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Wondering if anyone can help me avoid cart haulage from Paris to Nevers. Traveling there in a few weeks. Couple of questions
A) Are the intercites services still partially or entirely loco hauled on the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand route?
B) Is there a way of finding out which services are still...
If you're traveling down to the south west, keep your eyes peeled for a beached whale right by the railway between Dalwish Warren and Dalwish. I thought I'd gone mad at first!
The other day I was travelling on a SWT 455. I guess it's one of the last ones to get the 2nd refurbishment (not re-tractioning).
The automated P.A. system wasn't working and the doors still had the original sounders. I realised how nice this was. The lights weren't stupidly bright and it...
What is the closest a Pacer gets to London on a regualar diagram? My best guess is Lincoln?
There are actually a few lines down this way where they'd be more suited to other lines up north. Thinking Greenford Branch, Sudbury Branch, Marlow Branch etc.
The other day I was travelling from Twickenham to Bristol TM. After we'd just left Reading I was sitting facing backwards on the side facing the up line. We'd been going probably 5 or 10 minutes and I saw a very strange signal. It was like two signals strapped together, the 2nd one seemed to be...
I live by the railway in surbiton, left the window open and got woken up by the noise of a class 37 (would be a nice alarm if I didn't have the day off!) about 5:30 - 6:00 AM. Any ideas why, what loco, where it was going etc it was there? I'm pretty sure it was a light loco.
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