Recent content by fyldetrainfan

Thanks for the quick replies. It was my first 319 journey and had never noticed anything like that on other train journeys in wet weather. it really was quite bad!

Yesterday on a journey from Manchester to Liverpool during heavy rain, the train seemed to be slipping quite a lot on accelerating away from stations, it seemed to struggle to get up to speed. It certainly sounded and felt like there was wheelspin on acceleration. it also happened on the return...

They can't even get it right when they do report it - the traffic lady on the radio has just reported the disruption as being at London Liverpool Street! Now unless there also happens to have been a wall collapse there, this is inexcusably inaccurate reporting. Very sloppy. I imagine now there...

Upper Warlingham

In Lytham we see: Blackpool transport East Lancs bodied Tridents and DB250s Plaxton Centro and Wright bodied Volvo B7RLEs Also a Citaro has turned up at least once but they very rarely work the routes to Lytham. Stagecoach Mostly Enviro 400s with occasional Trident or Enviro 200...

One of my local operators has some East Lancs bodied DAF DB250s that also do this, also while stopped at traffic lights, but not when moving.

Virgin, CrossCountry, Northern, East Midlands Trains ( Liverpool - Norwich), Transpennine Express (Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes) and Arriva Trains Wales (Manchester - South Wales) all call at Stockport. You're right there are very few that are served by that many. i can only think of two.

Correct! Stockport it is. That went quickly!

Doncaster

No not Sandbach. Clue 2: This station is served by 6 TOCs

Ok here's my Clue 1: This station is north of Crewe

Beasdale

I admit I wasn't sure about the 156 part but it seemed to fit the other clues I would like to have another guess if I may?

Oldest trains I remember travelling in would be the class 101s that still lingered around the Manchester area, in the mid to late 90s. They were about 40 years old by then.

Lostock Hall SRN