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Hi everyone. I hate to sound like an advert, but you really should head to Railrover.co.uk and have a look at hellfire. If you've ever enjoyed a spot of haulage bashing, and/or know anything about BR in the summer of 1981, then this really is what you've been looking for. At the moment...

On the 12th June 1983, I was a 3 year old boy with a love of noisy things. The company that my dad worked for chartered a train from Northampton to Clacton-on-Sea. Now, being 3 at the time, my memories are not spectacular from it. I remember the train being made up of Mk1's (probably one of...

Just saw a Greater Anglian 156 plodding Northwards through Northampton Station this lunchtime (2.6.14). Anyone got any ideas as to where it was heading?

Some of you may be aware of the haulage bashing game, hellfire. This allows you to ride the network (of 1981) searching for exotic haulage. I won't give you the link, search for Railrover, and you won't be too far wrong! Anyway, I got speaking to the creator of this game, and he'd very much...

Have any AC Locos ever worked any scheduled services on the MML in the 30 odd years since the wires went up? I know Locos have appeared on the line, but I don't recall ever seeing one in action.

I've seen various pictures of BR diesels with various white embellishments. The white stripe on a 31, or a white cab surround on a 35 to name a couple. What others were there? Were these officially authorised? And why did they stop before the end of br blue?

I was thinking about this line. Milton Keynes council are considering a station at Water Eaton, to go along with a new housing development. At the other end of the line, Oxford City council are planning to build a station at Water Eaton park and ride. Is there anywhere else where a line runs...

I was having a good chat on a local history groups Facebook page about this line. I know the last passenger train ran in August 1981, and this was accompanied by some great photos, but does anyone know anything about whether a vague conversation about MML diversions in the early 1980s, that I...

Whilst driving along the A4146* earlier, I saw two pendolino's, both on the down fast, both at a standstill at signals. The thing that confused me was the fact that there was an empty block of track between them. Anyone know what was going on? *The A4146 is the road that runs parallel with...

For reasons I have yet to ascertain, lord Adonis is after a copy of this over on twitter. Has anyone got access to a copy of said doccument? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Someone has now found one from '62, but I'm sure a later one would be welcomed!

I was reading up on the line between Nothampton and Blisworth. Apparently, when the WCML was being electrified, some masts were erected on the route, before the plan was shelved. Why would this fairly insignificant line have been planned to be under wires? By the time that electrification was...

As a non-driver, I've always wondered how Railtours are driven. Obviously, someone who knows the route needs to be in the cab, but how do drivers get or retain knowlege for heritage traction? I'm sure that while driving a class 45 isn't a totally different experience from, say, a 57, it would...

Hi, I'm looking to get into driving, but all the jobs I seem to find advertised are either for experienced drivers or are located a million miles from home. All ( a big all, I know) I want is a trainee position that is within 30-40 miles of Northampton. It's the role I was born to...

Are there any Network Rail stations that cannot be reached from London without changing more than once? For obvious reasons, the isle of wight is excluded. As an aside, is the Network designed to work in this way?

I'm off to St Neots today. Is there anywhere nearby the railway that would be suitable for a picnic?

As someone who grew up being carted into London on first gen AC EMU's, would it be feasable/possible to rebuild mk1/2 coaches to sit in for the missing trailers on some of the EMU's at Coventry? What I'd really like is a 304, but since all trace of their existence (including their trampoline...

Just wondering, are they all gone now? I remember the one at euston, which was a masterpiece of 60's technology! Bit of a shame if they're all gone, as I'm sure they're not really suitable for preservation.

Please bear with my hypothetical side on this one; If the westerns (class 52) had not been considered too non-standard to continue, how easy would it have been to convert them for electric train heating? Would it have been a job like the 31/4's, where 200hp was robbed from the engine...

Just drove past the Northampton loop of the WCML. It seems the main line is on the loop today, as I saw a pendolino slinking into hunsbury tunnel. It got me wondering, do they tilt anywhere on the Northampton loop? I know at one time, there was at least one pendo per day which was diagrammed to...

A few years ago, I saw a couple of layouts on t'internet. One was a 1960's great western branch terminus, and one was a London TMD, with two tone green loco's. On that one, there were some fictitious loco's, made as cut and shuts. Has anyone got any idea which layouts these might be, and...