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378 to Willesden Junction.

Just on the subject of junction locations. Names may not always reflect the location, which is a reason the OP was having difficulty in googling the name.

Sheet Stores Junction is in Long Eaton. It is where the Chellaston branch joins the Midland Main Line (Derby - Leicester), seen here bottom right on the map. The junction also links to Trent South and Trent East Junctions. Picture: Google Maps aerial view.

5Z13 - 313211 5Z77 - 377463 / 377117 / 377156

I know which train I prefer to travel on.

Getting off at a request station, then speak to the guard, usually when you get on, or they do a ticket check. If boarding at a request station then stick your arm out like you would stopping a bus / hailing a taxi. Done it many times on routes with request stops.

Indeed. Lowdham has one London service call in the morning, but the other passes through. The return service in the evening also calls. Two outward, but only one returns to Lincoln. Under BR the Cleethorpes - London service operated via Lincoln. This gave Market Rasen one return trip a day...

Also GN/GE Joint Line services between Doncaster & Peterborough. Barton - Cleethorpes too.

News on various media outlets including the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-62928431

A 'Safety Advice' notice was issued by Network Rail regarding this. Plastic fizzy-pop type bottles were found containing a flammable liquid and material designed to cause injury. The perpetrators, intended target and motivation remain unknown with a BTP investigation underway.

The wife mentions this, when she's getting off the train she has just worked. They usually get a curt (and loud) excuse me! Me. I just barge my way through the 'sheep' whilst pointing out their lack of consideration. :lol: I prefer to occupy a two seat bay, if a single seat unit isn't...

Reportedly football sized rocks on the line. Engineers were also concerned about the stability of the land they originated from.

St Cuthbert's church in Bewcastle, Cumbria also has an example of a Tide dial. The Bewcastle Cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century also features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet.

I spotted that on Tim Dunn's Architecture That Built The Railways series. I was watching it on catch-up last week, which reminded me about the posters at Stirling.

https://www.today.com/food/people/nebraska-man-paddles-38-miles-in-pumpkin-world-record-rcna45958

In response to the OP, here's the extract from Rail Staff Travel regarding the use of Rail Staff Travel Leisure Cards (also known as Non-safeguarded travel). Source: https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/files/Publications/services/rst/RST_Where_Can_I_Go_NSG_v20.pdf

Yet they impose targets on trade unions for ballot results! <D

Not sure whether this belongs in the Football thread. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62783917

Friday 2nd: 375601 / 375712