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  1. Justin Smith

    Introducing RailUK Tickets - support the forum when booking your rail tickets!

    Sorry if this question has been asked before, but if we book through this engine can one select seats ? It's just we'd be travelling as a family
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    Cobbs historical rail atlas

    My pages, the most used ones (and my Cobbs does get used, a lot), started pulling out. My bookbinder reinforced the gutters of all the pages that are stitched with that matt page repair tape, then restitched them all with extra strong thread. * you can't see it and you can still write on it, in...
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    Cobbs historical rail atlas

    I think the 3rd edition "had stronger bindings", which I can confirm from my own experience would be worth having... I had the bindings on my own 1st edition copy strengthened, for the larger (and more used) volume 1 at any rate. Basically they were re-sewn with strong thread by the bookbinder...
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    Cobbs historical rail atlas

    This is a rarity, a Cobbs third edition for sale (on E Bay, bids from £225). I'd buy it had I not already got one ! The advert has large pics of the historical lines around Liverpool and SE of Sheffield.
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    Tender pickups on Grafar / Graham Farish "steam" locos

    I occasionally add to my collection of N gauge locos and have discovered that older locomotives tend to derail less on my 1970s (originally built) layout, thus I really need to be buying Grafar or older Graham Farish stuff. The problem is I want good current pick up and for that one needs tender...
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    Wortley Curve West Yorkshire

    What about an open access operator, e.g. GC Trains ? It'd be much faster than via Halifax but at the same time LNER could not accuse it of abstracting fare income (from Leeds). 1710524750 Incidentally is 1975 a significant date in Wortley Curve's history ? I do not understand why (could have...
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    Are the Lackenby sidings still open ?

    Thanks for the info Adrian.
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    Are the Lackenby sidings still open ?

    Are the Lackenby sidings still open ? And if so what are they used for if the steel works shut down in 2015 ?
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    Am I the only passenger who prefers / preferred Pacers to Sprinters ?

    But some of us preferred them to C150s ! At least you got a good view out of them ! !
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    BR green liveried locos in the HST era

    I have added a picture of the original RWM article with all 136 numbers. I wonder whether Mr S J Rinham of Essex is still with us ? ! ? It was 59 years ago so I suspect possibly not.....
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    BR green liveried locos in the HST era

    So should it be 40 106 and 40 136 ?
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    BR green liveried locos in the HST era

    Thanks for that, I have edited the opener : Edit : Note from Magdalia (down thread), "there is a transcription error in the 47s, the list from Railway Magazine should read 47195/256/356/358/365/366/367/369". To be fair the actual list in RWM was 47 195/256/356/8/65/6/7/9. A curious method of...
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    BR green liveried locos in the HST era

    Apologies if this has been discussed before. I was re-reading my Railway Magazines and saw a short article on p257 of the May 1977 issue on BR green locos. It listed locos still in BR green as at the end of Dec 1976 : Class 03 - 1 Class 08 - 91 Class 09 - 1 Class 13 - 1 Class 20 - 32 Class 40 -...
  14. Justin Smith

    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    How many people got killed by other people opening doors ? 1704366341 What about if the power fails on a train stuck somewhere with no opening windows on a baking hot day ? As has happened before on multiple occasions. I for one would not be blaming the passengers for opening the doors, no way...

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