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With the closure of the NRM's Station Hall for refurbishment do we know how many of the collection are going out on loan? I've seen that Western Fusilier D1023 is on its way to Didcot Railway Centre. It will remain a static exhibit.

Next month I’m in New York and will have a couple of days to myself as my wife will be working in her NY office. Can anyone suggest suitable day trips. I assume they will start/finish from Grand Central. I’ve ridden the subway many times so looking for a pleasant above ground trip.

As time drags on and the GWR 769s accumulate more graffiti than miles a time may come when GWR/DfT say enough is enough and the whole project is scrapped. What happens then?

Looks like the current overhaul of Flying Scotsman has hit a snag so it won't be ready to steam at the Bluebell Railway this August. Statement from Bluebell Railway has been released. https://www.bluebell-railway.com/flying-scotsman-visit-2022-bluebell-railway-statement_200722/

I'm aware of certain loco classes being associated with running certain mainline services for a long period of time but which ran for the longest continually? Please ignore HSTs and other multiple units. I'm thinking of Deltics up the ECML, Class 47s on Great Eastern services to Norwich, Class...

You may recall the Arts Council awarded various culture recovery grants during the height of the Covid pandemic to keep museums including heritage railways afloat. 90% of the grant was paid out upfront with the remaining 10% due on submission of a final request which had to include a certified...

I'm interested to know what others think have been the most successful re-engined conversions on British Railways. From my standpoint as an enthusiast rather than working on the railways the HST re-engine programme seemed a success as did the Class 47 to Class 57 with both having a decent...

With the withdrawal of the Class 456s what has struck me with these units and the SWR 455s is how well their red focused livery from SWT times has remained shiny. In my experience red coloured cars are notable for fading badly and likewise back in the day the NSE paint jobs faded very quickly...

Flying Scotsman is the most famous and popular steam loco as can be seen by the crowds it draws wherever it goes. My question is there an equivalent diesel which creates a similar buzz? Of course I know there will be no one correct answer, I'm just interested to know which diesels pull in the...

Living in the south east I can work out that most milepost markers I see are measured to/from the relevant London terminus station but I have two questions - one is specifically about the milepost marker at Earley station near Reading which shows 66. This is on the slow Waterloo-Reading line...

How many single person operated signal boxes are still in operation in and around London?

Has anyone been to visit this layout since it opened? I know the exhibition runs until early September and I'm thinking about planning a day trip. However it will cost over £100 to travel from Berkshire to Chester for the day so trying to determine if this has the "wow" factor versus seeing...

With Covid restrictions now eased in England have any preserved lines been able to re-start their VIP/footplate rides?

Sorry if this been asked before on a previous thread but with the likes of Class 69s, 230's and 769's being "built" from existing machines what makes them get a new TOPS classification versus say HSTs back in the day which were re-engined and retained their same numbers. We had class 57's from...

Firstly I don’t want this thread to criticise any preserved lines who just offer a basic catering provision at stations, instead I’d like to know about lines who offer homemade food or something else which makes it a little bit special. As I’m now driving 100 miles or so for day trips it would...

35028 Clan Line is due to work the Belmond Pullman from London Victoria to Bath tomorrow. I'm trying to find the timings its due through Ascot tomorrow but Rail Advent is showing as TBC. Please can someone let me know where these details can be found. I assume its travelling down the Waterloo...

I saw this today on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57007117 Looks like it will be set in WW II era so no Pacers will be used!

I was at Reading station today and noticed the Penzance train was just leaving. This showed a 1 hour 20 min journey time to the next station stop at Taunton. A quick google search has shown this to be a distance of 97 miles. Now my trivia question is what is the longest non-stop journey...

With so much change on the railways in the privatisation era it got me thinking when was the last time an entire class of locomotives all had the same livery. Loco class has to exceed 10 in number. My thoughts are for diesels maybe the class 50's in the early 80's (were they all large logo...

I know there's still lots of work to do, but I'm a glass half-full person so with the roadmap published please let us know when your heritage railways plan to re-open. I'm determined to visit at least 10 lines in 2021.