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Travelling south on LM today betwen Kidsgrove and Rugeley, we overtook a FHH loaded coal train just North of Stafford. It subsequently ran through Rugeley TV on the main line up slow. Does anyone know the origin / destination of this movement ?- presumably either Liverpool or Ellesmere Port as...

A lot of timber being stacked in the yard. Does anyone know where it's coming from / going to / when & how it's being moved ? Rgds 45378

Does anyone know the scope of work that's going on during this blockade? Apologies if it's been discussed already; I haven't been on the site for awhile, and I've only skimmed recent posts. Rgds 45378

I've recently seen a couple of coal trains on this line - from a distance - think they were operated by Freighliner HH. Does anybody know their origin / destination / frequency? Rgds 45378

Whiling away a few idle minutes at Crewe recently, I noticed several sections of bullhead rail where what I can only describe as omega-shaped clamps (in plan) had been fixed to the web of the rail. Anybody know what purpose they serve? Rgds 45378

Is it me? Seems like nearly every Pendo hand-drier is u/s Rgds 45378

Given that with rare exceptions it's impossible to get a Pendolino throughout, the ticket booking sites seem to be splitting the journey at Carlisle - ie throwing you off the Pendolino there and condemning you to a Voyager southwards. (You can see my prejudices - both in terms of comfort and the...

Am I right in thinking that one of the Edinburgh - Birmingham services is scheduled for a Pendolino rather than a Voyager? I seem to remember seeing a Pendolino in Waverley in the early afternoon recently. The 1452 maybe? Rgds 45378

Out for a walk last weekend near Leek. Discover that Network Rail are hard at work replacing an understrength bridge over the railway at Longsdon. Only thing is.....bridge is across a single line from Stoke-on-Trent to Leek/Caldon Low (quarry)/Churnet Valley (preserved railway) and the line...

Caught a train from Barnt Green to Redditch and return last week - just catching up on a branch I'd missed. At Barnt Green, the Redditch branch turns sharply off the main Birmingham - Bristol line. Just clear of that junction, heading towards Redditch, on both lines there's a galvanised steel...