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Re: Re: Two questions concerning RAILSCENE and Rhymney Railway (Cardiff)   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:06:34 GMT
Bob, Without wishing to sound pedantic, the correct spelling is Rhymney. (Rumney is a district of Cardiff.) This might help you in your Google search. If it's any help, my father was brought up in Adamsdown very close ...

Woman trapped in train horror (at Leicester)   (1 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 14:17:55 -0700
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132407&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132390&contentPK=13159631&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch 10:30 - 09 September 2005 Passengers watched ...

Let's go to Birmingham film   (109 messages)   Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:22:00 +0100
About 18 months ago there was a thread about the various speeded-up railway journey films. I've now found the 1962 Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill available for non-commercial UK use from:- http://creative.bfi.org.uk/titles/409874 The ...

Whatever happened to Turton Platt?   (3 messages)   Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:24:13 +0100
Component suppliers may not have been among the glitterati of the railway industry, but in some cases they contributed to the appearance of artefacts we discuss at length. Turton Platt made buffers. I have a drawing which ...

Loughborough - or Loughborough Junction?   (65 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:38:29 -0700
My friend travelled from Brighton to Loughborough on Friday. Not a regular rail user, he asked for a single to Loughborough and was told to change at Luton. This he did, and despite a ticket check on the Midland Mainline ...

Fri GNER/WAGN problems   (36 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:34:53 -0700
I travelled on the 17:00 GNER from London to York on Friday. Tannoy at Kings Cross was apologising profusely on behalf of Network Rail due to a lightning stirke at Hitchin. We were diverted via the slow loop (Welwyn?), which ...

Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance   (5 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:22:34 -0700
I'd be grateful if someone with the resources at their fingertips could show me a list of all Sunday trains direct from Bristol Temple Meads to Penzance - if possible showing where each train originates - from the timetable ...

377 fast run London brighton today   (12 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:18:45 -0700
I'm sure more data will appear in time but today 11:00 London Bridge to Brighton press/demo Southern/Bombardier special with 377472+377474 doing in 36 min 56 sec. Alas I was not on board [not for want of trying] - and nor ...

Plug: Crewe Works Photos   (19 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 07:09:24 -0700
Wow, that was a really great day out, thanks to all who organised it. I was shocked at the bus queues, but not many people queuing for the tickets, which was good to see, just glad I brought my own lunch. My pics now online ...

railway accidents and safety developments   (10 messages)   Date: 11 Sep 2005 03:32:12 -0700
Dear All, Part of the accident database which sits behind the railways archive relates specific accidents to safety developments which followed from them. Since I have a huge number (~150) of accidents to consider, I would ...

Belgium motorail   (2 messages)   Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:50:17 +0100
I heard a rumour that Belgium motorail are going to re-start there service to the south of France in 2006. Does anyone know if there is any truth in the rumour? What are the routes going to be? Will they operate during the ...

Two questions concerning RAILSCENE and Rumney Railway (Cardiff)   (9 messages)   Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:18:47 GMT
Hello all! Has anyone got the old Railscene Videos (that were of UK trains in the 80's) The videos included extensive Cab rides and the such. I am wondering if anyone converted them to DVD and if they have, would very ...

Richard III (1996 movie)   (2 messages)   Date: 10 Sep 2005 21:36:59 -0700
Saw this movie for the first time on TV last night. It's the adaption by Ian McKellen set in an alternate 1930s fascist England. I did a Google search but couldn't turn up anything about which locos and stock were used in the ...

Scandal in Peterborough.   (2 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:40:22 +0100
Since my original posting on the subject of under-manning at the ticket / enquiry office at Peterborough I have returned a couple of times for further information / ticket purchase. On neither occasion was there a queue. ...

Refurbished EMUs in Scotland   (14 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:00:19 +0100
One of First ScotRail's Class 318 EMUs has had its end gangways removed. There's a picture of it here http://davids.railway.fotopic.net/p19929756.html I understand it's going to be done to the whole fleet, which will make revenue ...

More Midland Arson?   (9 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:46:04 GMT
Yet another overnight Cabling fire at Water Orton. Someone has really been upset by the railway,I think. New St - Derby and New St - Nuneaton blocked. KW ...

Arriva 153   (1 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:10:15 +0000 (UTC)
Seen passing through East Didsbury last night (9/9) at about 20:35 heading towards Piccadilly was an Arriva Trains Northern liveried 153, I know it was dark but I could tell it was an Arriva liveried one as it had white doors ...

The Royal Scotsman,37401   (4 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:04:43 GMT
Does any one have a good / high quality digital photo of the crest / coat of arms on the side of this loco they could send me please. ...

Delays: Tickets accepted by other TOCs   (1 messages)   Date: 9 Sep 2005 23:41:25 -0700
Yesterday, services out of Kings Cross were a bit of a disaster. As seems to be common, lightning hit the ECML at New Barnet (I think). Although Wagn didn't state it on their website or the journey check service, and neither ...

Stalybridge Strangeness   (11 messages)   Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:03:57 +0000 (UTC)
Not the mysterious machine that has appeared in the foyer which may or may not be a Quick Ticket machine if it was working, but the 2 x 2-car 158's that came into platform 3 tonight at 20:45, and almost immediately reversed ...