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Hi Guys, Hope I have done this right. I got this idea from the London Monopoly trip but seeing I will be on a solo trip I have adapted it for myself to another game, but I need your help. I have attached (I hope!) a spreadsheet of all the Oyster Card stations I still need. I want to create...

Hi Guys, Hope one of you can help. I am currently updating my logs from yesterday and I was at Derby yesterday between 1710-1725 and saw a Network Rail train top and tailed with 37608, 73138 and 73136. I was wondering whether any of you knew what it was working. It had the engine running on...

Hats off to the new Northern franchise they didn't hang around in ordering their new trains. However First seem to be very quiet about their trains and they are desperately needed. I've just boarded the 2009 to Liverpool at Leeds and it is standing room only, the 1953 TPE train to Manchester...

Hi all, Can anyone help. I'm looking for the distances on the Phase 1 of the Nottingham Trams. Thanks in advance.

Morning Guys, I'm currently on my way down to London to knock off some 315/317 units out of London Liverpool St of London Overground and was wondering if 172005 or 172008 were out today as these are the only 2 172's of the London Overground batch I need and I don't want to make an unnecessary...

Hi Guys, Wonder whether one of you can help. I'm looking for the head code of the 0925 Middlesbrough (Fhh) to Boulby Mine Carlin How (Fhh) on the 20th April Many thanks in advance

Hi Guys, I'm planning a LU/LO/DLR trip later this year and am trying to get my head around the rules of using an Oyster Card and the journey I can make with it. I think I've sussed it out (in my own world anyhow) but was just wondering whether any of you can clarify whether I am right or...

Hi Guys, Can any one help with a query please. I've just passed Neville Hill on the train and there is a 333 there with all the doors boarded over. Has anyone aware of the identity and reasoning for the boarded over doors. Thanks

Hi Guys, A heads up to any of you planning a visit to Manchester Victoria over the Easter holidays...don't Manchester Victoria is shut down from the early hours of Friday 3rd April until Monday 6th April. This is to do with work on the electrification scheme, and if my sources are...

Following on from some of the other members of the forum I thought I to would start a separate thread for all of my trip reports. I will be typing up these reports while en-route on my tablet so hopefully it won't take too long to get them on the forum although I am not promising anything...

Hi Guys, Wonder whether you can help. Up until recently I have been using railmiles to figure out how far I have travelled. mileage.railmiles.org But this seems not to be working anymore. Any advice on an alternate one? Thanks

At Gatwick today and have noticed blue lights positioned on the platforms. Any ideas what these are for? Thanks

4th September I thought that today I would make use of the WYPTE Train Day Rover ticket to try and get a few Northern fleet that I need before the new rules on off peak tickets came into force on the 8th September on Northern. So I set off from home and boarded tram 3032 at 0835, I am very...

I'm just leaving Salisbury and noticed 159015 in one of the bay platforms....or so I thought. O closer inspection I noticed the unit number at one end was 159015 and the other 159003 with coaches 52887, 58732 and 57875. Does anyone know why?

Hi all, It seems to have been an age ago when Metrolink 3013 tram was involved in it's argument with the road vehicle, any news on it's return? Or have I totally missed something regarding this tram?

Well I have just commenced my first stage of my trip down to Torquay. Left Brooklands about 2 hours ago on the Altrincham Metrolink line and have just arrived at my B&B in Chester for the night, and before anyone says it is a weird way to get to Torquay then you are right!:D and will be...