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Researching the Woodhead route in the 1950s there are pictures of a direct steam passenger service from Glossop to Woodley via Godley Junction. It was certainly running at the same time the Class 506 units were around. Does anyone know when this service finished, what year approx? Also any...

Currently reading the excellent book titled the 'Regional Railways Story' which was published a few years past and it states in 1993 the entire age of the full large Regional Railways fleet was a mere 8 years of age. This made me think is there anything out there that gives an overview of the...

Having been on the sleeper recently from Euston all the way to Inverness was taken back with the ride quality. They seem to have a jiggy jiggy firm and harsh ride. Very harsh in fact and the setup to be frank feels like it is not a polished or quality product. After the trip getting on 158712...

Having visited Manchester this weekend and looking at the capacity issues the city seems to have with the rail network I cannot help being of the mindset is it potentially self inflicted? In the late 80's Victoria had approx 17 platforms give or take and was running the Pennine services which...

It seems like these units were used for longer routes under BR than they are today? By second generation DMU's I was thinking of the 15x, 16x fleet etc. and some of the longest timetabled routes I could find are the following: Colchester - Barrow-in-Furness (Class 156) Barrow-in-Furness -...

Am I the only person that feels this fleet was a large error and should not have been ordered? My opinion is they ride very poorly and are seriously overweight compared to other DMU offerings. Having a very thirsty 750hp per car just to drag the vastly overweight frame seems like a very poor...