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Interesting documentary by the war historian Mark Felton on surviving Kriegslok locomotives.

The lovely star of Hi De Hi died yesterday aged 79. I had the pleasure of meeting her when I was a young guard and she was travelling on my train from Kings Cross to Huntingdon and she seemed as sweet as she was in the TV show...

I've not seen this mentioned here so I thought it may be of interest. Hopefully it may become a regular flow and lead to a rejuvenation of the port since the loss of all coal traffic. There used to be four lines between Ryhope Grange Junction and Hendon Junction, now just one...

Seriously wonderful band. If you haven't heard them, give your ears a treat.

Sorry if this has been posted before but I am on my phone and the connection is so poor it doesn't look as though the search function wI'll find it today. I am on a northbound train out of York and have just noticed a fair bit of track relaying at the former Skelton yard and it looks as though...

I was just watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5kPuaJGHA and reminiscing back to the old days when I could have a diverted ECML train Newcastle to Sleaford with a Deltic then a choice of haulage Sleaford to Skegness. My top 3 would be 3) Class 25 2) Class 20 1) Class 55...

I'm a bit out of touch with how things work on our glorious private railways now so can someone explain the bit about being asked to sign a sworn statement ? Are TTIs granted legal powers similar to the police now ?

I was just a little curious about what people here think of this ruling by a judge over the crash between a tractor and a train at Oakwood on the York - Harrogate line ? It seems he had used the crossing before and the lights were working but the judge says "the lights should have been bigger" ...

I know the days of British Rail are long gone with all they entailed and we are now in the wonderful world of privatisation. Times have changed. I rarely travel on trains nowadays but I am on a Virgin East Coast service and have just had my ticket checked by what I assume was the conductor. He...

I was standing on platform 11 at York station tonight and I noticed that the current IECC seemed to have some work going on inside and some gear was being taken out and loaded into a van. I know the workstations will eventually be transferred in the large new Network Rail building next door and...

Doesn't look the type :roll: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/13784993.Cable_thief_jailed_after_bringing_East_Coast_mainline_to_a_standstill/