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Sir William McAlpine has passed away aged 82 after a short illness. http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/fawley/122843/saviour-of-flying-scotsman-dies.html RIP Ben (mods please feel to move elsewhere if posted in wrong section of the forum)

For the price of £875 you can take the controls of a GBRF class 66 or class 73 locomotive at the Severn Valley Railway. All proceeds to be donated to charity. I've posted the link to the article below for anyone interested at all. http://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=830 Cheers Ben

Tornados visit to the NYMR (North York Moors Railway) has been disrupted due to the weather. All scheduled services for Saturday & Sunday (3rd & 4th March) have been postponed due to the weather conditions in the area. https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/service-updates-news (that's my weekend...

Hello all UK Railtours have announced a new tour today for Sat 01st September from Kings Cross to the Wensledayle Railway in North Yorkshire. This heritage line has been on my to visit list for a while so I shall be looking to get booked on this one. Details in the link below for anyone else...

Bluebell Railway have organised a Diesei Gala weekend in association with GBRF. Link with the details can be seen below for anyone whose interested. http://www.bluebell-railway.com/event/diesel-weekend/ Thanks Ben

Covering stations within East & West Sussex for anyone interested. Link below. https://www.southernrailwaycareers.com/templates/Southern_Railway/jobdetail.aspx?raparam=7A434E2F4B435430686E4B74552B7036777A6972594964434451684A6953454D Ben

Morning all The Railway Touring Company have advertised a new trip from London Victoria down to Seaford via the Newhaven Branch. Locos advertised for use are Oliver Cromwell working TNT with a class 33 diesel loco. Tour is priced at £90. Full details can be seen in the link below. A rare...

Evening all I've been trying to book tickets for the Christmas on the Met event on Sunday 08th December, but the tickets page on the London Transport Museum seems to have been down for most of the day. Am I alone or has anybody else had this trouble too? Ben

Mod Note: Title amended Reports this morning on the BBC news that a woman & child have been killed after being hit by a train at Purley on the London - Brighton line. A terrible & tragic incident & my thoughts go out to those involved. Ben

Morning all Whilst reading the latest edition of Steam Railway this morning, I noticed an article about a 'curry train' that is being operated by Vintage Trains but also acting as a loaded test run for the steam locomotive concerned (5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe). My question is, are 'curry...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265475/New-owner-like-trains-Four-bedroom-home-goes-market--complete-railway-VIADUCT.html

Morning all I see the first charter train which is booked to travel over the Bluebell Railway from London Victoria - East Grinstead on to Sheffield Park, has sold out already, after it was announced tickets would go on sale at 09.00am this morning! I'm gutted I didn't check my e-mails sooner...

https://rpayproxy.go-ahead.com/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=IRC_VIS_HOME_CONTRACTOR_JOBS&_ti=1103076033&oapc=2&oas=2hVmlIfulVFuCQf4PDva9Q.. Good luck to any on here that may apply. Ben

Evening all A bit of a random post by me so I apologise now. Whilst channel hopping last night I came across a programme on TV called 'Railway Lives'. A role that came up was that of a crossing keeper. The job looks totally stress free and not especially difficult (although of course it is...

Morning all I see the K&ESR are holding a gala between 05th & 07th May, I have only visited the line once before on a 'standard' operating day & so have no idea what the gala's are like at this paticular line. Anyone on here been before & if so what are your thoughts...

Steam dreams are advertising a trip from Lewes (East Sussex) to Oxford on 05th July 2012. Loco booked to perform the honours is 60163 'Tornado'. Am I right in thinking this is the first time Tornado will have visited Sussex? Ben