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Desiro Class 450 Recordings   (7 messages)   Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 15:07:22 +0000 (UTC)
Hi all, Does anyone have any recordings of a Class 450 Desiro? I'm trying to find some good recordings, especially including the spaceship-esque motor noise they make. I want to compare them with LU1995 stock to hear the ...

London to Sheffield   (5 messages)   Date: 3 Jul 2005 05:30:07 -0700
I need to be in Sheffield tomorrow for about 9am. My company has given me a Standard Open Return route Chesterfield, and I'm reserved on the 06:05 slow service from St Pancras to Sheffield, arr 09:05. Now, this train departs ...

55019 to Havant and Salisbury   (4 messages)   Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:01:40 +0100
Well, firstly big thanks to Marcus Dawson for the driving, and then down to business. Had an excellent day chasing 55019 around Hampshire yesterday. We started at Petersfield where it was 8 early (just to catch us napping ...

Did Wallace and Gromit warn against Privatisation?   (1 messages)   Date: 3 Jul 2005 05:02:55 -0700
Taken from: "My Pet Theory", "Empire" Movie magazine, August 2005 "Wallace and Gromit are a Political" by Sam Toy "Thought Wallace and Gromit were just a couple of loveable figures to be taken at face value, with tea and ...

TV Alert - The Great Locomotive Chase   (3 messages)   Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:58:00 +0100
Thursday 7th July 2005 02:15-03:40 ITV1 The Great Locomotive Chase "Disney adventure based on a true incident in the American Civil War" Don't be put off by it being made by Disney - it's not a cartoon and has some pretty ...

Post Office Railway on Hudson Hawk, Channel 5, 9pm to 11pm tonight (Sunday)   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 11:57:47 +0100
-- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7069/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly ...

Class 360 EMU's   (3 messages)   Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:53:38 GMT
Does anyone out there know the whereabouts of 360103 ?? I was in the Anglia Region all last week and saw all the rest of the class but this one. When I was passing through Ilford I think I saw a 360 stabled in the shed at ...

Virgin West Coast   (3 messages)   Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 09:00:26 GMT
Can somebody tell me why when attempting to book cheap tickets on the Virgin web site from Wolverhampton to Edinburgh can you only get tickets via Wolverhampton / Birmingham and then East coast to Edinburgh when Wolverhampton ...

TV alert - Railway Lives ITV1 Midlands   (9 messages)   Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:38:34 +0100
Programme 2 of 8 tonight 1800-1825 on ITV1 Midlands, in which according to RT, 'A group of enthusiasts from Staffordshire travel to Poland, where they drive a commuter steam train'. This is presumably about Wolzstyn. I ...

Stoke-Leekbrook: why still there?   (15 messages)   Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 06:39:22 +0100
Hi- can anyone tell me why the line that runs up from Stoke to Leekbrook is still there as it is some years since trains ran on it.I think it is about 8 years since a weekly train carrying sand(?) went down to the Boulton works ...

Class 37 Railtour to Aberyswyth next Saturday the 9th of July.   (12 messages)   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:28:18 +0100
Hi, The Worksop depot charity train is coming over the Cambian to Aber on the 9th of July. Does anyone have any timings for the train? Cheers, Rob. ...

MML industrial action today   (22 messages)   Date: 2 Jul 2005 12:45:32 -0700
I travelled today from Luton (originally St Albans) to Derby and back. On both occasions, there were no ticket checks on the HST, and I noticed guards with orange jackets on board. Apparently, MML guards were on strike again ...

Professor Begg   (9 messages)   Date: 2 Jul 2005 12:42:22 -0700
Professor David Begg, the former Chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport has joined the Board of First as a non-executive director. Seen in the Independent's business section. Anyone who can make Jeremy Clarkson ...

One morer Rover Ticket query   (3 messages)   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:23:03 GMT
While planning some trips I have come across the Heart Of Wales Circular Day Ranger. My problem is the route availability says ........ "Circular journey in either direction Cardiff Central-Craven Arms-Shrewsbury-Llandrindod ...

TechSpan Arch Systems   (1 messages)   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:30:17 GMT
The website below gives some details of the concrete arch system used at Gerrards Cross, though of course this isn't the co. that did the design work for the GC job: http://www.reco.com.au/TechSpan.htm#Manufacturing -- DB. ...

Scratch to win with Central Trains!   (5 messages)   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:23:51 +0100
There's a competition on the Central Trains web site to win two free tickets for a journey on their network. The URL is http://www.centraltrains.co.uk/_young_people/win_2_tickets.asp I've been scratching for about half-an-hour ...

East Midlands Day Ranger   (12 messages)   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:01:31 GMT
Hi, Could someone point me in the direction of the map for the East Midlands Day Ranger. The NRES site give a "404" not found message. Thanks Ken Ward ...

BlueBirds on Tour - 16th July 2005.   (6 messages)   Date: 2 Jul 2005 08:37:32 -0700
http://www.traintrips.co.uk/MM.html#428 This tunnel collapse at Gerard's Cross is gonna mess with this tour's route. Anyone heard anything about alternate route etc, etc? TIA. ...

All Line Rover Barcode   (59 messages)   Date: 2 Jul 2005 08:03:32 -0700
Went to AYS today to buy my All Line Rover and the man in the ticket office said that he had worked there for 15 years and had never had to issue one before. He suggested I re-visit tomorrow and there might be other staff who ...

Chiltern emergency timetable   (25 messages)   Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:12:24 +0000 (UTC)
Full marks to Chiltern for actually running a through London-Birmingham service. In the circumstances 2:50 London to Moor Street isn't bad, IMHO. Can you imagine Central doing something similar in these circumstances? 'Twould ...