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Does anyone know from what date the HST exhaust deflectors were fitted to production HSTs ? I have a picture* of W43132 (253 031) at Litchurch Lane open day on the 11 Aug 1979 and it looks brand new and has the deflector fitted. * "Seventies Spotting days : Around the Midlands" p37

I have been using an AGW double controller for my rebuilt 1970s N gauge layout, but have now ordered a Hammant & Morgan Duette off EBay. I did this partly because I find the speed separate control and Forward/Reverse switches to be "unnatural" in their operation and also because I used to have...

I have been a subscriber to the Railway Magazine for many many years and in fact have a (more or less) complete collection of bound copies stretching back to 1941, however I am losing enthusiasm for that particular publication. Latest ? No calendar ! Even worse they never gave any notice they...

I was reading about the Werrington dive under on Wikipedia and came across this : The project [Werrington dive under], coupled with other ECML improvement schemes, will cut 21 minutes off the fastest King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley service, 13 minutes off the fastest King's Cross to Leeds...

I was looking at my Railway Magazines on the shelf yesterday and noticed that the last two editions (i.e. May & June 2025) appear to be about 5mm shorter then the previous size. I am assuming its not just mine that are different ( ! ) so if they really have charged the size then doing so part...

I was reading through my Ian Allan 1978 BR Motive Power combined Volume (bought at Oxford market for £3 ! ) and, at the start of the Diesel Multiple Units section I read this : "Gloucester and Swindon-built cross country units are having their BUT/AEC engines replaced with the more powerful...

Just seen in the Railway Magazine that the new platform at Newquay has been finished, if not actually in use yet. I then checked on when the previous second platform was taken out of use and Wiki said 1987. Is that correct, and was that the same time that the line from Burngullow to Newquay was...

Can anyone help with some info on the Ex NE railway from Thorpe Gates Jct to Oakhill Jct ? I believe it was opened in 1910 but when did the various sections close ? I have Oakhill Jct to Drax chord closed 1964 (are my dates correct ?). (ex) Drax chord to Drax still open. Drax loop to just south...

More than once (here for instance) I have complained that the digital archive [of back issues of] the Railway Magazine is not available to subscribers of the actual magazine. Well they have now opened it up to the latter. You need your ID number and your E mail address and hey presto : access to...

The RM (Feb 25 p81) reports that the Clifton Bridge which carries the WCML over the M6 about 4m south of Penrith is "life expired", in fact "for safety reasons" at the current time only one train is allowed onto it at any one time. It is only 70 years old..... I nearly choked on my cornflakes...

Can anyone confirm which of two locations referred to as the location of Crigglestone East (goods only ?) station is correct ? This source implies it was just north west of Crigglestone tunnel, at 311162. Though that would have meant difficult access I'd have thought. But this source source...

Apologies if this has been asked on here before, Google didn't bring it up if it has ! Various sources from Wiki to my old Ian Allan spotter books quote 500hp for the Class 201 to 203s, and 600hp for the 204 to 207s. But the same engine is quoted (an EE 4SRKT MkII, i.e. they all had 4 valve...

Has anyone any idea where "Bowers Row" Colliery was ? It appears on the 1979 Baker's rail atlas and is on the map in Paul Shannon's "Rail freight since 1968 : Coal". Both place it just NW of Allerton Bywater colliery. However, there is no mention of it on any authoritative source on the net...

I saw a picture the other day of Barnsley station (the ex Exchange one) with only one platform, though I accept that at that time the Court House station was also in operation ! Does anyone know when the second platform was opened ? Also when the current buildings (not the 2007 Interchange) were...

Many of us think modern rolling stock has a poor view out of the window, something of great importance to me for sure (I prefer Pacers to Class 150s for that very reason ! ), but why is it so low on the list of priorities for the current generation of rolling stock ? This was bought into sharp...

I was just doing a bit of research on the rail connected quarries around Buxton and when they opened. I can see on various sources that Topley Pike had sidings (up to 2009 ?), but no longer seems to have, is that right ? And if so when did it cease to send its output by rail, and its rail...

Whilst on a canal boat holiday I ended up walking along the disused line by the locks at Stockton Brook. There were some fairly large trees in the 4ft, but some sections pretty clear. This piqued my interest in when the line actually closed but research has been contradictory ! Cobbs puts the...

Does anyone know any details of the railway just east of Lulworth castle ? It's shown on OS maps and on Google satellite view. I believe it's used for the army firing ranges, but when was it opened? What gauge is it ? What locos (if any) does it use?

I have been adding various dates to my Cobbs atlas and discovered that Sacriston colliery (4m NW of Durham) closed in 1985, but can find no record of when the railway line to it (from the Stanhope & Tyne line at Pelton) closed. Maps indicate that it had been lifted by the early 1960s which seems...

I bought a Minitrix A4 on E Bay and am very happy with it apart from the traction tyres, which come off all the time ! Can anyone please help me with some questions I have ? Both tyres are on one side (the leading and trailing powered axles) and none on the other, is that right ? For a few...