Recent content by Chris L

Thanks Blue - Just trying to be helpful Well I did say bridges, and I did say we don’t need anything as complicated as Tipton. That was just an illustration of somewhere where there really was a problem. Yes, I do have a list of all the bridges – and costs. If we balked at the thought of...

Bridging The Gap The Skipton to Colne Railway was built as part of a double track main line from Liverpool to Leeds. Sadly after the first few years it was never used as such. For years the Skipton to Colne shuttle service was a severe obstruction to any through traffic. As this is the...

So what are these display boards ? We havent seen these on our line to Colne or announcements, also we had speakers once they stopped working years ago. The limit of technology here is that the driver has to stop the train and pull on a string to open the Level Crossing - see Left Pic

If Electrified, then the Leeds - Skipton trains should go at least as far as Rose Grove. There's a bay platform waiting. This would meet trains from Manchester - round the Todmorden Curve And the existing Blackpool - Leeds trains should also call. A little joined up thinking. This project...

Used the ECML with BR Last steam trips behind Hyperion and Dwight D Eisenhower Then the Deltics - they were a treat for the ears - 4000HP please. Service was always very good Dining in the down Aberdonian High Teas on the Yorkshire Pullman All very good.

Ticket to Ryde - cue the music - good song Over the years I've done all the car ferries and the FastCat from Portsmouth. But not the Hover - next time perhaps Note that at Lymington the train may not wait for a late ferry !

Thanks for the discussion Been trying to get a word in, but so many good responses Its been edit edit edit … No I’m not from the Mail Just floating a different idea or 2 A Thousand Coaches That is more than the entire Northern and ATW fleets And these fleets have the most Pacer Units...

SELRAP campaign goes to Brussels Just 11 miles of empty track bed separates Lancashire and Yorkshire between Skipton and Colne. A Delegation of Railway Campaigners from SELRAP take the case to MEPs at Brussels. A Lancashire View David Penney...

A Thousand Train Coaches are to be Scrapped These are the first of 178 Useful Electric Trains being Scrapped by London TFL All 1193 Coaches http://rail-news.com/2010/10/09/first-a-stock-sent-for-scrap/ First A stock sent for scrap October 9, 2010 >As the delivery of S stock increases...