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Gresley's Hush-Hush 10000 would be my entrant. My Dad saw it as a teenager; and said once he picked himself up off the embankment, he really did think the distant future had arrived.

Although, to be pedantic, the DMUs and EMUs were listed in many of the 1970s Locoshed books, together with their allocations. I think these units were added because the the locos only volume had become very slim by the 1969 edition, and was not really worth the money they were charging for it...

Wow. This is far more information than I ever envisaged. Thanks very much everyone. I will save the later info for future pages (as the site has one page for each year and I'm only up to 1976 at the moment), although I have pasted my mysterious database search data on later pages. Thanks once...

Thanks very much. That is excellent and just what I was looking for. I will change the OC to OO as there must have been a distinction between the two areas of the depot. Similarly (although not quite the same) PM rather than BR for the Bristol based sets. I was just like you at first, noting...

As part of the continual update of my spotting log site, I have reached 1976 in my tidying up and adding depot allocations to locos seen at the various locations. However, I have no details of the class 43 early allocations when introduced. I have Locoshed books for 1976 and 1977, but there...

The problem with briquettes is that while they generate lots of heat, they tend to disintigrate quickly and turn the fire into a glowing mass without structure. Although coal is unloved, it will burn steadily on its own given a free supply of air from below, and tends to stay in lumps for much...

I doubt many mainline steam locos will run in the future, once the climate change activists realise how much coal the loco would burn on a single trip. I am informed that burning coal on my open fire will be illegal from May 2023. I don't know how long heritage steam locos might be exempt.

I have a website with locos seen at all manner of locations, plus some photo pages. It is nowhere near as refined as 'Shedbash' or BRdatabase', but it does show what was seen on visits through the years. You can find the index page at...

My vote will go to Stephen Fry. I'm sure he could calm the nerves of harassed travellers.

This happens on many groups these days. Moderators mis-interpret their role as being censors.

When I was commuting betweem Cardiff and Bristol Parkway, this happened regularly if the service included a reversal at Parkway and was running late. Passengers were told to get off at Patchway and walk, and the train continued towards Abbey Wood (the Filton version) making up some time.

At times in the 1960s, there was a SO summer service from the West Midlands to Skegness. Living in a house which had a garden overlooking the line between Sleaford and Boston, this was always an exciting train as it consisted of Met-Camm DMUs of various formations - but always ones where I had...

Thanks very much folks. That makes a lot of sense, as other images on the film are at Bentham.

Does anyone recognise this disused station? The photo was in a strip of negatives, most of which are in the S&C area. That is Settle & Carlisle.

Excellent.

For those with a spare BR blue class 20 and a Mk2 air-con coach, you will need to model York in the mid-80s. 20189 passes the station in 1985 with what looks like E5810 in tow.

Yes they did, on freight trains mainly. I have trawled through some of my mid-70s notes and saw E3003+81022 at Pitstone 8 April 1974 81016+86205 at Watford 11 November 1975 83011+85014 at Watford 3 May 1976 81004+86024 near Crewe 15 November 1976 85034+81016 at Bletchley 9 March 1977...

Somewhat O/T from the OP, but I have just discovered to my delight that Ben Ashworth is still alive and well. I worked with him in Cardiff at times during the 1980s, and have often wondered if he was still with us. For those unfamiliar with his work, here is a link -...

Poor chap. He didn't get much of a retirement, as he only left the BBC local news team when he was 70. :'(

It is interesting you mention that, because I was very unhappy at home when I first heard that track in the late 1960s; and the lyrics seemed so relevant to my situation at that time. I ended up feeling very guilty as I didn't have the guts to do what the girl in the song did. I remember an...