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A friend asks: "why is there a little letter “A” in a circle on the window bar of 'Shed' 66605?". I am not aware of other locos which have this logo on it. Here is a blow-up of his picture taken yesterday at Barnt Green.

I have bought a Watford Jct-Exeter Central via Paddington Advance ticket. I have collected it and it has the + mark to say I can use it to get from Euston to Paddington. I'd like to try the Elizabeth Line as I've not yet used it. What is the longest ride on the EL I can make with this ticket...

The Sutton Park line from Walsall to Water Orton is a freight only line and for the last few days trains have been diverted away from it. Today (Mon) the following are going via Birmingham New St, all of which would have used the SP line. 6D44 NewSt 12:02 ??? 6G99 NewSt 12:24 66720 6V84 NewSt...

My grandson intended to travel from University to Wilnecote this morning for work on the 0839 from University. He caught the 3 coach Cross-Country Turbostar train and it stopped at Wilnecote as planned, but the two sets of doors he tried would not open. He was overcarried to Tamworth as a...

My grandson has a 16-25 Railcard and needs to go to Tamworth from Kings Norton tomorrow (Mon) arriving at about 09:00. An Anytime Day Return is £16.70 and the normal railcard fare is £11.00. Will he be able to buy this ticket for £12.00 on the trainline app? I don't use the trainline, but...

I took a photo in 1973 (corrected) with a Class 50 and a Warship (almost) together. I'm trying to find any other occasions when a 50 and a Warship were in close proximity in BR days, preferably with both in service with a photo to prove it. It seems like the quest for the Holy Grail! D400...

After almost 30 years in service, EMU 323208 (named 'Five Ways') was the first of 17 of the 26 West Midlands Class 323's to be transferred to the North-West yesterday (Sat 28Oct2023). It and the other 25 units will gradually leave the West Midlands over the coming months to be replaced with...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/crosscountry-hst-diagrams.176519/ Wasn't 2+8 the standard formation in the 80s? (albeit the eighth was the buffet).

66750 hauling 6V70 the 03:02 Small Heath to Swindon freight stopped at Spetchley near Worcestershire Parkway at about 5am and has not moved since then. Needless to say this has caused a lot of disruption on direct trains from Birmingham to Cheltenham with a diversion via Droitwich and Worcester...

My daughter presented this cap to me for father's day. It looks genuine and is worn. If it is real, approximately when would it be from and what 'rank' would have worn it?

I took a few photos at Totnes in June 1976, and am now intrigued as to when the Motorail service to/from Totnes ended and how and by whom cars were picked up and set down at Totnes. It's only now I realised that Totnes was served by Motorail, and browsing the 75/76 WTT it looks as though the...

This week I have tried to get on to BRDatabase.info, but all I can see is a page with adverts and links to data management and apps builders. I know the owner of BRDatabase.info was a subscriber to RailUkforums as D1001, but he hasn't posted since Sep 2021. Does anyone know what has happened...

From 06May73 I understand that BR shed codes were re-named from the old style alpha-numeric to the the new two-character ones. For instance Leeds (Holbeck) was 55A and became HO. The London Midland Region was slightly different, as although there were individual shed codes to which shunters were...

Two Twenties (20205/20189) and a Fifty (50008) have recently arrived at Kings Norton (9:45 Wed 19/1)on an intriguing working from Kirkdale Carriage Sidings (Liverpool) on 6Z20. The Twenties were on the front, and the Fifty at the rear of some shiny rolling stock. The twenties are scheduled to go...

Anyone know what this ECS return working from Long Marston to Birmingham New St (Mon 18Oct) is? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:LNGMSTN/2021-10-18/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

Walking through Birmingham today, I was surprised to find the track around the New St stop (Grand Central) is being relayed, after only five years of use. There would be no trams running anyway as the 'Delta Junction' at the top end of Corporation Street is being put in between now and some time...

My grandson has a ticket for the Reading festival on Sunday the 29 August, and will have a 16/17 Saver Railcard. He lives in south Birmingham. Ideally he would travel from New St to Reading on one of the hourly morning CrossCountry trains. Return is a bit more tricky as the last CC train from...

According to the brdatabase website Stratford was 30A until 6/5/73 when, curiously, it became SX, but changed to SF on 2/9/73. Did any Stratford loco carry an SX sticker?

A chap posted a photo of 1023 Western Fusilier at Paddington, claiming it was taken after withdrawal in Feb77 sometime later in 77 or 78. It was in blue, but doesn't have the domino headcodes. I've tried to say it doesn't make sense but he tells me he didn't have the camera to take the photo...

Attached is a photo I took of the Exeter University Guild of Students 'Guild train' in 1976 and a scan of my ticket - I was a steward on the train. I wonder if anyone can provide any additional information about any of the the Guild trains, including: 1) The identity of the two Brush 2's that...