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We are pleased to announce that 50017 "Royal Oak" will be taking part in a running day on June 23rd. The loco will be used exclusively throughout the day along the full length of the Plym Valley Railway from Marsh Mills to the newly reinstated Plym Bridge Platform. (Subject to availability.)...

Hi all - I'm quite a collector of First Great Western's destination window labels that adorn the window's of their fleet of HSTs. It's getting nearer to the change over to the new batch of labels come December, so I thought that I'd put out a request and see if there's anyone out there who can...

Over the bank holiday weekend of the 26th and 27th of August the Plym Valley Railway will be holding a weekend dedicated to English Electric heritage diesel traction (subject to availability). On Sunday 26th public services will be hauled by Network SouthEast liveried class 50, 50 017 "Royal...

50017 "Royal Oak" will be undertaking its first public runs in preservation on Saturday June 9th at the Plym Valley Railway. An events page on the social networking site "Facebook" has been created, from where all the details for the day can be obtained. It should be possible to view this...

This post falls under the "Railwayana" section of the board - does anyone have any interesting, good condition, SPARE First Great Western labels that they might possibly be willing to either sell, or even exchange? I'm interested if the labels are sealed or unsealed, but I would prefer if they...

Having had an excellent visit to the Mid Hants Railway today, I was speaking to one of the volunteers in the second-hand book shop and he mentioned that tomorrow, August 4th, a class 66 was running down from Alton to Alresford to be loaded on to a lorry. Said lorry would then take the 66 to a...

Hello all - A quick query relating to the above signal. I am of the understanding that signal UM 207 is located somewhere between Teignmouth and Dawlish stations, but unfortunately I have been unable to find out any more exact details. I am just wondering if anyone knows exactly where this...

Just wondered if anyone can shed any light on the destination of a steam loco's tender seen heading west on the A303 today? (On a lorry, not on its own.) It was observed passing Mere at about mid-day today, (June 17th). From a quick glance, it appeared to be a Southern tender in all over...

97301 et. al. turned up at Plymouth station today, and is staying for the rest of the evening before departing on a run down to Penzance at 04:00 tomorrow morning. I thought I'd share some choice pictures of an unusual train in a seldom used platform! Enjoy!

On Sunday May 1st there will be a special train heading down the Exmouth branch - a full HST set to commemorate the lines 150th anniversary. The train is set to leave Exeter St. Davids at 10:39, and run to the timetable of a regular service train, stopping at all intermediate stops all the way...

So, the WSR will be holding it's annual Mixed Traffic Weekend on June 10th, 11th and 12th. The line up looks excellent, with probably the main event being the inclusion of four class 59s courtesy of Mendip Rail. The WSR's official website includes lots of useful information, but unless I'm...

Does anybody know any of the details for the FGW HST diversions up to Waterloo that (I believe) are occurring over the Easter period? It was such good fun Westbury-Waterloo over the Christmas period that I thought I might just treat myself a second time, seeing as it is unlikely that HSTs...