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"I remember when Blackpool had three grand stations" 25 evocative pictures of train stations in days gone by.
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Blackpool South was never a grand station. It was thrust into undeserved prominence in the 1960s thanks to the truncation of the...
12 Apr 2024
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Euston overcrowding at TfL/LU entrance caused by new Network Rail departure boards
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And the reason nearly all photos of the platforms were of the admittedly rather elegant Arrival side was because the high numbered...
8 Apr 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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Great video! Those of us who have found the glacial speed of progress on the short sections being electrified desperately frustrating...
6 Apr 2024
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Woodhead Electrification extensions to March and Woodford Halse
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Not really; they ordered EMUs for both Manchester-Hadfield and Liverpool St-Sheffield electrification. They also had no money to...
6 Apr 2024
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Lovely! Shows how short the sections at either end are, which doesn’t fill one with confidence regarding the big bit in the middle...
5 Apr 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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@snowball yes the Deighton compound appears to be in the middle of the vast earthworks! The video shows something it’s hard to tell...
2 Apr 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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Fair enough! I suppose it’s quite refreshing to see passenger convenience prioritised for once :D 1712033962 Ah I understand; the line...
2 Apr 2024
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No you’re quite right. Which makes the scale of the earthworks even more remarkable. If only they’d reopened the original Bradley...
1 Apr 2024
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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates
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The greater part of the earthworks are on the other side from the Kirkburton branch; i.e. on the left if going from Hudds towards Leeds...
1 Apr 2024
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Woodhead Electrification extensions to March and Woodford Halse
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I’m not sure how much of the Woodhead freight actually ended up on the London extension. Most of the huge amount of coal traffic passing...
1 Apr 2024
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The Deighton earthworks are indeed massive and I was wondering why, since the line was four-track until the mid-60s. From looking at an...
1 Apr 2024
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Cobbs historical rail atlas
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Thanks! The spine of the fatter volume of my 2nd edition suffered a mishap at my hand but I’ve made what has so far proved to be an...
25 Mar 2024
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Cobbs historical rail atlas
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Anyone know what the differences are between the second and third editions, other than the covers changing from green to red?
25 Mar 2024
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First Generation DMU Fires!
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Oh I didn’t realise that. There were always plenty of DMUs in the north-facing shed at Longsight, and South Manchester’s were...
20 Mar 2024
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First Generation DMU Fires!
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I never experienced a fire, but the Cravens units, which I particularly associate with the Sheffield area, always used to stink of...
19 Mar 2024
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