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Recently I read a crime novel set in the 1950s, where a suspect was pursued by police on an LU train. He opened the door at the end of car and the door to the next car to enter it as part of his attempt to evade them. This reminded to me of being on such trains in the 1960s, and seeing some...

Many people define the identity of a steam loco as being in its mainframes. Because this loco's frames were condemned as beyond repair a while ago, new frames have been obtained. Does this make 65033 a new-build replica as opposed to an an actual restoration? To assist in thinking this...

This tour was very unusual in that all the Kings had been withdrawn in 1962, and I believe 6018 was put through Swindon Works specially to fettle it for the tour. This must have cost a considerable amount, but I have not been able to find if this was passed on to SLS, with a rather high tour...

I was a participant in an LCGB organised brake van trip in 1964, when my recording of details was extremely poor. Our goods train started in Trafford Park Sidings and ran to Ashton Road Yard.I cannot see any relevant WTT on Timetable World, so am left guessing which way we went. Does anybody...

I have a clear memory of travelling from Liverpool Central one Sunday morning 1955 or later, and being diverted after Glazebrook via Baguley and Northenden, instead of going direct to Manchester Central. Out of curiosity, which of the these possibilities would be the likely one after Northenden...

Having had haulage by 43 of the class, I am reasonably sure that 92021, 92045 & 92046 never worked railtours. Are there any known instances of one or more of these three hauling passenger trains in emergency (rescues etc)?

I know this is very mch a long shot, but has anybody got notes of the departure from Waterloo? The front-end power was 31791+31639, but was the train helped on departure by the ecs loco, and if so what was it? I know that such assistance was not unusual at the time. TIA for any help on this.

During lockdown I passed some time analysing my records for haulage by identically numbered British main line (or ex-main locos), with the rule that it had to be as carried at time of haulage. I excluded cases which did not match exactly (such as Castle class 7029 and Hymek D7029). I got to 37...

This enquiry is very much a long shot, but somebody out there might know. Watching the BTF film Terminus recently, it was clear that steam trains were commonly given a shove by the engine which had brought the stock in. If anybody else was on the following tours, did they note us being given a...

Where non-local fares from station A and station B (on the same line) are the same, are the tickets valid back to either?. Last year I booked at B, requesting a return ticket from A, as some return trains are non-stop through B. I was in fact given a ticket from B, so I asked for it to be...

If anybody has access to public or working timetable for North Eastern winter 1961/1962, I am trying to trace details of 1855 Leeds Central to (Manchester Victoria?) on a Saturday in October 1961. This is before the complete revision of services from Jan 1962 for dmu introduction. In particular...