

Has anyone else got these? I swear, these have to be the best railway documentaries I've ever seen. They are very, very informative and have a great amount of archive footage. Together, they show the changing face of BR from the locomotive trials of 1948, to the decline of steam into Beeching...

Image here: http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/photo/scaled/7539/ Can't find any more info on this. No number, no date, no nothing. Just this image.

I know Bachmann's Evening Star came with proper nameplates you could stick on the loco. I'm just wondering if you can also fit these to the Hornby RailRoad version. Thanks.

Planning to do a wee trip south of the border on a Spring Saturday, as to avoid crappy temperatures and severely limited daylight associated with winter. Here's what I've got planned. 07:10 Glasgow Central - Carlisle arriving 09:37 12:30 Carlisle - Newcastle, arriving at 14:01 16:03...

Hey folks, I'm now about to join the SRPS (awaiting an application form in the post) and am going to be volunteering at Bo'ness. My desired role there is to be a driver of the steam locos, but I'm fully aware that I won't get this role right away and likely have to build up to it. So, does...

Hornby are releasing a D49 this year, no 222 "The Berkley". I would like to renumber (and rename) this model to become no. 246 "Morayshire". Unfortunately, I lack the skills and know-how to do this myself. Does anyone know of anywhere I can turn to?

http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete2.php?id=28749 It saw use on the Speyside railway before closure in the 60s. Thanks.

What does this ticket allow exactly? Is it just to allow the user to travel on all the trains? Because a standard Bo'ness - Manuel return covers that. Is there something else it allows the user to do?

Just trying to find out about all the named services that are left. The two obvious ones are the Caledonian and Night Rivera Sleepers. I've also read that East Coast still name one of their services "The Flying Scotsman", but does anyone know what service it is (and if this is similar to it's...

Determined to do a RailTour this year and The Great Britain IV seems perfect with the chance to get behind an A4 and some Black Fives. Question is this; can you join the tour "late" so to speak? I'd like to join at Edinburgh but I'm looking at the booking form, and the "joining station"...

Just wondering how good are the recent models of the 156s by Hornby? I've taken a wee look around Hattons and am tempted by the Saltire 156 (which I've always thought looked quite pretty IRL). One thing that bigs me about it though is the roof. It's blue when most of the Saltired 156s have...

Now that the line between Airdrie and Bathgate has been reinstated, I've been looking around for pictures of it during it's final years of it's previous existence as a freight route. I've not been very successful thus far and now turn to RailUK for help. Has anyone got any pictures of this...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1335050/NASA-arsenic-Alien-biology-clue-scientists-discover-mysterious-bacteria.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Well holy crap.

Rumours flying around that the 320s won't be coming to the Argyle Line in 2011 after all. Anyone know of any basis to this?

Unfortunately for me I've been stuck having to use a phone camera for taking pictures. I've now decided I want a proper camera and to take up Photography as a hobby, but obviously, I need to get a proper camera! Now I've looked around, checked out reviews and pictures taken on flickr, but am...

We've had railways reopening all over Scotland from Larkhall and Alloa to A-B and soon to be the Borders. Unfortunately, some lines which would be useful today have had their trackbed pretty much wiped out of existence (Hamilton - East Kilbride), but some others are still pretty much intact...

Looking for one that says "Station Master" on it. Preferably one that would look like those used in the scottish Region of BR Ebay has came up with nothing, sadly.

I don't know where to put this so I'm just putting it here. If a mod wants to move it, please do. I just watched this old film and noted quite a few locos in it, but the only one I could identify was 2509 'Silver Link'. The obvious star of the show was named Gladstone in the film, but I doubt...