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I'm in the middle of scanning in all of my E6 and Kodachrome from the early and middle 1990s as some of it is starting to deteriorate. having completed the epic task of doing class 58s and 60s I contemplated doing the 47s and 37s but its a huge job so I started on the A.C electrics. What I...

In a wide variety of weather this week I videoed 37 409 blasting up and down the southern end of the Cumbrian Coast line with Direct Rail Services experimental passenger train serving the Sellafield nuclear plant. Even ruthlessly edited down its still over 14 minutes long but takes in Askam...

Not the official title, which I think is the 'Sellafield special', but this week saw the start of the trial trains to encourage the workers at the Sellafield Nuclear plant to leave their cars at home and travel on a dedicated passenger train from Carlisle to Sellafield calling at the...

It seems to be only yesterday but when I started to scan in my E6 and Kodachrome from 1997 and also started converting my 8mm camcorder footage to digital I realised that it is now 14 years since me and the mates were sat in 'The Mallard' real ale pub on Worksop station. Little did we realise...

I have started scanning in a load of my old black and white negs that I never got around to printing when I had a darkroom (about 230 rolls which I make about 8,000 images !) However I have found some mystery vehicles I shot at Peak rail's Buxton site before it closed down and wonder if anybody...

This years annual show for all things Zed will once again be held at Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor village hall on Sunday 10th of October. Now established as the best opportunity for Z gauge modellers to meet up this years show will feature 19 layouts in both Z and Nm along with demonstration...

After the disappointment of a couple of weeks ago when the Black V failed on the return leg of the Lakelander excursion it was a nice return to form when old favourite LMS 8F 48151 charged though Lindal in Furness and Askam in Furness northbound under heavy skies. The weather cleared nicely for...

The Black V was in fine form on the outward leg of the Lakelander 17th July 2010 Seen here at Lindal in Furness and Askam in Furness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUfdQc-APA The loco was turned and watered at Sellafield but subsequently failed prior to the return. The stock came back...

The green machine was immaculately turned out today for the Birmingham-Ravenglass excursion. Anyone know when was the last time a Scot came up the Cumbrian Coast? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbBiFOSYm6g seen at Askam in Furness and again at Dalton in Furness off for a...

One of the many pleasures of the Thai rail system is the variety of old and new rolling stock. In the north eastern province of Issan many of the local services are still in the hands of the venerable old Hitachi RHN DMUs.The equivalent of our Derby Lightweights these old buckets still pound out...

One of the things that stopped me in my tracks the first time I went to Thailand was finding Diesel Multiple units identical to the British class 158s running in and out of Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station. On returning to the U.K investigations revealed that during production there were two...

We all have a spot we have visited railfanning where we have come back and said to our mates 'It's Ossum' California in the late 90's saw me and Ang at the bottom of Cajon Pass in California beside Interstate 15. I was blown away by the length, frequency and spectacle of the BNSF workings up...

I know we have an ongoing thread on favourite stations which seems to concentrate on the big European termini but I wondered what our favourite small stations and halts were. One of my favourite spots is the little station at Tha Phra in North East Thailand just a few Km south of Khon Kaen...

These are the links to some of our videos on youtube showing how we transport and erect our Z gauge layouts. Many of these ideas will work in other scales as well first up are two clips showing our plinth and lighting rig system used on our smaller Z gauge layouts like Midsomer Mardy and...

Once we had got the roof back on Barrow Hill Roundhouse and secured the perimeter with fencing it was time to start acquiring exhibits for what would become one of Britains premier preservation sites. Many visitors,however, are unaware of the logistics of getting a rail museum like this...

I was involved with Barrow Hill roundhouse at an early stage as and was fortunate to video a lot of the early development, here are a couple of tasters. I am gradually editing all of my 8mm and VHS-C camcorder tapes and chucking them on youtube first two DRS locos arrive for an early open day...

Hello.let me introduce myself I have just joined the forum but have been an active member of other forums world wide for a while. As you know the weather in the U.K has been pretty awful over the last couple of months and it has given me a chance to digitise a lot of my early VHS-c and 8mm...