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Once Huddersfield is wired and if Bradford Interchange gets it's consolation catenary, I assume we'll be waiting another century before Halifax and the Calder Valley is electrified. Halifax does start to look like a diesel island. Given that HFX-HUD is quicker by rail but much less convenient...

Halifax has 2 platforms for about 90'000 people, so by the strictest definition not well served for platforms. However, whilst I know that Northerners are fiercely independent but anyone that claims Sowerby Bridge isn't in South West Halifax is having an urban joke with themselves. Therefore...

I’ve been in Australia for 22 years and I’ve always loved the V sets. Been around for 50 years now and they’re on their way out. It does get me to thinking though - given these are 1500vDC and capable of belting up the blue mountains - how would they have fared over Woodhead?

Llandudno must be pretty wide - doesn’t it have a road down the middle of it?

Halifax ends up looking pretty central to the whole show, therefore I approve.

Back in the 90s I remember one of the bridges over the then-closed Brighouse station had an L&Y metal sign. Think it was a do not trespass sign. Just looked on google earth and can’t find it - hope it went to a good home.

Grateful for the update - was only thinking about this earlier today.

Weren’t they going to wire Leeds to Bradford Interchange as part of the NPR cancellation bribe? Just crack on and wire Bradford - Halifax - Brighouse - onwards to Wakefield K, Pontefract and the ECML. Chuck in the Bradley Curve as well.………… I’ll get my coat

Sydney trains have made huge efforts to “untangle the network” in recent years and on the whole, issues such as a track failure or medical incident in one place on the network no longer have catastrophic impact on the other side of the city. It does seem however that when there is a network-wide...

I'm sure I read somewhere that Halifax power station had some overhead electrification on internal rail lines. I imagine I saw a photo once......

Isn't Hebden Bridge all LYR era signage?

Only Manchester Road has a hint of main line about it and I hazard that the combined passenger numbers for all 4 may not come close to the figures for Halifax/Rochdale/Blackburn (insert comparable Northern town here). I think in Burnley’s case there are two lines and strung out urban development.

So a few expresses and a smattering of regionals and locals. You can see why they closed them (ducks for cover)

Enjoy the Maitland trip - it's a great run and if you can spend some time at that historic station you can watch the coal trains go through on 24/7 cycle. As mentioned on here you can get off the XPT earlier - you just can't book it. Explorer to Canberra is also a good run - let us know how...

The lost mainline platforms at Carnforth get more than an occasional mention on here. But it has me wondering. What was the level of service to those platforms prior to closure? Even in THAT film, expresses mostly rushed through. Was it the case that it was a convenient place for an engine...

Any advance on Buxton?

Been on Google Earth - I almost want to agree with you - prominent houses closest on Victoria Park Road??

Is that a canal pound in the bottom right? The houses aren’t giving Yorkshire vibes.

Class 58 - looks like a school group project gone wrong. Also not a fan of the cab end of a class 20, although the front end makes me smile so I give it a pass.

I enjoyed the ride quality and the charging. My heart still belongs to the V sets though.