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Thanks for reply , Alistair. I have already asked her for this extra info, as that is why I was struggling to give her advice and asked here for guidance, but she hasn't got back to me yet.

I have a friend who is trying to get back from Thorpe-Le-soken (TLS) to Chinley (CLY), after visiting her very poorly mother. I helped her get best prices for the journey originally, but East Midlands trains eventually sold her a pair of tickets , out via Sheffield & St Pancras, back via...

New Mills Central on the GC & Midland Railway never had goods facilities, these were handled at New Mills East Goods Depot on the Midland route towards Chinley, but through a tunnel, over a viaduct and under a road. There were (and one remains in use) some carriage sidings in the other...

I don't recall Agecroft power statiob having electric locos, as they had RSH 0-4-0STs, a couple of which have been preserved. However, a few miles nearer to Bolton, Kearsley Power Station had steeple cab electric locos running from the exchange sidings on the west side of the mainline , dipping...

Buxton Midland was at least 30 yards nearer to the town centre than the LNW station was/is

I suggest that the term "bay" is used to describe a terminating platform at a station which is mainly a through station. If the station is a terminus, or mainly a terminus (like Manchester Piccadilly is) then the terminating platforms are just platforms. "Mainly" can probably be defined as when...

Chinley to Edale, or Grindleford to Dore

Light engine has gone from Earles to Buxton, and is now running on vstp schedule down to Hazel Grove and back, to check out the "Wessie" line through Whaley Bridge

She would also fit in perfectly with the rest of the current cabinet, given how many of them have been previously sacked for lying, or being held in contempt of Parliament

Just heard down freight heading from Chinley towards New Mills South Junction!

Also, Chinley signal box is open today, and there appears to be both up and down freights off the Peak Forest line for points east running this evening.

The unofficial name for the former Up sidings is Donaroo, or maybe Donahue. Its one of those words one hears in speech, but rarely see it written down

I would be very concerned about the integrity of the high banking down to the River Goyt below where Buxworth Junction used to be, were the dam to give way. The river sweeps round a curve here, and there are thousands of tons of stone tipped here to support the B6062 and the railway, which is...

I hope somebody is keeping an eye on combs reservoir dam. That's also above Whaley Bridge, also feeds the canal in Whaley, and is (I think) of the same construction. And has received the same amount of rain in the last 7 days.

Yes, I am quite sure, as I regularly use a wayfarer from Chinley station, as the senior version is cheaper than a sheffield return with senior railcard.

You can also buy them on the train if you board at an unstaffed station. The TVMs do not provide Wayfarers, but you should get a "promise to pay" ticket from the TVM.

Unless it has been relaid this year, there is jointed bullhead rail on the GC/LNER lines into and out of Manchester Piccadilly, just to the North of Ardwick junction. There's maybe 100 yards or so. Would this be the most intensively used bullhead rail on the national network?

Also, currently available on the Hope Valley route, but only to Piccadilly , making it cheaper to Manchester than Reddish North!

I was on the 11.56 Eurostar from Brussels Midi to St. Pancras yesterday, which has a scheduled stop at Lille. We were held up there for 53 minutes, presumably due to passengers joining there being processed extremely slowly through customs/passport control. I don't suppose that Eurostar offer...

I seem to remember that British Rail Property Board (Residuary Body) owns assorted large railway stations with high land/property values. This was definitely not made clear in the Rail track share prospectus , but was revealed when Railtrack went "bust", thus significantly reducing the perceived...