Recent content by tadhatter

Hi all, I'm thinking about heading up to the footbridge just north of Chesterfield station tomorrow over lunchtime. As I've never been there before can anyone recommend somewhere to park please and what I'd be likely to see. In other words is it worth the hour plus drive! Cheers, in...

Just a quick question: is this officially closed, a freight only line or very limited passenger service please?

Yes it's a long process but if the plants are sterile then heaven help us should we ever get a male plant as it seems to be spreading like wildfire in our towns and cities as it is!

Some serious investment taking place along this route. However, it also has a serious problem with Japanese Knotweed! In places it encourages way over the trackbed and in between the rails. I'm sure that this is potentially a very serious problem as the root systems are notoriously hard to kill...

Earlier today I attempted to purchase a Freedom of the Northwest rover ticket at Leeds station. The woman on duty clearly had no idea what I was asking for. This isn't uncommon. Every year around the summer I take the inside of a week and buy a Rover Ticket and whoever and wherever I...

Thanks and me too! I think it was my 3rd or 4th attempt to get a shot of it as I didn't know from the timetable which were the loco hauled trains as opposed to the usual dmus. I eventually worked it out by hearing it heading towards Carlisle and got the return journey on a day when were...

A sample. Enjoy...

This thread has the theme if generally disliking most train liveries! My favourite livery was large logo. Looked brilliant on the 50s, 86s and 37s and to a slightly lesser degree the 47s. I'm not sure how that would translate into a multiple unit livery though with huge carriage numbers and the...

Probably my fault in all fairness. But back to my original point; I'd never been to huntingdon before so it was a gamble! The bloke monitoring the barriers looked tough but I said who I was, that I was a rail enthusiast and please would it be possible to access the platforms to photograph some...

Technically aren't they DMUs?

What an excellent location for photography! On a curve with excellent viewing with long span electrification so no OLE getting in the way. Also a relatively good variety of traction from 91s/MK4s, EMUs, DMUs and freight.

Clacton looked dead and locked up for good about 6 years ago on my only ever visit to Clacton.

What happened to 50045?

Me too. Although it is considerably darker than old br blue especially after it had time to fade!

just dumped in the south bay with 92032. There's regulary a 92 there having done a turn to DIRFT but 023 is a real bonus! 70008 makes a sneaky appearance in one of the shots.