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    Notebook found which needs reuniting with its owner

    Please feel free to move if it is in the wrong section. Please help. The notebook was found in the cab where the defect book on the second person's side of a Pendolino goes. The train had arrived at Preston several (five or more?) years ago from Scotland heading south. The finder mislaid it...
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    The 565 Special on 2nd September 2017

    The above is due to go from Carnforth to Carmarthen, out via Hereford and return via the Heart of Wales line. National Rail Enquiries says the line is closed between Newport and Cardiff Central for engineering work and buses are replacing trains. What is the present situation re the 565 Special?
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    Forres Loop

    I intend to cover the Forres Loop before the new station opens. Does anyone have working knowledge of the practice here? Are they both, one or neither of them bi-directional? There are some occasions during the day when trains cross here and so the down (towards Aberdeen) and the up (towards...
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    1S26 2350 Euston to Glasgow Cen 03/09/12

    South of Preston the driver of the above had to isolate two traction motors on the loco 90021. It arrived in Preston at 0407 (Bkd 0338). 57311 on 0P01 0359 Longsight to Preston was used to take the train with 90021 (Dead in Train) forward to Carlisle. It departed Preston at 0547 (120 minutes...

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