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Hi, I have a question, I am a signaller in a traditional main line mechanical box (Marches Line). The old way of mechanical signalling seems to work just fine in essance with not much in the way of electronics (in most cases) to go wrong. So why then do we have to upgrade to ROC's controlling...

Hi all, is there any news on the potential start of the new Liverpool-Cardiff via Chester service starting anytime soon?

Hi all Not sure if this is in the correct thread, what is the reason that DRS are running a light engine from Crewe Gresty Road and Pengam every day via the Marches line, is it for potential new flows or just to keep the drivers route knowledge when the Tesco train is diverted via the Marches...

Hi all, I am thinking of having a day at Daventry and would like to know which junction (Daventry North or Daventry South) would be the busiest and best to get wagon numbers ie: which is the slowest entry into the yard of the main line? Thank in advance

Hi all, hope all had a merry and happy christmas I am currently sat in Hereford Station awaiting the Robestone-Theale Tanks and was wondering, when was the last time a sceduled tank train (carrying Oil based cargo, gas/LPG or even chemicals/petrochemicals as it only cargo) came through...

Hi can anyone help, I'm of to Poland tomorow and have a couple of hours to hang around in Chrznow (between Krakow and Katowice and was wondering if there are any inter et sites that woyld be able to tell me if there are any freight trains that go through Chrznow thanks in advance to any help

Hi, does anyone know why the majority of the holyhead to cardiff trians are terminating at hereford and starting back to holyhead from there?

saw today 68003 and 68018 go through hereford on the Bridgewater-Crewe Basford Hall Nuclear Flasks, nice to see somthing different to the usual steel/coal/stone/timber traffic, I do have one question, has the Nuclear Flasks ever come through hereford before? Would be intrested to know and...

saw 66551 hauling the Margam-Dee Marsh loaded steel train, any ideas why??

travelling from cardiff to bridgend on the 1750 off cardiff (London-Swansea) after 'train manager please contact driver anouncment' between cardiff and bridgend train going stopping and then proceeding with caution over each crossing due to "comunication problem between crossing and signalman"...

Travelling on the 15:49 Birmingham New Street-hereford itself leaving 20 mins due to late inbound service is now running very slow at the top of the Lickey Incline I'm assuming due to signalling issues as there are a couple of relay boxes with the doors open and the driver sounding the horn...

Trains brought to a standstill at 10:00 due to apparent trespass in the Queens town road area, started running at 10:05 but stopped again at 10:10

Popped into hereford and whilst looking on RTT, noticed that 4 trains were canceled, 2 to Manchester, 1 to holyhead and one to cardiff, and a special from Chepstow to Fort William has been sat in platform 3 since around half seven, not entirely sure but think that a freight train (I'm guessing...

Hi all, was wondering if anyone can help, what has happened to the Baglan Bay/Exeter Riverside log workings that used to go through hereford (usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays)? I haven't seen them on RTT at for quite a while, have they finished or routed via the Lickey? Also on saterday so the...