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Hi all, Planning a quick summer break, thinking about getting the Prague to Duisburg sleeper, arriving Sunday morning, then catching a later train through to Amsterdam (we have a flight home that evening from Schiphol). Wikipedia says it is a busy station, but what it is like for freight and...

Hi all, I am buying tickets for a trip to Ashford next week. Depart 17th April Steeton to Ashford, return on 29th. There are no advances available on the Sunday, but using the National Rail website it offers a "Saver Half" on the way out for £64 and I can get an advance on the way back...

Hi all, With Barnetby going colour-light in 2016, I was just wondering which stations will now provide the best viewing points for semaphore signals and how long they have before they too get modernised. I can contribute Hellifield which still has wooden post signals and a classic station...

Hi all, Just a quick one. I'm planning to get some local units next week with a West Yorkshire Day Rover. I know that it is not valid during the evening 1600-1829 peak. Does this mean I could catch a train at 1550 heading into Leeds and stay on to my destination provided there was no...

Rather late in posting these, but I hope they are of some interest. This UKRailtours trip was on a Sunday which meant for the first time I was able to go on a railtour (I work every Saturday which somewhat precludes travelling on most tours). A trip from Kings Cross to the heart of the...

Not heard much about the Scotrail 321s of late, first batch from LM is supposed to be up north and running on the Glasgow routes in December last I heard. Is there any progress on this? I am particularly interested to know if the intention is to repaint/refurb the units, or will they go into...

So after my morning at Nottingham - http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=114071 I went up to Chesterfield after lunch. The new-ish platform 3 is great for photography, stretching a long way up from the station to provide good views of all lines and chance for nice full-train shots...

Hi all, Quick question - is there a signalling centre type game for Andoid tablets? Thanks.

I took a slightly impulsive day out last week to Carnforth to have a look at the WCRC depot and bag some more 390s. The highlight was 47802 dragging a pair of 37s down from Scotland back to WCRC's depot and the Cumbrian Coast LHCS. The heavy morning rain soon cleared but freight traffic was...

Hi all, Just a quickie as I still havn't got the foggiest how the NR routing guide works. I am going to be travelling Steeton to Ashford later in the year on a super off-peak open return. Am I right in saying that as well as the obvious ECML, the Leeds to London leg could be via the MML and/or...

Paid my now annual 'brief stop off at Toton while on the way to Donington Park'. A few locomotives seem to have moved around since my last visit and a couple of new spots since last time. A surprise Class 20 run through as well made it a worthwhile stop-off. Full gallery - Toton Depot...

Hello all, I'm going Crosscountry skiing in Lapland in January and fancy making my way there by train. Going either chunnel or fly to Hamburg (recent unreliability of the tunnel vs. airlines being cancelled because of snow to weight up there), then boat/ferry to Copenhagen, train to...

About a year out of date, enjoy a few pictures from the GC Diesel Gala in August 2014, featuring GBRf's new 66753 D1705 runs around at Leicester North by Timothy Young, on Flickr 45041 on arrival at Loughborough by Timothy Young, on Flickr GBRf 66753 at Loughborough by Timothy...

Hello all, I am travelling down with work for business near Ashford. Looking at advance tickets about £50 or so with include Javelin from St.P The advance says VTEC and connections, does this mean I am able to use any HS1 service to Ashford. Can I also travel to Victoria and use the old...

Hi folks, Trying to mark off the ATW Mk3 coaches I saw last week on the North Wales Commuter service in my Platform 5 book, I saw 12185, 12184 and 12182 but the Mk3 Open Std section stops at 12181 (it is the 2013 edition). Is this a recent renumbering, can someone tell me what numbers these...

I was given a free Northern Rail day pass in compensation for an hour spent on a train at Ribblehead last year. Wasn't actually that bad, sat in the sunlight watching little rabbits playing at trackside, but the ticket was a nice surprise. I wanted to get the most out of the pass, which was...

Hi all, Having seen that the last Tu-154 flight into Western Europe was earlier this year, I was wondering where in the world the best places to risk life and limb on such equipment was? Are there any still flying in the Balkans at all, we might be heading out there early next year. Thanks.

So for my XXXth birthday, I wanted to combine my love of hiking with a love of train travel and book to go on a walking trip of the Aoelian Islands setting off from Catania in Sicily, somewhere accessible without too much complexity by train. So this is an illustrated description of the trip...

Rollin' deep onto EMT turf... :lol: I am rather behind with my rail photo sets - this was a trip to Nottingham last summer to try and bag a number of EMT units and HSTs as well as a Colas 56 and some 60 workings. Pretty successful on the freight front plus a bonus Anglia DVT movement and...

Hi all, I'm off to Florida in November for my wife's birthday. Not to the themeparks mind you, she wants to go see the NASCAR finals: I've got five days then to pass afterwards. Are there any top railroad locations in Florida or accessible via the Amtrak trains. I'm currently thinking...