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A short video of an HST and an IET at Dawlish:

Apart from all the reasons for keeping them outlined above, if you really don't want to keep them, sell them. eBay is the obvious place to start if you try to sell them individually, but there are people on eBay, and who advertise in the railway press, that will buy them as a job lot. They, of...

Two more clips from last month's Spa Valley steam gala: TTFN, Ron.

The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway's RUSSELL on the Ffestiniog Railway:

Another YouTube video, this time from Jago Hazzard:

Another video that I found on YouTube:

That's all right then!

The message on twitter says that the trials will start on Monday, but they were running last week and this week! So what trials, and which Monday?! Also, it's reported on here that it's going back to Reading for finishing work while the conductor rails are moved along a bit, so it won't be...

Yes; just like an electric train in fact.

Another video on YouTube (not mine):

Some photos, not mine, on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/crashcalloway/53581838653/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/crashcalloway/53573563181/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/crashcalloway/53572226724/in/photostream/...

Aha, thanks. That's why I couldn't find it on RTT.

What is 1Z99?

Not at Farnborough main! All trains around now are shown as cancelled bar one, and that's at 18.41 to Woking with a connection on to Waterloo from there. I don't know where the 18.41 has come from though. Basingstoke, or further afield? Edit: Looking at RRT, it appears to be coming from...

Two more from the Spa Valley: TTFN, Ron.