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Felt like I was having deja vu passing by Macclesfield station earlier this afternoon, when a second Pendolino passed through northbound hot on the heels of the regular hourly London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly service. Checking Realtime Trains, I discovered that it was 390121 working the...

While at Stafford earlier this evening, I witnessed 0Z91 Wembley - Crewe Basford Hall passing through: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/R04126/2019/08/05/advanced This was formed of 92010 hauling fellow GBRf classmates 92028 and 92032, as well as Freightliner's 90043 - See attached photo...

I initially shared this in the Flooding Disruption thread, as Northern Rail services have now been suspended between New Mills and Buxton in response to this incident, but as the story continues to unfold and it has much wider ramifications for the local community and those affected, I thought...

GBRf have acquired three former Swedish class 66 equivalents, which are being leased through Beacon Rail. The first arrived at Immingham docks yesterday, 03/06/19, and has proceeded to EMD Longport where it'll become 66790. Two further locos are to follow to become 66791 and 66792...

An open day has been announced at the former Crewe diesel depot, now the operational base for Locomotive Services Ltd, for 8th June 2019. Intercity liveried 91119 is expected to attend, and one of the other star attractions will be...one of Northern's class 142 Pacers. :lol: Joking aside, the...

Hi there, I just clocked 390010 "Cumbrian Spirit" sitting in the headshunt that runs inside of the curve that drops the Tyne Valley and Settle-Carlisle lines down to London Road Junction upon leaving Carlisle station. This is the only time I can recall the headshunt seeing any use since way...

I was surprised this morning to see one of the Royal Mail Electric Postal Units, 325012, stabled outside the Marcroft wagon works just south of Stoke. Does anybody know what nature of work it's there to have undertaken? Thanks in advance.

I'm travelling on Crosscounty's 1S51 12:25 Plymouth - Glasgow, and just north of Chesterfield I could almost swear that I just witnessed what I believe was 1V64, the 13:07 Edinburgh - Plymouth, zip past the window formed of a pair of Crosscountry power cars sandwiching a full rake of mark 3s...

The West Middlesex branch of CAMRA recently published to their website a copy of the June 1980 edition of the CAMRA magazine for the London area, “London Drinker”. In this is a lengthy article detailing the real ale to be found at the London outlets of BRs’ chain of Travellers-Fare bars at the...

It's been reported by RAIL Magazine online that Martin Walker's two Deltics, 55016 "Gordon Highlander" and class doyen 55022 "Royal Scots Grey", are being offered for sale. I don't believe that this is the first time that either of the two locos have faced some uncertainty over their future in...

Love Productions, the makers of The Great British Bake Off amongst other things, are looking for volunteers for an ambitious project to lay a 74 mile model railway along the length of The Great Glen from Inverness to Fort William. I've no idea of the intended scale that will be used, though I...

An image of the first Mark 5A bodyshell to be completed for Transpennine Express have been released by CAF. Given the porthole window where the gangway connection would usually be, I wonder whether it's an end vehicle. RTM have fluffed the report a bit by claiming that the mark 5 carriages will...

Looks like a return to a local identity for trains in the West Midlands, regardless of selected franchise operator, and the wheel has turned full circle.

The results of Modern Railways' annual Spanner Awards, recognising reliability of the UK's train fleets by TOC and train class, have been published in the January edition of the magazine. The headline results can be found below. The different categories of Spanner award are granted according to...

While the topic of this thread is somewhat specific, I must say that I am pleased to see reported elsewhere online the return of an old favourite loco of mine, 37424, to service with Direct Rail Services today, and note that it appears to have been officially named "Avro Vulcan XH558" at the...

From what I can ascertain, I just witnessed 6201 "Princess Elizabeth" go flying past my front window on a loaded test run out from Tyseley to Stratford-upon-Avon via the North Warks line on the following working (From my vantage point I could only see the top of a long maroon boiler)...

Expanding this conversation out from the discussion of the new Transpennine Express livery; despite the fact that it only concerns "what colour the trains are painted", I increasingly wonder whether franchisees are suffering from livery fatigue? The liveries put forward and adopted by the...

With apologies to forum member ChrisHogan on a recent thread for comments I made to the contrary concerning London Midlands' Snow Hill services (http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=129048), this evening I've been surprised to witness three peak time services on Birmingham's Snow Hill...

Hi there, I was wondering whether anybody knows which services will be worked by the Chiltern loco-hauled sets on Good Friday and Easter Monday? The Chiltern website states that they will be running an amended Saturday service on these dates and have provided timetables to this effect, but...

The museum located within the 1848 former terminus of the Brandling Junction Railway at Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, is currently facing closure by Sunderland City Council: The museum is desperately in need of updating if it is to stand any chance of attracting additional patronage and in its'...