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Hello everyone, For anyone who may or may not be travelling to Leeds for Narrow Gauge North on Sunday the 13th March (the exhibiton is also open on Saturday 12th, but we are not) We are having our now annual 'Diesel Gala' between 1.00pm and 5.00pm. Number 11, the working 10hp Baguley, will...

This morning the Collet Goods 0-6-0 was spotted on a low loader heading south. This afternoon, on the same motorway Duke of Gloucester was on a low loader heading north, followed about half an hour later by another low loader with a GWR pannier tank on it. Any ideas of destinations?

Hi everyone, We will be having all our engines out and most on passenger trains for our now twice annual diesel gala (the other being in March) on the 10th October, 1pm-5pm. See www.abbeylightrailway.webs.com for the full details. I'll be there driving, so if you see me please intorduce...

I hear the Pope will be in Brum tomorrow. What is the general opinion from the membership about how this will disrupt me changing trains at New Street sometime late morning / early afternoon?

Just a bit of fun, and ignoring the restrictive things such as money, manpower, mainline-worthyness and all that boring stuff. Which engines in the NRM would you like to see on the mainline? Pick three. Mine would be Green Arrow, Deltic Prototype and streamlined Duchess of Hamilton Over to...

Hi all, I'm moving from Bradford to sunny Seaton in East Devon for work in a few weeks. I have my flat and all the essentials sorted out, but one thing that remains to be sorted out is my TV, Landline phone and Internet. I was thinking about one of these packages offered by companies such as...

I did today, just on a jolly out to Ashford and back. I was most impressed with how clean, fast (the driver told me we were doing 140mph for most of it) and smooth it all was. However, I was a little disapointed at how boring the interior of the 395s is. South Eastern's flagship fleet of units...

As time progresses, more and more electric locos are being preserved as they become redundant from the main line. Already there are various electrics preserved by the AC loco group at Barrow Hill, but whats really needed is a preserved line with wires to run them on. So as a thought to...

A few simple thoughts on the matter really, that hopefully someone with some influence might see and take note of. Moan 1 Why is the placement of litter bins on railway stations to irregular? For example, Huddersfield has no bins, yet Deighton, Brighouse, Halifax do, and again Bradford...

Just wondering. It has suprised me in some cases when I found out how young some users are on here. Users that I before imagined to be old, experienced railwaymen. I'll start off, I'm 21.

Does anyone know where I can download this sound, preferably for free? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Never mind, I've improvised.

You may recall me asking drivers for their thoughts and opinions about driving cabs, as I am doing a project at uni to design a new and improved train cab. I picked on the class 66 as my starting point, as these are a widespread loco used all over europe and still in production. Anyway, it is...

I'd like to know if anyone has more info on this. I caught the 0745 Wakefield Westgate train this morning from Bradford Interchange, as I usually do to get to Huddersfield for uni. All was well until we got to the signal on the single line section after Brighouse protecting the mainline at...

So as part of my ergonomic cab project, I also need to style the exterior a bit. So I was wondering what the membership thinks looks good? I'm not talking here about your favourite train, but what you think looks the best. for example, Deltics are awesome, but theyre not great lookers (apart...

Got into Huddersfield today to find 158806 in full South West Trains livery, complete with refurbished interior, operating the Northern service to Leeds via Dewsbury. I then saw it later from the bus home heading towards Halifax from the Bradford direction. Its livery really makes a bright and...

Hello everyone, This may be of interest to some people on the forum. We are having our now annual 'diesel gala' again on March 14th, 1pm-5pm. Details are on the poster, or on www.abbeylightrailway.webs.com However any questions please don't hesitate to ask. We're also taking requests for...

Hello everyone, Could any train drivers (and I don't mean enthusiasts that think they know it all) comment or make suggestions about the following lists of controls and instruments? Do you think anything is in the wrong catagory, of have I missed anything out? Again, this is for the benefit...

Does anyone know what this is? Or even better where I can download it?

Those familiar with Eureka! the museum for children, beside the railway station in Halifax may know of the small diesel shunter and Mk2 coach that have been stood outside it on their own section of track for many, many years. These have never been painted as far as I can remember, until now...

Just a theme for a discussion I thought of. Can be a livery of today or yesteryear, applied to any railway vehicle. Pictures would be nice if its something unusual. Go! (I'm still thinking what mine would be)