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Looks like you were Spot On Right. 14:38 ex Acton with a ‘reported’ 66024 in charge, running 50 Late dept ex Acton . Even though it is ex Acton T.C., it is showing On Rail Record as a Brentford To Newhaven, so it is probably that Ratty old Rake of ex TML KEAs. Still never mind worth checking out...

Anyone got any idea if traffic flows are planned for the concrete blocks made at the plant? If so, what wagons are likely to be used? Or has the Eastern Dock access road been built so that everything can be bought out by road? Totally don’t trust any motivation behind East Sussex County Council...

Wow the tech is being developed then. But as I drivelled on about earlier the problem is we are still massively disadvantaged due to our inherited loading gauge. However that doesn't affect the tech it just means we have to find ingenious ways to squeeze it in and of course we can't buy off the...

Oh dear, I have only seen a couple of photos so hadn't realised that this was the case. I guess it is similar to the old Thumper DEMUs with the power units above the floor using up half a coat length. CNG is interesting, are there any freight locos using this tech already?

Good call! We should design, develop and sell the tech to others. We used to build locos and rolling stock in the UK but you probably know the story there. There is no reason why we don't other than the entrenched political will / political ideology over the years for us to do this for...

£1 million each, I guess not too bad a price for unique assets with little options for replacements. Can't buy anything new off the shelf from Europe or the rest of the world, unless it's more second hand 66s. Production ceased on just about everything else that will fit our poxy pathetic...

HaHa, not again. It failed at Newhaven on 14th May with the Ash train. 66150 was sent down the following day to rescue it. Photo at Hamsey AHBC, East Sussex. Made quite a sight grinding up Hamsey bank. Didn't see 206 again for a few weeks. Had 66001 on the Acton to Newhaven last Friday and 66002...

Ah that explains a lot. Looks like Freightliner may have got them....contract to shift track ballast from Merehead etc?

59/2s, along with 66s are regularly used to run on the Central division of the old southern region, I guess so that they can nip along at 75mph in between the frequent passenger units. They are regularly used to Newhaven. There is a new rail served sea dredged aggregates terminal being built at...

Hi All. I have a day off and want to go riding HSTs with my son. The idea he has is he wants us to travel on as many as possible. Soooo for example the idea could be go to either Didcot or Swindon and buy a weekly season ticket and pile on each one as it goes through. I would

My son and I are thinking of doing a day riding GW HSTs tomorrow (Mon 23rd July). Need some Gen on the best options please. My sons plan is go somewhere like Swindon or Didcot and buy a weekly season and jump on and bail off as many as possible. Would it be better to do this Reading to Didcot or...

Thanks for the help folks. We'd like a bit of window hanging if possible behind the rabbits. It seems I'll miss a couple of railtours during this period by either a few hours or a couple of days as well. LOL just my luck. Thanks again.

Many thanks 87015. That weekend working would tie in to what we saw and filmed. I thought that it was around 15:30 ish on a Saturday and it certainly departed north ish out of Hamburg Hbf with double headed rabbits. It did take us by surprise and we didn't get time to work out how we would get...

Does anyone have any gen on Diesel loco hauled services from Hamburg in 2018? In particular are there any trains with 'Rabbits' for booked haulage. My son and I plan to stay for a few week days in August. Back in 2016 we managed to grab a double headed class 218 service at the main station but I...