Recent content by Rich5ltr

Thanks chaps, I will give those a try!

For 25 years I lived close to the western mainline and would use the excellent UKsteam.info website for timings etc. Sadly since the death of it's custodian UKsteam.info is no longer updated (it has been mothballed with all it's archive information). What is suggested as the best place for such...

Thanks chaps. Yes it's realtimetrains I was thinking of. I used it to find steam excursions and track the actual running times as they approach a certain location where I'm stood. :-)

Chaps, very quick question - what is the website that shows train progress by location in real time? I've lost my link and can't remember the name! Thanks...

Great, thanks chaps. That'll be it then. I was just curious. It was a bit like old times !

I noticed a Warship at Old Oak Common earlier this week. It was maroon but I couldn't see the number. I wondered if anyone here knows which one it is and what it's there for?

Yes I'm aware of UK Steam Info but couldn't see anything there which is why I asked. Royal Scot appeared to be in steam too. Tnx...

I passed Southall yesterday, albeit at speed, and 46100 Royal Scot and what I think was 34052 Lord Dowding (the nameplate was pale blue). I've looked to see what services these locos are pulling but cannot find anything that matches. Does anyone know what they will be used on?

Ha ha, quite unintentionally too, anyway, I think I got an answer to my original question, thanks chaps. Now I want to know what HVAC is (not heating and venting & air con, surely?) And yes, those freight diesels you mentioned are plug ugly :wink:

So does that explain why one sees trains on heritage lines without a ETS in that they have maintained steam heating for their coaches? Thanks...

Thanks, no offence intended, I love some diesels especially Warships, Brush Type 4s and English Electric Type 3s. That said, they look blooming odd hitching a ride at the back of a rake of Pullmans or crimson lake coaches headed up by a steam engine. Anyway, as my vague recollection that it's...

Quick question, and I really should know the answer, but why do so many (indeed is it all) mainline steam tours have to lug a diesel at the rear of the train? Is it for heating, power supply, fail safe in case the loco stalls or what? I recollect several years ago one of the locomotive owners or...

These guys really are a disgrace. There are so many places one can observe a train from the correct side of the fence that one can only assume these are people trying to get that special image that they hope to sell on one of the numerous photography web sites. Bad news...

Thanks Nippy, it was on the Down Main at Maidenhead.

So on realtime Trains what would the abbreviation DD stand for with regards to the line? i.e. DM Down Main, RL relief Line, but DD?