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Will be in London today in the hope of getting last-of-classes for haulage, so any news on the workings of 321304 and 700122 would be much appreciated. Thanks.

I am in Scotland today hoping to catch up with 43132 and 385045 so any information on allocations/diagrams for these two would be most appreciated. Thanks.

Many thanks - at least I know not to hang around on the off-chance.

Will be down in London this afternoon hoping for my last Thameslink unit for haulage - 700122. When known, any information on its scheduled workings today would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A reminder that diversions are using this chord tomorrow and next Sunday. Next opportunity after that is 13th January. http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT_S33.htm Ian

Could it have been a huge vacuum cleaner? :lol: http://www.rail.co/2012/02/15/railcare-bridgeway-consulting-sign-maintenance-agreement/

See http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT_S33.htm and from that look up intermediate timings on NRE, OpenTrainTimes, or rail.staging.swlines

... such as the regularly-planned (around once a month) diversion of the T-F 0338 Chester to Manchester Airport - it's happening this week for instance. Though it does seem to take the strange route of going via Manchester Piccadilly! Ie Wilmslow - Styal - Heald Greeen - Piccadilly - Heald...

More opportunities to traverse this connecting line are coming up on 18th and 25th November - in daylight! See http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT_S33.htm Ian

The 1927 Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Central ran that way on 16/17/18 July, and is scheduled to do so again on 1/2/3 October: http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT_S32.htm Ian

60009 'Union of South Africa' http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t12/t0803a.htm Ian

There is a photo, not of the bridge/tunnel entrance unfortunately, but taken from the top of it looking back towards Basford Hall in "Rail Centres: Crewe" by Rex Christiansen (pub. Ian Allan / Booklaw). Ian

Yes - just one of the units shuttles back and forth ad infinitum. A while back, the unit was replaced with the second one around lunchtime/early afternoon, but I don't know whether this changeover still happens.

Take a look at this to see what stations are covered by a (Zone1-6) travelcard: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/maps/London_Rail_Tube_map.pdf

http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT.htm also covers parliamentary trains, as well as engineering diversions and scheduled WTTs over other rare routes

Unfortunately, you just missed a couple of opportunities this Saturday when the 1245 Axminster to Pen Mill and the 1330 Pen Mill to Yeovil Junction were booked to use this chord. The next (and currently the only scheduled) opportunity is the 2257 Exeter St Davids to Salisbury from 6th to 8th...

For anyone unable to make it this Sunday, there are/will be other opportunities - eg M-Th 2032 Fenchurch St - Shoeburyness from 9th to 19th July. This particluar diversion seems to run every six weeks or so. http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT_E02.htm will be updated regularly to show future...

These are advertised Southeastern services. Ian

For those interested in unusual or hard to get track, this should be of interest: http://www.auod93.dsl.pipex.com/UT.htm Note that it is a work in progress, and that it only covers scheduled passenger services (ie no railtours). Ian

UK Railtours will be doing this line in October: http://www.ukrailtours.com/tourshow.asp?tourtype=excursion_trains&tourfile=121031_THE_IVANHOE_CRUSADER_125_SPECIAL.txt Ian