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    Why Don't LNER Run A Scarborough To London Kings Cross Service?

    From my knowledge every other place in England which has a railway line that branches off LNER's main routes to Leeds and Scotland has 1 service first things in the morning to London Kings Cross. Lincoln has one, Bradford Foster Square has one, Skipton has one, Harrogate has one, besides...
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    (Trivia) What Ever Happened To The First 6 Rillington Junction Mileposts?

    On The North York Moors Railways they have these mileposts that say Rillington Junction. After Pickering it starts from 7 miles meaning the first 6 must have been along the Malton to Pickering line which no longer exists. Wondering what ever happened to the first 6 mileposts. If the're still...
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    Trying To Find Out Information About Some Very Early Trevithick-1 Locos

    Not the original game. In Railroad Tycoon 2 you start off in about 1805 with a really slow loco known as a Trevithick-1 before Stephenson's Rocket comes along in 1829. This must have been one of the first locos ever. Apparently they did exist in real life from 1804. If it's the one I'm...
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    How Many Of These Vintage British Locos From Railroad Tycoon Still Exist

    I've been playing the 1990 Amiga game Railroad Tycoon and I'm wondering how many of the 10 vintage locos from England scenario (1828 - 1928) are still left in real life. 1. 2-2-0 Planet (Built in October 1830) 2. 2-2-2 Patentee (1835 to 1845) 3. 4-2-0 Iron Duke Class (1847) 4. 0-6-0 DX Goods...
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    Need Help With Getting The Newcastle Metro Green Line Into City Centre

    I planned a trip with my Dad to ride the Newcastle Metro from the best stop off the A19 into Newcastle city centre. There's a choice of 2 different tram stops. As I'm Autistic I've had to have a look at both locations on the Google Street View app so I know what to expect. South Hylton looks...
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    Need Advice On Which Manchester Metrolink Park And Ride To Use Coming From Yorkshire

    Soon I'll be using the Manchester Metrolink tram park and ride to get into Manchester city centre. This is as my Dad doesn't want to drive into Manchester. I need Advice on which is the best one to use coming in from the Yorkshire end near the M62.
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    Looking for pre-1970 timetables of now disused railway lines in North Yorkshire

    I'm looking for some train times for the historical railways in North Yorkshire that ceased operating during the beaching period before 1970. So far I found a restaurant on the outskirts of Scarborough has a rail departure timetable for Scarborough on their wall from around summer 1961. It...
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    Trivia: Music Videos That Are Set In The Railway Industry

    I'm a big fan of dance music and it's just come to mind that there's a music video filmed in what I think is London Kings Cross station. It's called Take Me Away by the dance group Culture Beat if you try searching for it through YouTube. It shows footage speeded up of the 125s in their...
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    Advice On Getting The Tram Train To Rotherham

    I've never ridden on this new tram route that goes to Rotherham from Sheffield yet. I would like to know if catching it from the tram stop at Valley Centertainment is the best option. It avoids the busy city centre and the route doesn't go from Meadowhall next to where the railway station is...
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    Trivia: lines that are never used by electric traction

    One that comes to mind is platform 8 in York Railway Station. The line is electrified but I've never seen an electric loco using it since about 1996 when I first remember coming there. Only the Harrogate line trains. The platform probably could not fit a 225 from York to Edinburgh on.
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    Information On Ian Riley's 5MT 45407

    I've got a picture of Ian Riley's 5MT 45407 from summer 2010 on the NYMR. I'm wondering where it is at the moment and what it's doing. I know North Yorkshire Moors Railway don't own it. It was just visiting that year.
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    What If They Were To Restore Part Of The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Line Into Staithes?

    There is already a freight line leading to Boulby Potash Mine which is very near to Staithes. I know restoring the rest world be impossible as the Kettleness and Sandsend tunnels are impassable. From Saltburn it would mean restoring North Skelton, Brotton, Skinningrove, Loftus and Grinkle...
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    Disused Railways That Have The Fewest Remains

    After the beeching a lot of disused railways became walking and cycling paths (aka cinder tracks). Some even reopened as heritage railways but there were other railways that went completely with very few remains. One I can mention to start with is the line that went from Scarborough to...
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    Anyone Remember The Railroad Tycoon Games?

    I can remember playing the original game that came out in 1990 on the Amiga computer and I played two and three that were later. I have made a poll on this to see what people think was the best of the 5 different railroad games they made. I've put them below with the year. Sid Meier's...
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    Wensleydale Railway Extension Into Northallerton

    I heard that they have now extended The Wensleydale Railway into Northallerton adding another station on the way after Leeming Bar. I visited about 2007 and one of the staff was going on about it then. At that time the diesels were doing to Leyburn and the steam train was turning round at the...
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    When Will Embsay Railway Get The Missing Link Into Skipton?

    When I visited last summer they had a photograph somewhere showing an incomplete connection to a goods line that runs into Skipton Railway Station from the line that leads to Embasy. I can't remember if the information said how much it would fund to do it. That seemed like they are only 1...
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    The Reopening Of Haxby Rail Station (Any Updates?)

    There has been lots of talk about reopening Haxby railway station on the outskirts of York which would be nearer access to Clifton Moor Industrial Estate. If this ever succeeded they were then on about doing Strensall next. Both these stations closed in 1930. So far no work on this has been...
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    Should Special Needs Adults Be Allowed A Disabled Rail Card Too?

    We all know that the Disabled Rail Card is meant for people in wheelchairs. I also know that they permit adults with special needs such as autism and leaning difficulties to hold the Disabled Rail Card. The Disabled Rail Card is more important in areas such as Yorkshire that don't have a local...
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    Pickering War Weekend 2017 Railway Information

    A week is the annually Pickering War Weekend where they have an event on The North Yorkshire Moors Railway. This includes a wartime pullman and men dressed in army clothes from 1940s. The ladies are normally in fox furs. There is usually a shooting practice play at Levishan station too. This...
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    Why do EMT serve Scarborough in the Summer?

    I'm just wondering why they run an East Midlands service from St Pancras to Scarborough on summer Saturdays and the idea for it. :|

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