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Back in the 1950's when my father was coming home from leave he would ask the guard if a stop could be arranged near Clayton Bridge railway station to avoid travelling into Manchester. More often than not, a packet of "Blue Liners" was all it took.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/d1TxtN6Bf671TZYB8?g_st=ac Link to Google maps of the crossing. James

Thankyou very much.

Any details for this one please? TRUST ID 090M501J22 James

Closed relatively recently, sadly before I had the chance to travel on it. James

We paid £15 per person per leg on the advance tickets.£100 for the unexpected early return. James

Thank you Yorkie. Yes, they were singles, and importantly she is feeling better today. Just a bit of an expensive kick to the wallet! James

My partner bought tickets from Preston to Glasgow as a late treat for us both - a day's shopping on Valentine's day (Saturday 14th). She bought advance tickets on Thursday. Timings were Outbound - 06:44 Return - 18:40 Sadly she became unwell during the day and we had to return early - I...

Thank you Lucy1501 for such a detailed reply. James

As far as I'm aware the signal box at Bamber Bridge controls several level crossings whilst signalling is from Preston. If there is a single overnight service is the box manned for a full shift or is it just covered in the time when the service is passing? James

I'm pretty lucky, I get to see (and drive) this 1973 P5B Coupe all the time! James

There are obviously some drawbacks with running single class 20's - hence they were often coupled nose to nose meaning that 2 locos were required rather than one. Class 25s (and their Scottish brethren) were able to operate singly with no operational downsides. Why were 20's seen as a better...

On a rather bleary walk today I crossed under the WCML at Charnock Richard - slightly south of Euxton Balshaw Lane. The line is quad tracked with quite a gap between the Fast and the Slow lines. It is elevated on an embankment to cross the River Yarrow. Google Map View. I noted that on the...

Without wishing to derail the thread, what's the reason for the RTT entry? The NORAD santa tracker is pretty visual and one I showed my own children 20 plus years ago. I can't see the same attraction for a static Web page full of numbers. James

Wasn't there an unadvertised all stations service that ran as a paper exercise for Santa? I certainly remember seeing it uploaded once or twice to RTT. James

Altrincham to Warrington via Partington, a new (or expensively refurbished) span over the canal, joining the CLC or running parallel from Glazebrook would be an expensive and slow white elephant. I think Metrolink is not really viable. Other options are from either Stretford through Urmston or...

I lived near Flixton station in the early 1970's when electrification was being mooted. I seem to recall it was too expensive then due to the number of bridges with very limited clearance - certainly the bridge carrying Flixton Road over the railway was classed as a major impediment at the time...

The latest lottery win has been over £56,000,000 - a rather tidy sum. If you won it, what railway linked stuff would you do? The only proviso is you can't reopen lines and can only use the pool of stock at the present time. For me, I'd love to have a loco brought up to main line standard and a...

I seem to be very greedy today! UID H38300, identity 6K73 TSC 52190590 SSuX - 19/05/2025 to 12/12/2025 Coal (Other) and Nuclear Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS) Pathed as Diesel locomotive, trailing load 715 tonnes Planned for 60mph max Runs as required TRUST ID 106K73CU12 Activated...

Any ID for this one please? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H30948/2025-08-12/detailed UID H30948, identity 1Q26 TSC 52495117 TO - 20/05/2025 to 09/12/2025 Test Great Britain (Network Rail, TPS) Pathed as High Speed Train Planned for 125mph max Runs as required TRUST ID...