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At one time, the Teesside Oil Refinery was owned by ICI. One of the fractions of Crude Oil is Asphalt and Bitumen. The Refinery that was once Mobil, and then then BP's in Coryton in Essex sent Asphalt to Frome in Somerset by rail. I know, In the 1970's I used to load and weigh the wagons.

I find getting around home is fairly cheap. Truro-St.Ives return last November being £5.85 using my Senior Rail Card is fine. The St Erth Connections are OK and it's a bit of a bonus if the service from Truro is running slightly late as there is less of a wait. The bus is free for me having my...

Hi Don, I also noticed the nighttime Manchester run which I found very enjoyable. I subscribe to your Youtube channel and get the alerts to new material. I enjoy cab rides immensely and have a huge collection of rides from Brazil to Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and all over Europe and a...

I'd love to say the UK but since privatisation, with ticketing issues, strikes, lack of timetabling, train cancellations galore, really bizarre fare structures, etc, etc, etc, I couldn't say the UK has the best railways in spite of the route networking etc, and to add the farces of HS2 and...

I too have come across the Organ at London Bridge. Two you students playing Bach who I really enjoy. I was able to have a chat with them and they played another work of Bach and they gave them a £20 tip. Very memorable.

I am supposing that the Bath Spa Warren's outlet is the Cornish company known for it's Cornish Pasties? Greggs, I think only have two outlets in Cornwall. One in Truro recently opened to much chagrin. The other in the Mid Cornwall Services on the A30.

Ah Yes! Lelant, My home station. Though I'd say the view from the station is only picturesque when the Hayle tide is in but nowadays the Station itself is not much. I'm old enough to remember when the Station house was in use as a station house and there was no iron fencing. St Ives was also a...

When I was recently home in the UK and back in the far South West, I found that there was no catering at all in Penzance, not even the hut that used to be outside the station. There is a shop in St Ives, and a lovely café at St Erth which has limited hours and friendly and hard working staff.. I...

As a student in the early 1970's I did an old BR excursion from Temple Meads to Edinburgh for£5:00. Left at 5am and returned by 1 or 2am next morning.

Actually, this past week I've done Penzance to Oban with a one night stay over in Liverpool. My journey north was messed up at Plymouth when the XC service to Birmingham was delayed 20 mins by the incoming from Leeds being 20 Late. This meant that I missed the West Coast connection at New...

Unfortunately I didn't have my phone with me to take evidence but I noticed over the last weekend that three new sidings tracks are being laid at Long Rock to the western (Penzance)side of the Depot and that at long last, the ground is being prepared for the installation of the lifts at St Erth...

I've long given up on on-board train catering. These days if I'm travelling long distance Truro-London and return, I'd pop up to Waitrose and buy food and wine at the Cornish Food Store and take it on the train to eat and maybe only accept the offering of coffee and water from the poor trolley...

Does that woman have children of her own? Does she present children's programmes on TV? If so she should be sacked. I don't care what country the photo's were taken or what the local rules are. Terrible example.

Hi Don, Just caught your latest production on You Tube, Piccadilly-Leeds / York-Huddersfield. Fantastic. The level of detail of description of the TRU plus other works and items of interest was marvellous and I mean the word marvellous. You were also able to capture this Cornishman's interest in...

I notice that the 06:33 1S45 Penzance-Aberdeen Cross Country service is being diverted today and reversing twice both at Bristol Parkway and at Newport and being sent up to Gloucester, via Chepstow and Lydney. What is the added distance to todays longest Journey? Are their other possible...