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  1. John_158

    Everton vs Liverpool-Derby Match tonight-Predictions-

    My predictions that it will be a 1-1 Draw then go into penalties and everton to win on penalties. Anyone else got any predictions ?
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    Buxton Railway Station

    I took a trip here on Saturday and yet i was sadended by how much of a dump the Station actually is. I could see that there are some maintiance Sheds at twards the end of the current platforms, When where theese closed ? Also i noticed that there looks to another Building at the top of the...
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    East Midlands Trains General Discussion

    I have opened this thread to save other threads going greatly off topic! One of the things I would like to discuss about EMT is East Croft Depot Nottingham. Recently there has been a great deal of failures of there Class 158s and yet the majority of the failures I believe are with the ex...
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    Liverpool Lime Street Clocks

    Does anyone know why Network Rail are having so much trouble with clocks in Lime Street Recnetly ? I have noticed that the two on the Departure Boards are now covered over with posters. It is not so long agon since t he Big Clock above the VT travel centre went extreemly slow and is now...
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    FGW in the West Midlands

    I think I asked a question about this before in another thread but can't really find it but never mind. Anyway i would like to know where do FGW run to / from within the West Midlands because apparently you can use a West Midlands Day Ranger on there services so :- A-Do they run to / from...
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    Something Spokey

    Well there i was sitting there at Widnes last night waiting for the 21.05 EMT Service back to Lime St. I was a little board so what i did was write sevral fleet number on a peice of paper that i had in my pocket. One of the fleet Numbers was 158806 and what should turn up at 21.03 158806...
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    History of the Liverpool-Norwich Route

    I am Looking for some history for this route namely:- *When it First Started *Timetables from Day 1 to EMT Operation *What Rolling Stock was used from Day one up to CTs 170s *Route Descriptions or Maps
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    00:25 ATW Service Manchester Piccadilly-Chester

    I notice something rather odd about this particular service as according to its scedule it is sceduled to take 1hour and 04minutes but yet has no Calling points making a Direct Fast Service but yet still seems to take a long time considering it has no Calling points so the questions i have is :-...
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    EMT Crewe-Derby Diagrams

    I know that all three diagrams are Booked for 153s but one does Start off in the Morning Peak as a 158 Do we know which one this is and how do they do the change over and what does the 158 go onto and how does the 153 that replaces the 158 ? Also do all three 153s Return as a trio back to...
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    EMT Class 158 Diagrams

    What iam intreeged to find out is how i would be able to work out is how the cycle works as to what unit will be on the Journeys i intend to travel on in order to plan my East Anglia Trip / Bash. To put it in another context i whant to be able to travel on :- 21.37 Liverpool Lime St...
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    Docklands Light Railway (Tickets)

    Is there a Day Travel Card that can just be used on the Docklands Light Railway or do i have to by the full London Travel Card (Day).
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    Celebrity Big Brother 2009

    The Big Question is Whom is going to win this year My Money is on :- 1st Urika 2nd Verene 3rd Coolio or 1st Verne 2nd Urkia 3rd Coolio Who would you like to see win and or in the top three ?
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    What is the Fleet Number & Vehicle Type

    For 50 blanks can anyone tell me from this picture of the Carriage Details the Fleet Number & Vehicle Type and which operator it is ?
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    Unusual Working For FTPE

    Last night 17th / 01 /2009 170 308 Worked 1F72 19.10 Leeds-Liverpool Lime Street is this the first time one of FTPEs 170s have worked this route as it is the first i have ever seen. One thing i couldn't understand about it was the fact that the destination display was not displaying Liverpool...
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    Disabled Adult Rail Card

    I sent off My application and all the required info including a cover letter to Rail Travel Made easy on Tuesday of last week and was wondering how long does it take for it to come through.
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    Derby-Nottingham Cross Country Service

    Just wondering how often this service runs namley on a Saturday and what Rolling Stock is used on this service ?
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    Digital Camera For Sale

    Hope Mods don't mind me advertising this here but require a quick sale. I have an Inovix 5 mega pixel Standard Point and Shoot Digital Camera for Sale for Just £10.00s. It comes with:- Box Instructions Carrying Strap 2x AAA Rechargeable Batteries Software CD Memory Card Slot...
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    Manchester Piccadilly-Llanduno ATW Service

    Just a few questions about thus service which are :- A-When it arrives at Man Pic where does it go to turn back ? B-I have noticed recently that ATW have been using 158s again on this service on one or two diagrams is this a regular thing now or just a shortage of 175s. C-What is the...
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    Cross Country

    Iam keeping my eye out for Vacancies with XC and was wondering where there Train Crewe Bases are and where there Engineering Depots are can anyone shed some light on this query please.
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    Guess The Location

    Can anyone Gues the Locations in theese two photos Sorry if there a bit big as not shure of how to shrink them !

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