Recent content by biggyn

There’s one platform at New Street you definitely won’t be able to complete, seeing as it has recently been disconnected and is currently being filled in with frame work for signalling-related apparatus in preparation for the switch over to the new signalling system next year! Saying that, I...

Hi all, your friendly BHM train dispatcher here! O L Leigh has described everything better than I could word it and is bang on. The M suffix is basically something used in our “A&D” book to describe a move where the signaller will pull the middle signal off to allow a train to straddle both the...

I've noticed over the last few weeks that when passing over the diamond crossing at Droitwich Spa (travelling towards the station from Kidderminster), it slowed down to a crawl until all of the train had passed over it. I was wondering if anyone had any idea why this was, as it seems mighty...

I was on the train passing through Stourbridge Junction a few days ago and spotted one or two people with the new design on ticket, although I'm not sure whether they're from the TVM or the ticket office, in fact they may have been from Stourbridge Town to be honest! Either way, I'll investigate...

I have noticed that there is, or at least was, a Car Stop sign on the platform 1 ramp closest to the crossing at Cradley Heath which was for 6 car Chiltern 168s from before the platform was extended, meaning that trains must have been able to come to a halt beyond the signal in the past. That...

Even though there's probably only a maximum of about a minute in it, I reckon it's quicker by bus from Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town, but it's hardly much of a journey, being about 3 minutes in total! :lol:

Is this working still correct since the December 9th timetable change? The reason I ask is because I have passed an LM cl150 both today and yesterday at Droitwich Spa at 14:32, which according to Open Train Times correlates to the 1M87 13:43 Hereford to Birmingham New Street which isn't actually...

Which is ironic really, seeing that nowadays, the only services London Midland run with class 150s, other than on the Marston Vale line, are up the Lickey! Speaking of freight up the Lickey Incline, it's pretty amazing how many freight trains run up the hill unaided. Shows these 66s are pure...

I've heard one or two people call the Stourbridge Town to Junction branch the 'Push and Pull', presumably due to the use of the 14xx tank engines and auto coaches back in the day, though most people these days refer to it as 'The Shuttle', with one or two slightly less informed people calling it...

Above all, why would you want to replace an already bouncy ride with one that is literally spine shattering? How many people on here have been on the Stourbridge Shuttle and still have the same length spine since arriving at the end of the journey? We Black Country folk would only dream of a...

Thanks crewmeal, much appreciated :) In regards that man shouting at you for taking photos of trains, that is completely out of order. This document was brought to my attention a short while back: Guidelines for Rail Enthusiasts. I quote from the 'General' section of this document: Now...

Captain Speaking, connors37 and freelander, lovely shots of Bittern (and the Great Marquess the latter two's cases) there! :) I took a few shots and a video of Bittern just leaving Kidderminster, running about a minute or two early if I remember correctly. They can be seen on my Blog here...

Ahh right, that's something I was a bit worried about, a lack of freight on a Saturday, but thank you for the warning, I'd probably have got there and though "Well there ain't much going on here..."! What about tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, would there be much more going on then? I may pop...

Thanks chaps, much appreciated. Water Orton it is!! I never even thought of there, and I've seen loads of pics of freight in the past of freight going through Water Orton... And I can even blame old age for my forgetfulness!!

I'm sorry to have to create a new thread, I know how annoying it can be seeing tons of new threads asking daft questions, but I couldn’t think of any other better way to ask. Onto the question; could any users suggest any good places within easy reach of stations in the West Midlands to view...