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I built a 6'x4' N gauge layout in the late 1970s and it has been hanging about (literally, suspended from various garage ceilings....) unused since then, apart from a brief outing in the early 90s ! My son is very keen on getting it working so we have finally got it down. The first thing I...

Railway Magazine, in its editor's comment, have suggested HSTs should be retired as they may be less safe than "more modern" rolling stock... They have made this ludicrous assertion on the basis of a line in the Carmont accident report : "RAIB considers it more likely than not that the outcome...

I was reading an old issue of the RWM and in the June 2015 mag (p45) was an article about the Belton Park Military Railway - 1915 to 1922. It apparently ran from "near Peascliffe tunnel", which is north of Grantham on the ECML I wanted to add it to my Cobbs but have been unable to find a route...

Does anyone know where I can get historical passenger stats for stations ? I believe the ones for the last few years are available (though I have forgotten where ! ) but what about stats for, say, the 90s ? Thanks

How many of you have the Cobbs rail atlas ? Do you think it is as fantastic as I do ? When did you buy your copy and how much did it cost ? Can you still buy the Cobbs atlas ? Research seems inconclusive as to if an expensive limited edition version is still available. If Cobbs is NLA I think...

I am trying to update my Cobbs atlas around Black Carr Junc and Rossington Colliery. Specifically : 1 - The LMSR line from Black Carr junc south to Rossington colliery. Am I right this opened in 1931 and closed in 1972 ? 2 - The GNR branch to west to Rossington colliery. I believe this opened...

Does anyone know what the timings are for the York Christmas White Rose, through Swinton specifically ? They do not appear to be on Realtime trains yet, or if they are I cannot find them !

I noticed today that Pye Bridge Junc is no longer on my two most recent track maps it seems to be called Ironville junc. Is that the same junction ? And if it is when (and why) was it renamed ?

It may be a good idea for people to be able to vary the length of connection they want, though if one was a cynic (I am...) they will not do that because it will hint that trains might frequently be late.... If I could have done that I'd have made two journeys OK which for one I did not. For the...

I'm on an EM Rover at the moment, and I have to say I am very encouraged how well used the trains are. Punctuality has been mixed, very mixed. Most trains have been more or less on time, apart from one company, London Northwestern Railway..... Four LNWR trains today : 11.55 - MK to Northampton...

I was planning a day to the NRM with my 8 year old, till I found out it had to be pre booked and there were no slots left. Anyway, I booked a different day to the one I'd originally planned, and then went on the UK Journey Planner to sort the train times. We normally drive to Swinton then get a...

I am a big fan of printed timetables but, unfortunately, the "Bradshaw Middleton" timetable is no longer printed. If the face mask mandate on trains is dropped I may be getting a rover ticket this summer sometime but I do not have a smart phone. On a previous thread someone said you can download...

I was doing a bit of research on British electrification OHL dates (mainly 25kV) so I would have all the info in the same place (and could put it in my Cobbs atlas). If this has been done before and put on the internet I couldn't find it ( ! ) so I thought it might be useful, but, also, are...

Does anyone know when timetabled GCR(N) trains started running all the way to Loughborough High Level ? I used to be GCR Friend and looking back through mu copies of "Mainline" I noticed it was 2010 before the GCR(N) timetable appeared alongside that for the "main" GCR, and Loughborough High...

Could anyone help with the closure dates of the Stockton & Darlington coal wharf branch ? My Cobbs atlas says it closed in 1985, and my 1980 Baker's Rail Atlas still shows a stub of the original S&D line titled "Stockton South coal depot". But that depot doesn't appear to be on the river...

Does anyone know if anyone has done a DVD of SYPTE and Sheffield Transport buses ? I'm probably slightly more bothered about the SYPTE ones as that was more when I was growing up You know how it is, nostalgia and all that.....

Could somebody just clarify for me what the law is, or will be, on drop lights on preserved railway carriage doors ? I thought I read somewhere that they were to be outlawed as a "Health & Safety risk", and they would either have to be stopped from opening or bars put across the windows to stop...

My "Disconnected" book (Chris Austin & Richard Faulkner - 2015) states the Sleaford avoiding line was closed, implying it was done in 1982 (along with the closure of the Lincoln avoiding line and the March to Spalding line). But the Railway Magazine (Jun 2015) says is was only singled "in the...

Does anyone know where I can get hold of old BR timetables ? I'm after a mid 1980s BR timetable, and possibly an early 1990s one, but have trawled the web without success.....

Did a chord ever exist between the ECML and the L&Y just south of Temple Hirst / just east of Hensall ? I was looking at an old OS map of the York area and noticed, what looked like, the remains of a north to east chord from the ECML to the ex L&Y line from Knottingley to Goole. But I have...