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Yesterday, I happened to talk to a chappie from Wem. He said that, if seeking to go for a night out in Shrewsbury, taking the train was a 'no brainer' - it was more expensive to park the car than pay any fares, and, of course, he could have a drink without worrying about the breathaliser. He...

Taken from this thread: https://railforums.co.uk/threads/poirot-the-plymouth-express.236873/ Going OT somewhat - I confess to being totally dismissive of Belgium as a country when first travelling abroad, mainly to see steam in Germany, Austria etc. It was only in the 1990s, when driving...

Following on from the last steam service thread of late, it struck me to wonder which train was the last scheduled service hauled by an express passenger locomotive. This must be a 3-cylinder locomotive (or more, but by Sept 1964, I think all 4-cylinder locos has been withdrawn) and not a Black...

We have regular threads each year over what units and their suitability do the summer Saturday peak loads, but I'm interested in the regular traffic levels and journeys made. I assume, rather than through traffic, eg Nottingham - Boston or Sleaford, this is really two local-feeder routes joined...

Taken from this thread Were there any sanctions applied to Portugal by the late 60s? Spain was allowed into Nato, despite being a dictatorship (Franco was one of 'our' dictators, of course.) I'm not sure if Portugal was in or not. I remember that in 1973 I saw a kind of "Economist" magazine...

WARNING: Only limited rail content - but just enough (I think) to go into this section. I've just found a great version Bob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna" which starts out with some footage of fans queuing up in a rainy English city in, ostensibly, 1966. (Great variety of 60s cars and vans!) At...

A historical and speculative thread in one here. As per thread title, has there ever been such a through service via Lancaster Green Ayre or Wennington-Carnforth? I'm not so much thinking of pure end-to-end demand (though there surely would be some), but a direct train to Barrow would allow...

This happened on Thursday afternoon after heavy rain, but as far as I can see, has not been much reported. According to Mav Hu Railways website (but only in Hungarian) https://www.mavcsoport.hu/mavinform/nagymaros-es-szob-kozott-varhatoan-augusztus-kozepeig-nem-kozlekednek-vonatok-0 line...

Just wondering how the station is doing so far? Good? Disappointing? What is the main destination for passengers starting out? (Was going to post on an old thread - but found it locked.)

Taken out of this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-west-rail-ewr-oxford-bletchley-construction-progress.216561/page-19#post-5661899 As I only later realised this was for CONSTRUCTION of Oxford - Bletchley, (and a jolly good thread too, if I may say so), and I was helping it go...

We had some discussion in here on the pros and cons of the new Corby services set up - but that was some time ago. The pro, because I can only think of one, is I presume, the new, 2TPH fast, high-capacity electric service connecting the Lutons/Bedford/Wellingboro/Ket/Corby. The main con being...

Even before the original WCML electrification was coming to a close in 1965-66, thought must have been given to extend northwards from Weaver Jcn to Glasgow (ok, Motherwell) immediately, with the strong argument that it had to come and by doing it then the electrification design and...

Note: Taken out of this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/central-european-history-post-world-war-2.225957/page-2#post-5449225 As I thought the Austrian-rail content might be of importance to later researchers. The 93's were the large 2-8-2 tanks and were quite common on...

Taken out of this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stations-which-became-the-victim-of-circumstance.225735/page-2#post-5435468 That, surely, should be in the Guinness Book of Records as the least used station ever build in the UK? I've read about this on here, and used to live in...

For some reason, I was lured to the TimetableWorld website a week or so back, and then (since it's relevant to my early experience) to the LMR timetable for summer 1961. https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer?token=66d160cc-d943-40f6-be38-842d1602845c And there, in all their glory, are the...

I've just had an email from EMR about their new marketing innovation and TV advert featuring "Miles". and as I can't see any other thread on this subject, thought I'd let you all know. You can see the 30 second video and "the story behind it" video here...

A few years ago we had much excitement and no little controversy over the introduction of Cl 37 top-and-tailed services over this line because of stock shortages. The reality was that they proved so unreliable, I'm sure passengers were put off by so many late-running or cancelled services...

Looking at S&C and Wennington line services on RTT a few days ago, I noticed that in the evenings (possibly Sunday only) some services, after arrival at Leeds, continued unadvertised on other routes - Knottingly, I think. Similarly (though I think it has now ceased) one S&C service on Sundays...

A few minutes ago I suddenly realised that Lord (Josiah) Stamp probably died in 1941, and that this year would be the 80th anniversary of his death. So I looked it up on Wikipedia, and indeed, this man, who reformed the LMS root and branch and made it a railway fit to help win the war, died on...

Anyone know the reason for this, please? Has demand dropped off so badly?