Recent content by Phil Atack

...and the ladder is permanently fixed so the person in the bottom bunk has to limbo into bed.

LSL (Locomotive Services Ltd) operating what appear to be catenary (overhead wires) de-icers 14/15 Dec: VVR 0Z69 Crewe - Carlisle 07.30 90001 + 86101 VVR 0Z70 Carlisle - Crewe 07.00 90002 + 87002 (worked north 13/12 as 0Z90) VVR (Variation - very recent?) is to VSTP (Very short term planning)...

Indeed not! We experienced this behind 60163 Tornado on Pathfinder Tours "The Royal Borderer" on 22nd October 2010. Train was held in Calton tunnel on approach to Edinburgh Waverley for several minutes and safety valve lifted, causing a blast of steam to hit the OHLE. The consequent arcing...

I've had a similar email concerning 1A22 on 30th June 0936 HGT - KGX. Does anyone know what this might be please?

Thursday 17th - West Coast Railways "The Dalesman" York - Carlisle 1Z62 Northbound RHD 1255 / 1Z64 Southbound RHD 1815. Steam from/to Hellifield from usual WCRC pool

Movement from Eastleigh was last night: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U53375/2020-10-30/detailed#allox_id=0 Crew training runs? 5Z43/44/45 https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55361/2020-11-02/detailed https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55362/2020-11-02/detailed...

Message received from WCRC "Due to a recent surge in UK rail travel, we are unable to book the times required with Network Rail to complete the journey on the Railtours | The Pendle Dalesman on Wednesday, 21 October 2020" Does anyone know why? Just seems a bit of an odd excuse when it's been...

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Many thanks Dave

Does anyone know what this service is Carmarthen - Wishaw? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U68002/2019/03/08/advanced

...sorry, Gloucester not Worcester!

Always worth looking to see if one of the Rover tickets might be useful in a situation like this: Leeds - Nottingham return + Worcester - Temple Meads return + Heart of England 3 in 7 day Rover works out at around £130 without railcard