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Yes they have, and are on about version 3 or 4 of it. It still has the problem of insufficent turn around time at Scarborough. Trains are now timetabled to leave at XX:50 instead of XX:00 to put them back in path by Bridlington, but are frequently not arriving until around XX:57. Beyond 'track...

This is more than 'residual delays,' because of the fairly short turnaround at Scarborough, with both North and southbound services picking up 10mins + delays there have been cancellations and disruption, They are now timetabling the southbound departure to leave Scarborough 10 minutes earlier...

In which case I would have gone Red and White, possibly with a stylised St Georges cross somewhere

Trains are currently being delayed by 10-15 minutes between Filey and Seamer. According to National Rail and Northern websites this is caused by a 'track defect' causing a speed restriction to be put in place. Does anyone know whats happened, as the 6 miles between the two stations are taking up...

I suppose the first question is: Will Scotrail and TfW still exist when GBR finally fully rolls out. If they do then a red and white colour scheme would have been more appropriate. If not and everything were back under one brand then Red White and Blue is fine. I personally dont have a problem...

Do you know what the speed restriction was? I was using the Waterloo Exeter service around once a week at that period for about 6 months, and never saw one.

Following on from discussions about pre nationalisation stock I have often wondered when the last 4 or 6 wheel carriages were withdrawn from passenger service, and where they were last used Just to be clear: I am not referring to 'Pacers', the 1950s railbuses or vans, carriage trucks etc...

A lot of the biggest savings are where you combine day returns, if its a long day trip then the first leg is an Anytime day return but once you pass the 9.30 threshold you can use offpeak day returns for the remainder of the journey. A few years back I had to do a day trip to Coventry from...

@WesternLancer I think concensus is its too far gone to be any use. As to its history I have no idea. It is of course in LNER territory so that would fit. I pretty much knew what the answer would be, but not having any knowledge of freight rolling stock I didn't want to condemn something without...

Thread title changed, and 3 more pictures added. Its got about 2 weeks left then its going to be cleared unless someone makes firm arrangements to recover. it.

Old coaching stock was often converted into living accomodation. In the 1930s my grandfather bought a smallholding near Kings Lynn and started with an old coach, and then extended over the years as he could afford it. There is a picture taken in 1959 of a mini me where the coach basis can be...

Although I have seen Class 66's on engineering trains. Fire risk problem has receeded with recent rain, locally everywhere has greened up nicely. This must be a problem for all heritage operations. I am not sure how you address it. I have often wondered if a smaller scale operations may be an...

Steam engines have been up the Yorkshire Coast line before (2014 and 2016), so if it was weight restrictions around here has something changed? I was quite surprised to see it still on the RTC website Saturday and assumed it was running. However a post on a local Facebook group, and the fact...

That was my assessment of it. Problem is I know very little about goods wagon, beyond recognising them, its not an area of interest for me, and I didn't want to say "Scrap it" and then someone tells me it was actually 'XYZ' and should have been preserved....

Yes, I just didn't want to condemn something that turned out to be historically important.

On our local selling site this has popped up free. To be honest it looks like scrap, but I have no idea how old it is or if it is of any interest. If anyone wants any more information I can put them in touch with the owner. Its based in East Riding of Yorkshire. I have spoken to the owner and he...

I had relatives in the Ripon area, and arrived by train just before it closed travelling up from London as a 7 yo with my parents. Memories are hazy but I think we changed in Leeds. The next year it had closed and we were picked up in Harrogate. I then lived in the area during the 80s and 90s...

A major application of Ward Leonard sets was lift control. We covered the theory when I was in college over 50 years ago.

The booster wasn't just about energy storage, To add to what @Tony73E wrote... (And correct me if I am wrong) The booster (thinking here the original SR CC1&2/class 70's) was a motor generator set (MG) which took the 650v supply from the 3rd rail and output an isolated variable voltage, roughly...

But if you want to reduce congestion and car use you have to provide new options. The question is by not providing parking are opportunities being missed?