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Perhaps someone out there can help. I've been wondering for a while, what is the most "recently" manufactured UK train class in private preservation? Are there any classes that were built in the 1980s or 1990s in preservation today yet? I'm guessing there are none from the 2000s, but perhaps...

Apologies if these two questions have been asked before (a search could't find them) - how quickly could you in theory do the following: 1) Travel through ever station on the national rail network (the trains don't have to stop). 2) Stop at every station on the national rail network (the...

With all the talk of local high streets, what do people think about street markets? How about this one, it has a train line running straight through it and the shops have to stop selling each time a train goes through. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3WF1ukNAH0

Looking at the NR Homepage http://www.networkrail.co.uk/the banner at the top keeps on showing some facts, here they are: "Around 650 million people travel in and out of London by rail every year" "70% of all rail users either start or finish their journey in London" "We own and maintain...

There is another thread on here that asks which are the two closest stations on the same line, well here is a question, how many stations can people name, that are on the same line, under a mile appart, which have a shorter walking distance between them (along streets/roads), than the railway...

Dear all, I have recently finished a short video (about 10 minutes long) showcasing the Class 455 being operated by South West Trains, and posted it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxoF5mxPvTk Hopefully it may be of some interest to some of you on here. I am tempted to do one...

As I am sure many of you will be aware a few days ago there was a derailment at 6:15 in the morning at Windsor and Eton riverside as a class 450/5 was pulling out of the station, as it was starting its journey to Waterloo. Does anyone have any more information about this? There doesn’t seem...