Recent content by Condor7

Hellifield station has a nice cafe and there are tables and chairs outside literally on the platform.

I appreciate the observations regarding nearby eateries but that can be true of most station cafes. A station cafe is somewhere to sit and eat or drink while waiting for a train. I think most would be more comfortable doing that on the platform rather than somewhere else no matter how near...

This is a lovely station, often voted one of the best kept stations, and very busy, but also excellent for watching trains. What is missing however is a small cafe or food outlet, other than the mobile hot drinks van parked outside the station. Does anyone know if the station buildings...

Yes great news after such a long wait! Next they will need to open the bay platform.. Perhaps we should at the moment be grateful for small mercies.

That’s good advice, but also when Looking at previous days you will see what freight actual ran that day. It is not a guarantee that the same trains will run at the same times on that day the following week, as freight trains can be one off for the day or if not they are more susceptible to...

It’s interesting those mentioning Radio 270. Although I posted this subject, I to struggled to get a good signal from Radio Caroline so 270 was my station of choice, but occasionally I managed to hear Caroline especially during the 80’s, but for me it was in the late 90’s in the early days of...

This coming Friday to Sunday (29th March - 31st March) sees Radio Caroline celebrate their 60th year of broadcasting. From 1964 to 1990 this was as a so called pirate radio station when their boat The Ross Revenge was ship wrecked. Since then they have operated as a legal land based station...

We don't watch a lot of its output but find ourselves increasingly watching the breakfast show in preference to the BBC, ITV, or Sky.

I guess spotting can involve more than the just number of trains, although it helps, but a visit to Hellifield is an experience in itself. A small Yorkshire dales village with a magnificent Victorian station, with 4 platforms (now two out of use) a plethora of sidings and track including the...

That is good news. Based on Real Time Trains however it doesn’t look like the Sunday only Carlisle to Blackpool North has been reinstated which was rumoured would be this year. Has anyone any news on that?

Unfortunately this no longer runs on a Friday, (only Monday & Wednesday) and didn’t run on Friday 17th the day he was going.

As you say it is unlikely the Trubrook to Ribblehead will run and as Mark from Freightmaster has said unfortunately the gypsum train which used to run Tuesday to Friday most weeks now only runs Tuesdays & Thursdays and that is only as required. The only two freight you are likely to see are the...

As Mark says the Wembley Irvine has ceased but still remains in the WTT but does seem to appear or disappear on RTT. I have no idea what the Grain to Carlisle NY is but to the best of my knowledge it has never run. Are you travelling up and down to various locations on the line or did you have...

The law on smoking generally is it is not allowed in the work place which includes in cabs of vans lorries or cars if they are being used for work, and what a lot don’t realise is even if you are not working but the vehicle is used at other times for work it is still illegal to smoke in them...

1M04 Mossend to Birmingham while not a passenger train but parcels is 321 hauled, as is the return 1S04.