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IIRC they were able to source an appropriate member of staff to operate the ground frame at Edenbridge on those two days only.

In the original the branch train appears to be shunting within the down sidings. And WR diversions did (if rarely) happen, see my post #99.

Peak hour trains already stop at Steeton for Leeds business. As for Ilkley/Otley to beyond Skipton - Steeton isn't particularly convenient to drive to, but if anyone really wanted to avoid the parking problem at Skipton there are plenty of stoppers from Steeton.

But there was a much better reason for using Waterloo - it is adjacent to the river, and using the Thames was (surely) always part of the plan for the cortege. After all, he had been First Lord of the Admiralty.

The discount only applies for the main line bit, and IIRC it's on a regional train so no reservation. You book the ferry online.

Inclined to agree with you! I shall make sure there's plan B.

A long shot, this: having just read an article about the station at Canfranc, I wondered about rerouting a trip to Spain via the Bedous-Canfranc bus and on to Huesca in early June. The line on the Spanish side is shown as closed (for dual-gauging work etc) until the end of the current Renfe...

Mainz rather implies the Rhine Valley (technically you can do HSL-Wiesbaden-Mainz), but it's traditionally the cheaper route (at full fare) so it wouldn't be a problem even in normal times. And you can use other routes in vaguely the right direction within those limits if you can persuade the...

...and is only a couple of hours from Berlin, with the bonus of Czech and Hungarian restaurant cars

Lille "works" as an interchange (served by 1 ES in 3) because (1) it is a major city in its own right (conurbation population 1.5m according to Wikipedia, so >10x the population of Ashford) (2) it is en route from Brussels to most of France, thus allowing some synergy. Even then, only...

Agree - Ns on passenger east of Exeter seem to have been rare.

Yes it would be valid as you say. You should keep within the routing "envelope" shown (in codes) on the ticket itself (not the itinerary). That rules out going via Hannover, but might well allow via Stuttgart instead of Nuremberg, and the Rhine Valley instead of the high-speed line. If you're...

You could rake a look at the n/g steam from Bad Doberan to Kūhlungsborn or the Rügen line - you'd probably need to stay somewhere on the coast to do both. The Hanseatic cities on the Baltic are nice - Lübeck obviously, but also Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund (making allowance for the DDR-era stuff...

Agreed. Definitely left for the last bit of the circle and for looking back after crossing the Hochbrücke. And Neumünster carriage works IIRC. But the Odense railway museum is on the right...

Which might mean that the TL to SW connection at Wimbledon was inaccessible?

You are of course correct. As in most TfL threads on here, the context is the OP receiving a letter threatening prosecution.

Have a look here (post #20) for the current list of L/Hs: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tfw-restaurant-services.260999/

In the painting? It has a Maunsell cab, a Belpaire firebox and I think SR smoke deflectors which would fit with an N or U (it's not a Nelson). In the original? Far too indistinct, but most likely in the 30s an ex LSWR 4-4-0 on a stopper.

That is poor - I was surprised to see it.

As AlterEgo has just said, 400 claims in a 16 month period (typically 300 working days/600 single journeys) is an enormous number. I am not surprised that their software has identified your claims as suspicious. It will also look suspicious if you travelled at seemingly random times (you may...