Recent content by umontu

I work as a Live Sound Engineer and I can play, Guitar (I played up to Grade 8), Bass, Piano and Keys, Ukulele and Drums. I can play a few other instruments as well, but I'm massively out of practise, I mostly end up playing drums for sound checks.

How about this one? https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=920344884717147&id=164169317001378 The society has already purchased the unit and needs to fund its restoration. With the unit ready the society will be in a position to operate a service once the line is transferred...

About 20 years after Central closed but yeh it's single. There's been talk of that turning it in to an extension of the Blackpool Tramway for years too. Whilst unlikely, for the moment, the fact there's no consistant plans for the future seem to put off anything happening on that branch...

There's still station signs from RR days all along the fylde coast. Kirkham's road sign still has Network North West signage, it was taken down earlier in this year and put back up after some bridge work.

It came up earlier but Kirkham & Wesham Station, Kirkham Depot and Kirkham Signal Box are entirely in Wesham and only a tiny section of the South Fylde Line is actually in Kirkham; around where the line passes under the A583. There's a brook called Wrongway Brook which forms the boundary...

Very rarely do people go to Lytham for a stag party or a hen night like they do in Blackpool. The Lytham train is usually very civilised from my experience. I've seen a lot of agro on the Blackpool North trains, especially in the summer months. But then again I live round near by. Don't think...

Some of them can be pretty nasty. Oddly the South Fylde trains seem to attract the worse ones. I wonder if it's because of the Pleasure Beach station?

Completely true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDOo3NMwMY4 Metrolink has loads of connections to the mainline. Alty/Navigation Road, Bury (Via East Lancs), Newton Heath, Victoria and Rochdale (Though it wasn't connected the last time I was there.) I'm actually really surprised they...

The Poulton & Wyre Railway Society's Sleeper appeal to get to Fleetwood!! http://pwrs.org/projects/on-the-line/announcing-our-sponsor-a-sleeper-to-fleetwood-appeal/ There's been some big leaps forward there recently and it looks more likely that they'll be running soon.

I've been looking into fouling point indicators. http://www.railsigns.uk/sect11page2/sect11page2.html The link above shows two types of indicators but says both are Scottish only; specifically they're used with RETB. I've seen on heritage lines white posts with signs saying F/P like the...

It was used last for passengers during the Lytham Open Golf tournament in 2012 as far as I know. They ran a shuttle to and from Ansdell and Fairhaven. I seem to remember they erected some fences to keep people away from the sidings at either end.

Yes. No. Yes.

Surely the frontier in the channel tunnel is the furthest place south of the thames in the UK with OHLE? :D

This came up a short time a go and has a few times before that. Southport is the most northern place with third rail on the national network. And the Glasgow subway is the furthest non standard gauge 3rd rail.

:roll: My bad :) . Blackpool itself is unpleasant enough.