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Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me why there is a GBRF Class 66 at Ingrow on the KWVR on the morning of the 28th June? Many thanks, Essex Ram

Hi everyone, Would there be any potential problems from using a return ticket from Burton on Trent to Manchester to travel from Belper? Many thanks, Essex Ram

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know how easy it is to change the destination blind on a Bachmann Class 101 DMU. Many thanks, Essex Ram

Hi everyone, I have a picture taken sometime during the summer of 1979 which shows a Nottingham to Glasgow service crossing Arten Gill viaduct. In the middle of the train there is both a restaurant buffet car and a miniature buffet and I'm curious to know why. Richmond Commu and I were only...

Hi everyone, On the 30th June we're planning a day in the Peak District and then a night out in Manchester before returning back to Belper on the Sunday. So in other words the journey is Belper to Edale, Edale to Manchester and then on the Sunday Manchester back to Belper. Any fares advice...

Hello everyone, Following on from larger engines being introduced on to the S & C in the 1930s I'm curious to know what the policy was for using pilot locomotives on the S & C. As an example at sometime during the summer of 1979 Richmond Commu and I saw a class 25 pilot a class 45 on a 'down'...

Hi everyone, On the 23.8.78 Richmond Commu and myself are sat at Dent station as children when a south bound freight trundles through. The locomotive is 40139 and its hauling what looks like a block train of four wheeled tankers. However directly behind 40139 is 84009 and I'm curious to know...

G'day everyone, As a child trainspotter the class 40s were my favourite locomotives but I've always wondered why they lost their names so early on in their lives. Any ideas anyone? Kind regards, Essex Ram

Hello everyone, On the evening of the 5th October 1985 I saw 150001 and 151001 at St Pancras station. Can anyone explain what they were doing there? Were they deputising for a HST or maybe a class 45 on a relief working? Kind regards, Essex Ram

Hello everyone Just curious to know if anyone has previously been to the annual beer festival at Barrow Hill and in particular used the bus service from Chesterfield railway station. There are four of us going and I'm wondering whether we would be better just getting a cab from station. All...

Hello everyone, I'm curious to know whether Mitre Bridge Junction was unique in hosting locomotive swaps for passenger services at a location away from a railway station. Incidentaly on our frequent visits to Willesden in the late 1970s / early 1980s we learnt that a class 08 would frequently...

Hello everyone, Back in the mid 1980s I can recall ECS transfers between Paddington and Willesden which have always puzzled me. Here are two examples; 50035 hauling sleepers by Willesden TMD on the 06.01.86 and 31468 doing the same with a real mixture of mk2s on the 29.06.86. Given that Old...

Hello everyone, Long time watcher first poster. And more importantly, best friend and indeed best man on his wedding day of the much missed and dearly departed RichmondCommu aka Andrew. Right, down to business. Do members think that if the Alston branch had survived in the mid 1980's it would...

Dear all, Just to let you all know that just over 7 days a go my husband (known to you all as Richmond Commu) lost his long battle with cancer. Richmond Commu is survived by his parents, myself, his two sisters Jaynie and Sue, his children Tim, Tom, Tilly and Florence, and his grand children...

G'day everyone. Just over 25 year's a go my wife and I were clearing out the house that we had recently purchased and came across a model of what I'm pretty certain was a Mk2 coach. From memory the coach appeared to have been built to something akin to 7.25 inch guage and was a detailed model...

G'day everyone, Next year our youngest daughter and her boyfriend are planning to buy a house together. Her boyfriend is a newly qualified teacher teaching at a school in Hertfordshire and they are looking at either buying a house in Stevenage or Hertford. My daughter works close to Moorgate...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #31 originally in this thread. Personally I think the extension should be means tested. If you're earning less than 21k you qualify, if not you can go whistle. The problem is means testing costs money.

G'day everyone, Having had a wonderful time at the steam gala today I wonder if anyone can give an update on three loco's / units which we saw at Grosmont. A Sulzer type 2 which I'm guessing is a class 24. A DMU seemingly dumped in the MPD headshunt next to a class 08 which also...

G'day everyone, If you are intending to visit the Steam Gala tomorrow (Friday) and don't have a ticket then PM me. Due to a mix up I can help two people out on a first come first served basis. And they are free! On my way up to stay at my Dads tonight and will be at Kidderminster at 09.10...

G'day everyone, I'm looking for information on ferry van operation in the 1960s, from either Harwich or Dover. In particular I'm interested in the long (ish) wheel base vans that crossed over from the continent and whether they had to run in fully fitted trains or whether they could run in non...