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I used the line in my late teens in the late '70s & early '80s, regularly legging it through Newcastle to catch the last train to Sunderland (about 11.30pm) after punk gigs in the city. I think two trains per hour & always busy. The stations seemed very decrepit & unwelcoming, vandalism was...

1765789769 We did the Iceland ferry in 2005 when a group of us took three 4 wheel drive trucks for a month in Iceland.The car decks were full and most getting on at Lerwick were 4x4s and camper vans, many from non- Scandinavian Europe, as it was a good way for them to reach Iceland. For the lots...

I secretly transported an 8 foot Boa Constrictor on a Liverpool to Newcastle train in the mid 1980s.

Well thankfully you are not in charge.

Wallsend on the TW Metro. The only station with signs in Latin.

Harton/Westoe colliery system on South Thneside.

Thus proving that cash is the way to go.

I remember seeing them as a kid in the 70s but no real details. More recently I saw two of the locos in the storage area at Tanfield Railway and I believe there is another in North Tyneside which runs using batteries in a coal wagon. Plenty of clips of the Westoe system on You Tube too.

Going back to Liverpool there was a signal box in the deep cutting at the start of the Wapping Tunnel (river end ). Also another in the Dingle Tunnel on the Overhead Railway.

Darlington town centre has improved massively over the past couple of years as the council are aware how important 2025 is and wish to make a good impression to the multitude of visitors who will descend on the town. While investing in the town itself may not be of interest to rail enthusiasts...

Rather than 'factually incorrect' it is a complete and total lie.

Totally agree. And why should those who dont need or want to use it have to pay for it too.

The short branch to Gateacre was included in the Merseyrail plans and leaflets were produced to inform residents of a proposed electrification. I have seen an old 'opening soon' Merseyrail map that did include the Gateacre branch. I guess the residents are still waiting.

What has a cannabis grinder got to do with drug addicts?

Seems like a good idea to me, not that I'll be paying to do it. If you dont like it, dont pay it and stop moaning, go and spend your £7 on something else.

Some appaling selfish attitudes being shown on here. Hope you all get to work on time.

It is certainly possible. At the North Tyneside Railway, a preserved ex-Harton Colliery electric loco has been run using a connected coal wagon filled with batteries.

In theory a 1976 forward control Land Rover I bought 20 years ago and is still gong strong. For every hour I have driven it I have probably spent at least three hours fixing/working on it. But love every minute!

Hitched loads in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Got a lift in a Rolls Royce twice. Got a lift in a donkey cart once. Got a lift off the then Miss United Kingdom. Got a lift of a weird guy heading to Aberdeen to work on the rigs, bought me a meal and then suggested I should spend the night with him in a...

Utterly disgraceful. The railways should be owned and run for the benefit of the British people not American shareholders.