Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Here's "Azuma" 800101 at Colton Junction:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/39230086930
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/39230076930
VTEC HST:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/40330089054/in/photostream/
Colas Class 70 on a Tyne Dock to Drax working...
The wisdom of Polly Toynbee:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/08/commuters-rebellion-government-cant-ignore-southern-rail
Good grief!
I did this interchange recently, for the first time since the Underground station was rebuilt. It seemed like an awfully long walk, mainly down a long straight corridor. I didn't mind the walk particularly, but I wouldn't like to be late for a train at the mainline station and have to dash along...
Some pictures of 20303 and 20304 on Pathfinder's Buffer Puffer 11.1 railtour of 8th February 2014.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstra ... 395664474/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstra ... 395666824/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstra ... 395215445/...
Haven't seen this mentioned yet, so I'll give it a go.
In complete contrast to the issues encountered on the WCML from Manchester last year, the railway has got its act together for Sunderland's trip to Wembley on March 2nd. For this season's League Cup final, East Coast are running two extra...
Carlisle played host to five charter trains yesterday:
1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/9872469034/in/photostream
2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/9872467704/in/photostream/
3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/9872571853/in/photostream/
4...
Here's 86259 on on the East Coast Main Line, on today's Edinburgh-Kings Cross charter train:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/9426197031/
Stuart.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/
Sometimes you arrive somewhere on the off-chance, and you're lucky and the sun's just right. That happened to me at Barnes, in south-west London, on the occassion when I thought I'd better get some Class 458 photos before they enter works to be modified. Then, even better, a freight turned up...
HNRC Class 20s at West Ruislip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/8977018519/in/photostream
CLass 56 on Calvert-Willesden: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/8977041213/in/photostream
LU locos at Kensington Olympia...
I thought I'd better get some pictures of the London Underground C-stock trains before they go for good. I've uploaded them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartstransport/sets/72157630067836094/
SGS.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/19/crunch-time-most-overcrowded-train
The DfT appear to have published some new figures on the services which are the most overcrowded, ranked according to percentage over capacity.
The survey was done in Autumn 2011, so I don't know why it's taken...
We are aware of an issue with emails from the Forum to Microsoft-based email accounts (hotmail/outlook/live.com email addresses). This is being looked into currently, thanks for your patience meanwhile.