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Greenhill Junction where is it?   (8 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:50:47 GMT
Ive been asked by a friend where Greenhill junction upper and lower? Also where is the nearest town or village to it. All he knows is that it's in Scotland. Thanks in advance for any replies Chris ...

Railway Movements Forum   (4 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:34:27 +0100
Do you know what has happened to the Railway Movements forum? I only found it earlier this week, noticed it had lots of info about changes currently going on at Northern, diagram changes, yet another livery variation, changes ...

Caerdydd / Cardiff (OT)   (13 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:10:14 +0100
Can anyone recommend a clean and friendly B&B establishment in Cardiff somewhere near (or within easy travelling distance of) the station and Millenium stadium? This has absolutely everything to do with my local rugby league ...

Permit To Travel - OK on FGWL NOT on Connect   (30 messages)   Date: 31 Jul 2005 11:45:43 -0700
As usual the booking office at Hayes & Harlington was shut today (Sunday) at 17.00. So I got a PTT ticket from the machine. The next train was a Connect. Somehow I KNEW that there'd be a problem. Sure enough I was asked by ...

332 Heathrow Express to Heathrow Connect?   (9 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:21:42 +0100
For the last week or two I've been passing OOC and seeing a 332 (Heathrow Express) vinyled up with orange doors etc., into Heathrow Connect livery. Any ideas why? The half hourly Heathrow Connect service only seems to require ...

Train Class   (24 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:33:24 +0100
Which Class of Train runs on the follwoing routes. London to Windsor - Eaton (Both FGW and SW) Victoria to Bromley South Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour Thanks ...

May be OT. Educating Rita   (6 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:51:42 +0100
Dear Group, I've just been watching "Educating Rita" starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. Now as you probably all know the majority of this film was shot in Trinity College Dublin and around the Dublin area but in one ...

Re: Gerrards Cross update   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:27:47 +0100
"Steve" <stever@cleveland2.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:... > Neil > By 'ill-conceived I meant that I was concerned about the construction work > involved in tunnelling the cutting and building a store over a very ...

Litter bins removed from London streets near stations   (2 messages)   Date: 31 Jul 2005 07:27:39 -0700
A follow on to a previous thread regarding the removal of litter bins on the Underground and National Rail stations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4728899.stm One fact of possible interest to those that didn't ...

[slightly OT] Perpignan-Figueres HSL   (4 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:00:02 +0000 (UTC)
I was on holiday last week and travelling (by car) from Le Boulou to the coast. Rather surprised to see apparent works for the high speed line from Perpignan to Figueres, presumably involving a hefty tunnel. I didn't realise the ...

Locomaster Profiles videos   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:48:01 GMT
hi everyone, if anyone is interested, I have some old stock, but brand-new Locomaster videos that I now need to clear. Roughly 20'ish titles, all at less than trade price. Please email me if anyone would like a list of ...

Virgin Voyager Query   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 09:04:09 +0000 (UTC)
Does anybody know why a Voyager was sighted heading towards Piccadilly through Ashburys at about 09:45 yesterday (30/7), where had it come from and were there any other Virgin services diverted via Ashburys this weekend. Thanks Andrew ...

New Virgin advert.   (10 messages)   Date: 30 Jul 2005 16:27:31 -0700
I do occasional projection work at the local cinema, the David Lean at the Croydon Clocktower if anybody knows it, on the site of the old Central Croydon station. I was there today, and there was an advert for Virgin towards ...

Diversion at Derby   (3 messages)   Date: 30 Jul 2005 14:11:09 -0700
Due to a fatality at Spondon this afternoon, my train from Chesterfield to London (16:40) was diverted from Derby. We went on the Birmingham line instead of the Midland line south of Derby, then the train reversed and went ...

Hitachi A-Trains   (19 messages)   Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:01:33 +0100
Spotted this photo while looking for something else and couldn't help notice how blunt the front end is, especially for something designed to run at 140mph in tunnels. http://railfoto.fotopic.net/p9602956.html Is that ...

Odd level crossing behaviour and signal question (longish)   (4 messages)   Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:45:33 GMT
On my way to Nevada Bob's today, so was heading across the Dock St level crossing (full barrier CCTV) and had a strange show. (all lights are traffic lights) - Amber light shows, yodalarms on, red lights start flashing ...

OT The old GHAN   (9 messages)   Date: 30 Jul 2005 07:54:42 -0700
Anyone here know of any WWW resources on the old GHAN route to Alice Springs. I have been looking but have found very little. Mostly what I find is concerned with using the old track bed nowadays as a route for 4x4s. Also ...

Question about Norwood Jn --> E. Croydon --> Victoria   (14 messages)   Date: 30 Jul 2005 05:56:34 -0700
Recently, I wanted to travel from Norwwod Junction into the west end, so I bought a four-zone One Day Travelcard. I arrived on the platform at Norwood Junction just in time to see a Victoria train pulling out. A member ...

Unmanned station departure screens - how accurate?   (39 messages)   Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:10:16 +0100
What is the basis for updating of information on departure screens at unmanned stations? Waited at Matlock station (end of single branch, unmanned, but with departure screen) this morning for 08.59 departure (due in at ...

Manchester closed this weekend?   (13 messages)   Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:46:43 GMT
Yes it's another weekend of closure on the Manchester Piccadilly / Stockport lines. Some trains (Buxton, Charlie) are routed by some interesting sights instead of direct. Well, that was until we had the "Underneath ...