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I've just booked a ticket for a Crewe to Glasgow train on 27th May and have just noticed it will go via the G&SW north of Carlisle, stopping at Kilmarnock. I haven't been interested in railways as a hobby for over twenty years, so I've no idea how these things happen nowadays ... but would my...

Not sure if this has been done before, but thought it could be good to get everybody posting their favourite train related videos in a thread. I've got quite a few, but this is one of my favourites for thrash ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAT6VtnPNV8&feature=relmfu Will post...

I was travelling home from work last night on the 17:13 Euston - Northampton/Birmingham last night, and the guard was announcing in French as well as English. It's not as though the train was heading into St.Pancras International or anything, so it's unlikely the train would have too many...

... why do the "guards" not inspect tickets? A friends of mine said recently that he always travels into London to visit his family after 10pm because nobody ever checks tickets, and the barriers are always open in the London station. Is there a reason for this? or is it just because the...

Right, I'm in desperate need of a few days off of work, so I'm thinking of buying a five day Inter-Rail and just heading off on a journey round Europe for a few days, just for the journey. I just want to sit and relax and watch the world go by - great scenery is a must. I'd stay in...

Myself and some friends are booked on the first Eurostar to Brussels (travelling onward to Munich and the Oktoberfest) on 22nd September (the 06:19) and will have to travel from Northampton to Euston in order to catch it. The problem is, the first train to Euston is the 04:15 which arrives...

I've often wondered whether I could buy a ticket from my home town to some Godforsaken station in deepest, darkest Cornwall, and then use it to travel anywhere in the UK ... the North East maybe, on the premise that the ticket inspector wouldn't actually know where the place was, and would...

For example, did you just happen to drop on a pair of 26's working the Sussex Scot south from Birmingham to Brighton one day? (Okay, that's a bit silly, but you get the point) :) Still thinking about mine, but contenders would be ... 31271 and 31294 from New Street to Euston (Think it was...

... ever? And only list one! I'm still tossing a five sided mental coin for mine :)

Sorry to clog up the Forum with such a pointless thread (feel free to delete it once I have an answer!). I've just set up an avatar on my profile, but it doesn't appear next to my posts ... can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong, please? Cheers!! :D

I've actually just shared this link in response to a question in another thread, but thought I should share it more publicly. It's a blog by an Austrian guy who travelled by rail from Vienna to Pyongyang in North Korea via the Trans-Siberian express .... a route which VERY few tourists dare...

Just planning a trip to Oktoberfest by train in September, and wondered, why have we never used Couchettes on our overnight trains in the UK? They're a great budget option, and I'm sure they'd be well used .... wouldn't they?

Scroll down to the ALCO power in Greece section and click on A-456 - this HAS to be the most awesome thrash I've ever heard! I'm not sure if the loco is still around? I can't stop listening to it :lol: http://www.locopage.net/sounds.htm Thoughts?

I used to be a regular loco basher in this country until about 1992, and then spread my wings to Ireland, and then Europe. Mainly because of the lack of diesel hauled stuff in this country. My interest in Railways then vanished completely with the diesel era, but tonight I thought I'd have...