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Hi everyone, This thread is intended to be a trip down Memory Track to recall shunters plying their trade some distance from their home depot and long meandering trip workings. I'll kick things off with the DY based class 08 shunting the MGR repair depot in Burton during the 1980s. Thanks for...

Hi everyone, As you depart Sheffield station heading south there is a siding that appears to end at a tunnel mouth. Can anyone confirm whether it is a tunnel mouth and if so where it led to? Thanks for reading this.

Hi everyone, Are there speed restrictions placed on class 20s when not running cab first? Just curious that's all. Thanks for reading this.

Hi everyone, Just to be clear there are no rules, just type out your memories! I have two from my time in the UK. In the mid 1980s seeing Mallard after it had been rebuilt by a team led by Bob MeanIey. I only ever once saw it in steam and that was at York. I was so impressed with its sleek...

Hi everyone, This summer we visited Garsdale station for the first time in 30 years and I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what this is. As a wild guess I'm wondering if it acted as a shelter for a brazier which heated a water column but it really is only a wild guess. Thanks for reading this.

Hi everyone, I thought we could perhaps use this thread to decide which depot has been the most significant loss. I'm not going to go for the most obvious one's and so have come up with Reddish. With its 25 ton capacity crane it did a lot of sub contract work for Crewe in addition to...

Hi everyone, My hugely enjoyable train journey down to St Austell last Tuesday brought back wonderful memories of spotting trains at Teignmouth in the early 1980s. Can anyone help with the following; Which local services were in the hands of class 118 DMU's. Which local services were powered...

Hi everyone, In the next few months I'm planning to drag my husband up to York to visit the NRM. Now I've been making some plans and need some advice! Please bear in mind that the last time I visited the museum was 30 years ago. How long do we need in terms of hours to have a proper look...

Hi everyone, This morning I took the train from Belper to St Austell to buy a car. I then drove back to Derbyshire, setting off at 15.00 and getting home just after 20.15. I also had a 30 minute motorway service stop on the way home. However by train I caught the 07.02 from Belper and didn't...

Hi everyone, Whilst passing through Swindon today on the train I noticed a siding leading to a locked gate. On the other side of the gate it looked like the siding led to a large warehouse. I also seem to remember seeing a covered bogie freight wagon by itself. Is the siding and warehouse still...

Hi everyone, I'm travelling by train towards Bath from Swindon and have just passed by what appears to be a disused rail freight terminal. Can anyone tell me when it was last used and who used it? Many thanks, Angela

Hey everyone. I've got half an hour at Exeter station on Tuesday lunchtime and I'll be hungry having had an early start. Is there anywhere on the station where I can buy some lunch? Many thanks, Angela

Hi everyone, Please can anyone tell me what this is? The picture was taken at the northern end of Blea Moor tunnel on the S & C and is exactly opposite where the old platelayer's hut was once located. Many thanks, Angela

Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me which classes of DMU ran on the Settle and Carlisle route in the 60s and 70s? Many thanks, Angela.

Hi everyone, Apologies if this is a stupid question but I'm just a woman who likes trains! As you leave Ambergate station for Matlock there is a signal on the left hand side but I'm not sure why given that the branch is protected by the use of a token. In that case as soon as a train has...

Hi everyone, A quick question. Is Manchester Victoria the only station to ever have a resident banker within the station environment? Best wishes, Angela

Hi everyone, Hopefully the thread title tells you everything you need to know. My vote goes to the class 84. Along with my twin brother I was an avid spotter from the mid 1970s until 1984 and yet I never saw a class 84. The reason being that by all accounts they were useless with the...

Hi everyone, Many years ago when my twin brother and I were just six years old Dad came home from work one night and said that something called an APT was at Duffield in the old (and now lifted) down loop. And indeed it was, looking all sleek and amazing. Do any of the forum members know what...

Hey everyone, My husband and I had our first stay in the Yorkshire Dales this summer for the first time in 30 years. Not only did we have ace weather but we also made good use of the S & C. My husband (not a railway enthusiast) remarked that all the stations looked really nice, which of course...

Hi everyone, During the summer my husband and I traveled to Manchester for the weekend. Our journey to Manchester on the Saturday (split at Edale) was actually really good. The early evening train to Manchester was packed after it left Edale (the platform at Edale being full of day trippers)...