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Bournemouth this morning.

Thanks both. Much appreciated as ever. Quite a good afternoon, as I also managed to photo the entire operational fleet of GW IETs -...

Thanks. Maybe it was looped beyond Bath. Any idea of the loco as it can't be 66429 which I initially thought?

Brilliant; thanks. I was up the hillside near Twerton and they were a bit too far to get the numbers. Indeed it was 2D83... Oh, just...

I wonder if anyone knows which GW units worked the following, yesterday (11th May), please? 2D23 1426 Westbury - Filton 2O78 1242 Gt...

This was GWRs entire operational fleet of IETs yesterday. Spotted within 16 mins of each other at Patchway; 800006 and 800009.

You might want to make a note of the edition number or series letter too, as map collectors can be quite picky (and rightly so) in...

I don't think EM P'way was conceived as an interchange station, whilst Trent most certainly was.

Do the SE Javelins have the same problem?

I like ye olde word "carriages". Typical of the original Great Western way of putting things.

Don't worry guys, I remember seeing the Midland Pullman passing over Spondon Junction of an evening, whilst playing in the adjacent...

The line through Chadd Sidings was a busy stretch of railway, back in the day. It was, of course, the first line into Derby, opened by...

Line via Chadd closed as a through route in 1969 with Derby resignalling.

Many of the local inbound DMUs from Nottm were routed into Derby via Chadd. Then departed to Nottm via the usual route via Way & Works...

I think it's rather a good letter. Mentions specifics as to what went wrong and ends by looking forward. Has the feel of being genuine...