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Put another way: what are the track arrangements on the HoW at Morlais Jcn (southern end) and Craven Arms (nothern end)? Example: I see today the 2M08 11.45 ex-Swansea to Shrewsbury was held at Llangennech for 14 minutes before going onto the HoW at Morlais Jcn. I haven't checked, but I've...

What's been going on? 2H92 starts ex Leeds 65 late - gets to Keighley 134 late - but the service seems in tatters. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:P56114/2023-08-09/detailed

Taken from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/when-did-routine-cleaning-of-steam-locos-end.251937/ I thought this might be a good subject for discussion, although I have no idea if there is much - or any - literature on the subject. I believe Italian POWs worked on the new shed...

These days, I read from posters in here of highly frustrating incidents when someone's train run by TOC A is late or cancelled, but as the station is managed by TOC B, the would-be traveller is given zilch service because he doesn't hold a TOC B ticket. That is, assuming said traveller can even...

Your starter for 10 - How about Sheffield? I was going to put this in the current thread "Railway locations that are now only a shadow of themselves" - but realised after writing that Sheffield and what follows is not on topic for that thread ( and we had one on precisely the same subject...

I think it was last December's TT change brought in what, on paper, is probably the best HoW service levels for some years, at least on weekdays. Sure, nobody imagines Llandrindod or Ammanford are heading towards the top ten most-used stations even in Wales, but it seemed to show the intention...

TAKEN from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/future-of-the-settle-carlisle-and-forest-of-bowland-bentham-lines.235399/page-26#post-6176913 @zwk500 REPLIED This is regularly raised as a factor but is there any serious evidence that there is a significant number of people put off...

Taken from this thread on Overcrowding on East Midlands Railway (which for some reason I cannot find now!) EDIT - it's here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-midlands-railway-overcrowding-issues.245838/ I seem to regularly read on these forums that the DfT people (or "clowns" * in the...

There are many in here who say the economic case for Bedford - [St Neots] - Cambridge will never stack up, and so will never get built. (Just for the record, I do hope it gets built. But I'd give that only a 20% chance.) Some (including myself) have suggested putting in a south-east chord at...

NB - For exclusive being-chased-by-cows thread, see https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/being-chased-by-cows.244037/ Since we are into being chased by cows today, I thought this was unfair and prejudicial on other creatures not to have their say and fair chance to gain fame and notoriety from...

Taken from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-longest-trip-that-any-loco-or-unit-has-every-done.243505/page-6 (I have missed my posts, which were somewhat off beam as I didn't know the Tweedmouth - Kelso - St Boswells line was used) I've been looking up some more...

Last return working to M'boro cancelled 'cos of "disorder". https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C90648/2023-02-20/detailed#allox_id=1 Unit left 62 late as ECS. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:36336/2023-02-20/detailed Anyone know what was going off at that time...

How was the location of Victoria chosen back in the 19th century? Especially the S Eastern side? I suppose the LB&SC could claim it is the closest point they could reach across the Thames, but the SER (or was it LCDH?) already had stations closer to the City. Because it is so near Buckingham...

Just found this advert on back cover of Ian Allan ABC Combined Volume, winter 1962-3 - something tells me this would be very non-PC today :)

It's suddenly struck me that 60 years ago yesterday, Boxing Day 1962, my brother and I caught a 2-car EMU (60XX series) from Headcorn to Charing Cross. It was under leaden skies, and at Tonbridge, which still had a handful of steam locos on shed visible in the fast-fading light, the snow began...

The thread on the Pines Express has set me wondering about the fate of Bournemouth West. I have never 'done' any of the lines from Southampton to Weymouth, so it's not an area I know well. AIUI, Bournemouth West was essential for the S&D, presumably because there was no north-east junction that...

For many years I had assumed the GC main line went through Mansfield, but (as experts will know) the main line passed by some miles west of the town, so I assume that Mansfield GC was either a loop off the main line or some sort of separate branch. So, my question is: What route(s) was...

Thinking about a post on the Settle and Carlisle line just now, I remembered being on the up Thames-Clyde in 1965 and stopping at Hellifield - scheduled stop, that is. Since said location is really a village (even if an important railway centre back in the day), this got me thinking that this...

Taken from this thread: https://railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-places-with-infrequent-trains-to-london-and-similarly-rare-services.236750/ Belper is mainly served today, and for a long time now, by trains on the Matlock branch going to Derby or Nottingham/Newark. It has one down train in...

Watching this video last night - surprised to see a short clip of a train at 03.06-7 hauled by what? It talks about being SE London, not that that usually means anything to film makers, but it looks as if it might be a SECR 4-4-0 - a D, D1 or E, E1 perhaps?