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Aah - just seeing this one sends me delving back into the mists of time. Alongside the merrymakers, does anyone recall the rambler's specials, evening excursions, mystery excursions, Golden Rail & Saga specials ?? A few personal recollections here of some of these - I remember many such...

Kilmacolm. Liverpool Exchange. Godley East. Dean Lane, Failsworth, Hollinwood, Oldham Werneth, Oldham Mumps, Derker, Royton, Shaw+Crompton, New Hey, Milnrow. Dover Marine. Dover Western Docks. Morecambe Promenade (original station).

Some of my very earliest memories would have to include seeing Black 5's shunting in the coalyard behind the old Morecambe Euston Rd station, which was still standing, but had been closed for a few years by this time. Classes 25, 40, 47 pulling into Morecambe Promenade with day excursions...

Mm - have to emphasise that I am going purely from memory here, so may well be wrong, but if I recall correctly as regards to the Brighton-Manchester/Scotland + associated return services, the Manchester-Brighton left at the somewhat early hour of around 0520, with its counterpart leaving...

Well, now - where do I start with this one, eh ?? Top of the list would be my cabride with 40099 from Carlisle to Skipton, with the old girl giving it her all over the "Long Drag". Oh, for a class 50 again on the "Ulster Express" from Morecambe Prom to Preston, or along the Furness line to...

Aah - now this is a lovely introduction for me to railforums, given that it reawakens so many happy memories of Scottish railrovers in the early 80's. I used the internal Scottish sleepers most nights of my weeks' travels (along with the Euston-Ft William service), & it was an invaluable way of...