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Does anyone know if there`s a website which collates the passenger figures of preserved railways ? If so, what is is ? If not, wouldn`t it be interesting if there was ?

Could anyone out there clarify what the capacity of the Maybach MD type engines were in the Westerns/Warships/Hymeks ? One source says that all Maybach MD engines had the same capacity per cylinder (like most diesel engine family names), another that they don`t. The Westerns had 12cyl MD655...

Is this the thin end of the wedge when it comes to an integrated railway.....

I was passing through Stoke station today and happened to notice the arrivals monitor, on which was listed the trains due in the next hour. What really caught my eye was the Virgin Service to Euston with a sub note "London Midland tickets not valid on this service". A little further down was a...

In my experience, when it comes to objective arguments, there`s no substitute for cold hard facts (pun intended.....). --- old post above --- --- new post below --- You`re right. I`ve broken the cardinal rule of complaining, concentrate on one point. But, as it happens, all three are a...

I was on an East Midlands Trains service from London the other day and on this occasion I was in First class. I was parched and asked for a cold Coke. Now we'll ignore the unforgiveable fact that on EMT First class "cold" drinks are only available from the trolley (which is at the other end...

£49 ! How come it's always everyone else (apart from myself) who seems to get these cheap deals ! Every time me and the wife want to travel, and this includes so called budget airlines, we never seem to get a really cheap deal..... --- old post above --- --- new post below --- You're...

Thanks for all your advice, I think the simplest and safest thing to do is buy a through ticket from Eurostar ! Incidentally, if that's the Sealink logo, shouldn't it be white on red ? ! ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealink

Thanks for that. So, if I've got this right, there wouldn't be any difference in getting tickets separately (from EMT and Eurostar) or both from Eurostar ? The reason I ask is that if you buy a ticket direct from EMT you can ask for the quiet coach, or we may even pay a little more to go First...

We`re about to book tickets from Sheffield to Paris. We have 2 options, either separately through East Midlands trains and Eurostar, or both legs through Eurostar. Ignoring the fact that the Eurostar standard fare is a lot higher than I expected, I`d like to check on the responsibility that...

It`s "Standard Premier" that I`m talking, the one that leisure passengers might consider upgrading to. I`m saying that it`s not worth it, certainly not compared to what it used to give you. I seem to remember that, if you were a bit flexible which service you used, it only cost about about £50...

I`m not sure what it was called, but when we went on Eurostar "First Class" up to 2004, you got a nice introductory glass of Champers, more than one if you wanted, and a 3 course meal. I have the menus in front of me now. However, after a gap when we went in 2009, there was a quick...

I have to say when we went First Class two years ago (they were still serving a hot meal then, but it was smaller with fewer drinks, and worse service generally) there were some kids, with noisy I Pods, very annoying. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind kids, just so long as they don't make any...

I can remember when we used Eurostar about 10 years ago when travelling First class (if you got a cheap deal) was quite worthwhile. You got good personal service, a decent meal and loads of free (sorry, included in the price) wine etc. We went to Paris in 2009 by First class Eurostar and it...

I`ve been trying to book a through ticket from Sheffield to Paris on teh EMT website but it won`t seem to let me, if you put Paris in as the destination it comes up with "invalid". Is it actually possible to book a through tickets from Sheffield to Paris, and if not, why not ? If it is possible...

We`ve just booked what we think ( ! ) is a Grand Class cabin on the Sleeper from Paris to Madrid. Can anyone confirm that Carriage 68 is Grand Class ? The only reason I ask is the E mail confirmation is in Spanish and it calls it "Clase de camas", is that Spanish for Grand Classe ? ! ? We...

I've been able to track down some details of the Bartolome Maso locos, to a Russian Wikipedis page, using Google Translate gives : Model TGM4 HP 750 Built from 1973 in Soviet Russia (Lyudinovskom loco works ? ) B B diesel hydraulic Weight 80 tons ? See attached pic

Interesting page, though they're not the same diesels. The locos at the Heriberto Duquesne mill were 3ft gauge, a picture is attached.

Does anyone know where I can get any info on some of the diesel engines used at the Heriberto Duquesne and Bartolome Maso sugar mills in Cuba ?When were they built what power are they etc. We rode on them when we went to Cuba in March this year. I belives the H D locos are Brush 3ft gauge, and...

I wasn't sure who I was supposed to send this message to, so I sent it to both you and Max (sorry if that's not correct procedure). Apparently my post on HST refurbs has been deleted because it "adds nothing to the topic". We'll ignore the fact that most of the posts on this (and indeed...