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Techniquest, I have visited New York City three times and I loved it every time. New York's subway is a great system, although it's dirty and right now there doing engineering works on some of their lines. I haven't been following what's going on with the subway for several years, but they have...

It’s been a two weeks since I’ve returned home from London, and I sometimes wonder if I was really there. I had a great time over there and I hope to visit again, and see other parts of the UK. It was a challenging juggle to do the “normal” tourist activity of sightseeing and trainspotting, but...

Thanks, I corrected the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXGtILLDzhg I found this yesterday as a recommended video while watching a video of a Northern Rail Class 323. Looks like it was made by a Brazilian train spotter.

Thanks, I'll have a look.

Does anyone have the East Midlands Trains diagrams for St. Pancras to Sheffield, Derby, and Nottingham services with the HST's?

Splendid, thank you!

Thank you for the tips gentlemen! Now to get on with the rest of the trip planning...

Hello everyone, It has been quite a while since I was last here, and regrettably I have been procrastinating on planning my upcoming trip to London -- which is almost a month away. I will break up my post in three sections, which I hope it will make it easier for providing answers. London...

Thank you Bedpan. Actually, E8A doesn't refer to my postal code. It's a type of passenger diesel locomotive built by EMD (formerly a division of General Motors) during the 1950s. I'm actually in Ontario. I have heard of realtimetrains.co.uk, and unfortunately I don't know of any websites like...

Thank you! The 317's are definitely on my list, and I will definitely be riding in the motor coaches. I find it interesting that some of the the 317's, 319's, CIG's, BIG's, and VEP's (am I missing others?) have only one coach with traction motors.

Thanks for the welcome, gents! I was made aware by learning about British railways that unfortunately the slam-door trains are now gone. Hopefully when I get to London I will get some rides on a couple of 313's, 315's, and 465's, just to name a few. I will try to get a ride on a Class 121...

Hello everyone, I just signed up to this forum, and I hope I enjoy my stay. I'm a Canadian railway enthusiast (or railfan, as us North American enthusiasts call ourselves) and I started taking an interest in British trains within the last year or so. My interest began with a curiosity of the...