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  1. J

    What train did I see? (Class 66 + tanker wagons)

    Thanks very much for the explanation.
  2. J

    What train did I see? (Class 66 + tanker wagons)

    A couple of times in the past two weeks a short train has passed the end on my garden,late afternoon/earlyevening, proceeding North on the MML. Said train consists of two Class 66,one at each end, and about six small blue tanker wagons all absolutely filthy. I haven't got a very good view at...
  3. J

    Best place for a pint within view of a railway station/line?

    The White Swan Upstairs, next door to the MML by Congers Bridge,number 52, between Sileby and Barrow upon Soar. HSTs,66s,20s,73s and Underground stock being towed by ROG 37s to and from the Dalby Test Track I presume.
  4. J

    Festive and Homely Waiting Rooms

    The waiting room at Peterborough in the late fifties when we had travelled from Market Harborough with our cheese and pickle sandwiches and our Ian Allen books to ogle at Streaks and other exotica only to turfed out into the cold by Station Staff!!! Despite the fact that we were in possession...
  5. J

    What was that special?

    Thank you very much for that. It wasn't doing to bad for time then,only a couple of minutes adrift. JP.
  6. J

    What was that special?

    Today,Sunday 3rd Dec,ar 2.25pm I saw what I presume was a "special" proceeding on the Up Fast line on the MML at Overbridge 52(Congers Bridge) halfway between Sileby Station and Redlands railhead. It consisted of two class 68s either end of a rake of mark2/3 carriages,I'm not sure which...
  7. J

    How close do you live to a railway line?

    Midland Main Line at the bottom of the garden.
  8. J

    Bridge Collapse at Barrow on Soar 2nd Aug 2016

    My house backs on to the Mainline just north of Sileby and my driveway goes under Bridge no. UB52. I'm currently working on my stable block that's about four metres from the bottom of the embankment. It's very,very spooky with no 43s and no 222s thrashing through,all I've seen all day is a...

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