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Has anyone been to Miniworld in Rotterdam ? We must have been four or five times and I think its brill (there's a word you haven't heard since school....) ! It's one of the biggest model railways / model worlds I have seen. Most of it so scenes round Rotterdam (which every now and then goes to...

I occasionally add to my collection of N gauge locos and have discovered that older locomotives tend to derail less on my 1970s (originally built) layout, thus I really need to be buying Grafar or older Graham Farish stuff. The problem is I want good current pick up and for that one needs tender...

Are the Lackenby sidings still open ? And if so what are they used for if the steel works shut down in 2015 ?

Apologies if this has been discussed before. I was re-reading my Railway Magazines and saw a short article on p257 of the May 1977 issue on BR green locos. It listed locos still in BR green as at the end of Dec 1976 : Class 03 - 1 Class 08 - 91 Class 09 - 1 Class 13 - 1 Class 20 - 32 Class 40 -...

Sorry if this has been asked before (Google didn't bring up an answer though ! ) but National Rail's journey planner doesn't seem to be bringing up train times for most of the return journeys on a requested itinerary. I put in a journey from Swinton (SY) to Shildon and 4 of the 5 return journeys...

I was idly speculating on if I'd ever get an All Line Railrover and was shocked to read this : The All Line Rail Rover is NOT valid for boarding or alighting train services operated by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, or LNER before 10:00 Mondays to Fridays at the...

I was thumbing through my copy of "Seventies Spotting Days - Around the Western Country" (how I desperately wish I was back in the free and easy 1970s......) and spotted a few Westerns with an odd square "grille" on the front. Pics of 1012, 1028 and 1056 are in the book with the grille (just...

Does anyone know why the timings for the Railway Touring Company's 2023 "Christmas White Rose" are still absent from Realtime Trains ? Even better, do they know what they are ? ! ? Thanks.

Am I right that the chord from Flyover West Junc to Decoy South Junc (to effectively give a flyover for the Joint line) at Black Carr Junc only opened in the 70s ? It does not appear to be on my 1965 OS map but is on my 1990 OS map. Furthermore my Stephen Batty "Doncaster Railcentres" book also...

Does anyone know how much power the Leyland TL11 engine had ? I believe it was a 6cylinder 11.1 litre turbocharged unit, but the power specs I keep finding are all over the place ! From a quoted 170bhp at 1850rpm (for a 1978 Leyland Titan bus), through 205bhp at 1950rpm (for a 1980 railbus), to...

I read that Class 47s had two different generators fitted, a Brush TM160 - 64 Mk4 and a TM172 - 50 Mk1. Does anyone know the difference between them and which were fitted to which Locos ? Thanks

Just a quick question on the Hope Valley route, I read someone arguing online that is was "impossible with present technology" to electrify the Totley tunnel ? Is that really correct ?

Can anyone clarify this ? ! ? I was reading a March 2004 Railway Magazine p72 Peter Semmens article of Speed records. In it he talked about a "Virgin Pendolino that was 'let fly' on the Lockerbie straight and equalled the APT's record". But he did not quote any speeds or even a date, though it...

I have been reading the very interesting article in the Railway Magazine about the construction of the Selby diversion (apparently the design team were specifically told at the time to "forget [about] electrification ! ) which was opened 40 years ago. The one thing I kept wondering was would...

Could the esteemed members of this forum explain something to me ? When the Selby diversion was built much was made about the 125mph points at Colton junction. But surely the points at Hambleton and Temple Hirst must also be 125mph ? Or, for them to classed as 125mph points, does the 125mph have...

Does anyone know when the line from Brightside Junction to Shepcote junction (the original Sheffield District Railway of 1900) closed ? I know Brightside Junc was "plainlined" in 1999 but I would have thought the line would have been closed earlier. Poss 1992/93 when the line to Broughton Lane...

I am taking a trip to Kirton Lindsey and Brigg * this week and was wondering what I could do if the return train was cancelled for whatever reason as there is only one service per day ! Has anyone got the phone number I should use for Northern Rail ? And are they obliged to get me home (via a...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hope-valley-capacity-scheme-updates.168285/page-47#post-6374329 Putting a second track and platform in at Dore seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time, and I'll bet the cost will be ludicrous. I wonder how long it took...

I took a trip to Cleethorpes today with my lad. Out bound via the Northern Rail Gainsborough route and return via the usual TPE Doncaster one. I was quite looking forward to travelling via Gainsborough as it is not a route I have done too often, but in the event it was a bit of a let down. Why ...

I believe a class 309 Clacton EMU has a total quoted power of about 1120hp per 4 car set but can (could) comfortably do 100mph. Elec locos usually quote both peak and continuous power with the latter being the default level, e.g. a class 86/2 would be 4040hp continuous and 6100hp maximum (is...