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Some side corridor Mark 3s pulled by double headed Deltics re-geared to 125 mph

On my local LTS line of course the 302s and 308s and then the 310s and 312s had the dreaded sliding latch mechanisms. Operating them was very hit and miss. If you were sat next to the door then you had a fair chance of getting the door open using them, occasionally one-handed, more often two...

Or further down the City Road - Kings Cross to Marylebone. I guess that's Peterboro, Brum and back.

Are driver contracts exclusive or can they hire themselves out on days off at a more competitive rate, provided they adhere to regs on hours worked? I would think (as an IT contractor myself) that preventing that would be a restraint of trade.

Elsenham to Thaxted. Opened 1913, closed 1953 Kelvedon to Tollesbury. Opened 1904, full closure 1962

Really? The newspaper article says it was on the back of the train. Although it does seem to be next to a 33 in the train.

There's an All Bar One in what was Mark Lane tube station. Though I prefer the nearby Spoons!

Dumb question time. Why is this being top and tailed when there's a DBSO? Is it not in working order? Or no suitable locos available?

Also the connected Northern and Eastern. The nearby London and Blackwall was 5' 1/2" but changed to the standard when the extension to the ECR via Bow Road was built

Presumably it's not just train staff in the figures but all staff. 1704279656 Looking at my local line, c2c, I'm puzzled as to how it incurs a diesel cost. I'm also surprised the lease costs for its 357s are not lower.

Looks like another case of a long section of parapet being pulled down by the handrail. Ooops. Swt_passenger beat me to it

There's also the long gone Eye station in Suffolk.

Around my way we have Tollesbury Pier, already mentioned, Blackwall and Thames Haven. Maldon East was planned to be on a quayside but the quay was never built.

Hertford East to Hertford North Liverpool St to New Cross

Stanford-le-Hope had a wheeled platform section from 1881 to 1918. A platform extension could only go over the level crossing so a mobile wooden platform section was introduced. The 1918 station rebuild moved everything to the other side of the crossing. I can't find any pics online but there...

Ray Bradbury ;)

Take a look at the opening 20 seconds of this Class 40 documentary. In the background there's a 37 pulling an HST

Just sitting quietly at home in Basildon when the unmistakable noise of a 37 comes through the closed windows. From about half a mile away. Always makes me smile. Quite a big night out for it: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H10311/2023-07-18/detailed

Pic 65 in Middleton's Barking to Pitsea shows that the siding was wired in 1986. I don't know when it was unwired.

The 357s were built for 100 mph, and could probably exceed that, but spend their life limited to 75. It's a shame no one's ever hired a pair for a railtour up the GEML to stretch their legs.