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    Slow line speeds at Barry Island station

    I was scoring for a cricket match at Barry Athletic CC yesterday, and it was an opportunity to see the Class 150s going into and out of Barry Island station. I was struck by the slow speed that they travelled over the bridge from the mainland and correspondingly the same when they returned -...
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    Advanced Passenger Train - Talk

    Yesterday evening, I was pleased to be able to hear a talk at the South Wales Branch of the RCTS by Kit Spackman about the creation, testing, running and preservation of the Advanced Passenger Train. Kit is described as "the man who put the tilt in BR from 1971 to 1978", and is affectionately...
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    Longmoor Military Railway

    I'm interested in finding out some more about the LMR and, in particular, I'm looking for a book about it. I know of the three-part series from Lightmoor Press, but they seem to be a bit expensive for what I want. I've also seen a single volume history by D W Ronald and R J Carter which...
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    Travelling on the Elizabeth Line from West to East

    At some time, I would like to travel on the Elizabeth Line from West (Reading) to East (Shenfield or Abbey Wood). I know that there aren't any through trains at the moment - and won't be for some while - and I understand this. So, what are my best options, please? From the map, it looks as if I...
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    Trivia - Largest Difference between Weekday and Sunday Services

    I was at a meeting yesterday evening which covered the services between the now closed station at Blaenafon and Newport. The presenter said that whilst there was a very good service during the week, the opposite was the case on Sundays. I think he said that there were something like twenty...
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    London's Termini

    I'm currently re-reading this book by Alan A Jackson. This is the second edition, published in 1985, and succeeds the first edition, published in 1969. It's not a rewrite of the first edition, though, just a new forward and a new chapter at the end bring the story up to date to 1984. I...
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    National Rail Enquiries - "Bad Request"

    I've been trying to use National Rail Enquiries recently, but I've often not been able to, as it gives me this response: Now, apart from the fact that on many of the occasions I haven't asked for anything complicated, I simply don't understand what this rejection notice actually means! Does...
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    Glasgow Central Station Railway Museum

    I've seen this mentioned elsewhere on the forum and would like to know more about it. I've googled it, and found that it's connected to the station tours. However, the reports that I've found don't say whether it is only accessible as part of a tour, or whether it's something that can be...
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    Smoking on Trains

    Last Saturday morning, I was travelling from Paddington to Cardiff, having been away for a couple of days. Everything was going well, until between Swindon and Bristol Parkway, a message was heard asking the Train Manager to contact the driver. Anyway, almost straight afterwards, the brakes...
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    Abbreviation of Station Signs

    I passed through Birmingham International last Saturday, and I noticed that all the station's signs are "Birmingham Int'l" rather than being the full version. Is there a reason for this shortening, please? It can't be because the complete two words are too long (24 characters) as there are...
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    Brooke Bond Tea Cards

    Does anyone on this Forum collect these or have any friends who do, please? I've got a quite large collection which I'm looking to pass on, but I don't know who to ask. I'm not really looking to sell them for a large sum, so I'd be open to reasonable offers - my only condition is that the...
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    Locomotive Restoration & Overhaul

    It's well known by now that the failure of the engineering part of the Llangollen Railway was a serious part (if not all) of the decision to call in the receivers. By coincidence, I've been reading in the "Great Western Echo" about the problems that Didcot Railway Centre have had finding a...
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    Book Enquiry: "Steaming Into ... " Series, by Michael Clutterbuck and others

    This is a series of five books about the GWR from Broad Gauge days until, I think, the early 1960s. They seem to be written as novels about a GWR family, and seem to be interesting. There's a sixth book dealing with the LNWR, but it's the GWR ones that I'm particularly interested in. Does...
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    Staff Records

    Following on from my questions about No. 3116, I've got another question for you all, please. My sister and I agree that the gentleman is our Paternal Grandfather. We know that he was a Cleaner in 1901 as that's how he's described in the 1901 Census. He eventually became a Driver, and was on...
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    GWR 31xx Class Large Prairie 2-6-2T No. 3116

    Can someone point me to a place where I can find any details of this locomotive, please? I know that it was built in February 1905 under Lot No. 150 and allocated to Newport, and it's last shed was Tyseley, from where it was withdrawn in February 1939. However, I don't know when it went from...
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    Mid Hants Railway

    I travelled on the railway on Sunday, and it was a good visit. I had to book in advance (Senior Return, £16.00), which wasn't (to me) a problem, and I was restricted to one specific return journey. I read this as being from Alresford to Alton and back, but it wasn't as simple as that. We...
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    Barmouth Bridge Refurbishment

    There's a story in today's Western mail that Network Rail have agreed a programme of refurbishment to start in June and last for three years. This is (hopefully) a link to the story: https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/victorian-built-barmouth-viaduct-getting-18313019 but...
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    British Railway Passenger Network Map 1977

    Whilst sorting through a lot of papers recently, I came across a copy of this. I thought that I would have a brief look at it to see what changes have been made since it was produced. I should say that I've done a small comparison between it and the National Rail Map that's on the National Rail...
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    Visiting the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

    At the end of this month (or possibly sometime in April) I want to combine two of my interests by going to see Chinnor RFC on the Saturday and taking a trip on the railway on the Sunday. This will involve an overnight stay somewhere, but does anyone have any suggestions as to where this should...
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    Br Gas Turbine No. 18000

    I was at Didcot Railway Centre last week, and noticed that this loco is still where it has been for quite a while. I understand that it's owned by the Waterman Railway Heritage Trust, although there's no mention of it on the Trust's web site. It looks rather tatty and I'd guess that it's...

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