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  1. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    not to mention the scenic Italian village of Sottopassaggio
  2. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    Sorrento it is. Tocca a te!
  3. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    Not Vico Equense
  4. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    Probably the graffiti is a big clue:
  5. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    You can see some Basque language on a vertical sign through one of the arches “larruak eta izzurak“, which google translates as “skins and furs” ?! edit: some kind of art exhibition as it turns out
  6. eastwestdivide

    Does anyone know the old rolling stock used at Hinckley besides the class 170's?

    More info on Birmingham/Norwich and related services in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/birmingham-to-norwich-in-the-80s.123535/
  7. eastwestdivide

    Does anyone know the old rolling stock used at Hinckley besides the class 170's?

    Those Derby-based Cl.120 units were common enough on local services around Leicester back then. Birmingham-Leic-Peterborough, Leic-Nottingham/Derby locals. And other E Mids-based services of course like Crewe-Lincoln
  8. eastwestdivide

    Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates

    Thanks for all the photo updates @Killingworth.
  9. eastwestdivide

    When, and why, did a decent view out of the window lose its importance ?

    The rot set in with the original seating arrangement in the Mk3s, where the bodyshells were the same for 1st and 2nd, with windows spaced for 1st, and the bays for 2nd gradually worse from end to centre of the coach, ending with an airline pair in the centre. 1730671578 APT (class 370) versus...
  10. eastwestdivide

    Abandoned Railways from Above,new C4 series.

    But people say ‘my home town’ without being mayor, and ‘our country’ without being king and queen, so the possessive doesn’t necessarily imply possession, so to speak!
  11. eastwestdivide

    Rail travel in Sicily?

    Are they reusing the alignment? That was the impression I had. Edit: looking for press releases etc, ferrovie.it reports the new track will be 50% in tunnel: https://www.ferrovie.it/portale/articoli/14909 while Italian wiki on the metro extension at...
  12. eastwestdivide

    Abandoned Railways from Above,new C4 series.

    What's wrong with 'our' ? Seems a perfectly normal way to describe 'the line we are featuring in our programme', acknowledging that the narrator is one of a team of people.
  13. eastwestdivide

    Euston to Glasgow central - interesting sights out of the window

    Blink and you’ll miss Rugby, unlike 30 years ago!
  14. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    Possibly the Katowice area, to judge by the number of mentions of it if you search the left hand train’s number, EN57-2061
  15. eastwestdivide

    Post Mk1/2s on preserved railways?

    Whole bunch of Pacers, if you're not restricting it to hauled stock
  16. eastwestdivide

    Rail travel in Sicily?

    The buses to Paternò are because the metro is being extended there. Expected opening is 2027, according to wiki at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catania_Metro
  17. eastwestdivide

    Steam Trains in Dresden and Saxony

    Looks it, yes. See under Fahrplan at https://www.sdg-bahn.de/ for the three lines run by SDG, all in German though.
  18. eastwestdivide

    Elizabeth Line moving with no driver at Paddington

    Like the response "please give us advance notice of an emergency"
  19. eastwestdivide

    *International* Guess The Station

    Probably English-speaking if that's the start of "Mind the gap/step"! High platforms and a vaguely British-looking shelter in wood. Interesting dots along the edge too...
  20. eastwestdivide

    wanting to try out the class 465

    Aren’t Sheerness trains 3-car 375 rather than 465s?

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