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Has anyone got information as to why following the 1964 election, the Wilson government oversaw so many closures despite an election promise of halting the Conservative Marples/Beeching cuts?

Just wondering why Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Euston, Waterloo, Victoria and Paddington see pretty decent steam railtours starting and sometimes returning, yet I've not seen anything about St Pancras - I'd love to see for example, a Scot take maroon mk1 stock on a midland mainline special...

Whilst visiting my mother in Wigan I passed under the Wigan Wallgate - Kirkby line and a vague memory flashed through my mind. I think (!!) I recall that sometime in the 1970's, this line was earmarked for possible closure and someone attempted to form a preservation society with a view to run...

I paid a visit to the SVR today and had a leisurely trip behind Bulleid rebuilt West Country 34027 Taw Valley which was pulling a beautiful set of Gresley LNER coaches - Anyhow, pardon my ignorance, but is it feasible that these type of coaches could ever run on the mainline? Would be nice to...

Just a heads up really. Some scumbag on here has tried to log in to my account 5 times. I have the user ip address. ... anyone else had any scum try to hack them? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- And I have a list of names in my recent visitors list. --- old post above --- ---...

Hi - more a historical question about the locos... Class 24 diesels. Why were they withdrawn so early compared to the class 25's? I vaguely remember one surviving 24 in my book when I started spotting as a young boy in the early '80's, yet there were always lots of class 25's knocking...

Just wondering what folks thought about the traffic handling capabilities of Victoria once electrification is complete. If my memory serves me right, there are only 4 tracks going through the station - capacity wise, from what Victoria used to be like, I always thought the rebuild to be a...

I know the line shut many moons ago, but after passing the bridge last night I thought I'd ask you wise folk on here about it. Looks single track - did it see any traffic? Are there any photos of it in use? My main query to be honest is that although it doesn't look substantial enough to...

When I was a student at Leeds Uni '90 - '93 I used to get the train back to Wigan during holidays and odd weekends. I used to travel to Manchester Victoria where a DMU or similar would take me on to Wigan Wallgate. A couple of times I remember being gobsmacked at the sight of a class 37...

Just curious on opinions about 'Duchess' class 46235 'City of Birmingham' ever being taken from the ThinkTank museum and returned to service. Considering a brand new steam loco (Tornado and now possibly an unrebuilt 'Patriot') was built not that long ago, it's made me curious about its actual...

Having spent the past couple of days in the Lakes I came across the old line to Keswick and remembered that there was a recentish plan for it to be reinstated back to Penrith; was this just wishful thinking or an actual serious proposition? With only Windermere connected to the central...

I remember reading that before closure, this line was considered suitable for electrification. If so, what happened? If all is lost - I'm not sure if the trackbed is still intact along the route, but why was Burnden viaduct left intact when the A666 was built? It'd be great to get...

Just wondering why Salford has not been connected to the Liverpool line heading out of Manchester Victoria - there are 2 unused platforms with empty trackbed (when were these decommissioned?) After the recent track realignment work I thought it was happening, but no... Seems the right...

Just wondering if there's any photo record of this section of the old GCR line in use - particularly across the M1 bridge; but also the section which ran parallel to the M1 down to Lutterworth? Thanks. D.

The old manchester collieries rail bridge that spans the M61 just as the motorway splits to the A666, A580 and M60 Was this ever used? Closure of the collliery network happened before the motorway system fully opened? Or have I got that wrong? It linked to the extensive sidings at...