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Afternoon. My mate and I are just finishing a 3 day HOE Rover. As part of today's plan we were going from Gloucester to Banbury today. Left Gloucester on time on a XC 170. Delayed on route to Worcestershire Parkway, missed the connection to Oxford. Delay would have been just over an hour. Cross...

I am that bored. Stuck at home for another 9 days with Covid, unable to leave the house, I've taken to having a good old look at Google Maps. Thought I'd start a thread detailing things I find remotely interesting, or that others might not have seen, feel free to add to it! (for some reason I...

Morning, Ash and I are going to do a 7 day all line when we’re finally allowed out, am interested in how other people on the forum would approach it. We were thinking of visiting the extremities of the network, 2 nights on the sleeper seats, 2 in hotels, 2 back at home in Yorkshire. Any...

Afternoon, Here's a shot in the dark... I attended the showpiece of the 1995 football season, the Auto Windscreen Final at Wembley. 23rd April 1995. Birmingham versus Carlisle. Obviously the outcome was daylight robbery but I then made my way to Euston and fell asleep on what I think was a...

Evening Gents, Looking for a bit of advice. I'm doing a Freedom of South West Rover next month with a mate and was wondering if this is valid. Could we get on the 2145 Sleeper from Penzance on the seats, sleep to Taunton which gets in at 01:40, hop off and then back on the Southbound sleeper...

Morning, I've got some time next week to go find my last LM 153s and my last 150, as far as I can figure out they work the following diagrams, am I missing any obvious? With 170s on the Rugeley diagram Bedford - Bletchley (One 150 as well?) There's a 150 that heads to Hereford? (Can't figure...

Afternoon Gents, I'm heading darn Sarth in a few weeks to sample some more GWR HSTs before they vanish. Does anyone know anywhere were I can find an list of diagrams still allocated to HSTs? many thanks, CS

Well it had to happen, blame Ash39, he got me into this. Was originally a spotter I suppose, Carlisle based until 1995, lost interest though in 93ish, same old story, birds and well, birds. Moved to West Yorkshire and put down some roots with a family, started spotting locally again and then...

Evening, Heading down from Yorkshire and I've got myself a London Zone 1-6 travelcard for Saturday and will be available for some bashing and shack collecting all afternoon. There's so many options I'm at a loss where to start. What I'd really like to do is get some of the following but am...

Don't know much about this line but arrived just after a green 2 or 3 car DMU hit a BMW on the level crossing just outside Bedale today. The sun was very low in the sky, roadworks just down the road meant idiots kept stopping on the crossing. Everyone seemed ok.

Forgive my ignorance on such matters. I seem to see location lists dotted about various internet sites on a seemingly random basis. Does anyone know where the best site/group is for getting hold of these on a more consistent basis? Many thanks

Now that this site has closed does anyone else know of another site with unit number breakdowns? Thanks

I've got a few spare days in the next week so am looking to do a bit of a tour of the East Mids network. I've never used a rover ticket before and I'm interested in getting the above Rover but have a few queries of which I can't seem to get a decent answer. Can I use this say Weds and Fri...

Morning Gents. Good Friday, I'm leaving my home in North Wakefield to go to the football in High Wycombe (3pm kick off). I want to set of nice and early, 7-8am so I can get to London and take a bit of a tour of the stations, it's been a while. I need to be in Wycombe 2pm and will be back...

Having never ventured into the capital for years, or indeed South of Watford, I've found myself with nearly 3 hours in the capital on Good Friday. I'll be arriving at 10:15 into St Pancras and need to be on a 13:00 out of Marlybone. What's the best stations/locations to visit to see a variety...

This will seem a ridiculous question for most but would appreciate the help. Have just got back into the scene after a 10 year absence and dismayed by the lack of locos have decided to go chasing units as well. I've always ignored them, all my life I've blanked them but now times have...

Apologies if this isn't the right area to post this question. I've been living abroad for 15 years but am now back in the UK and trying to figure out what's happened to all my beloved 56's, 58's even 60's?!?! Anyhow, I digress, my new job in the UK involves me spending a lot of time in the...