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Anyone any experience of exiting from a London-bound Eurostar at Ashford? How long does it take to get through formalities, assuming some customs official doesn't take a dislike to my appearance? I'm booked on a Eurostar back from Paris, with destination Kent, and debating whether to go on into...

Back in my teenage years, with my mate Mike, we did a 7-day all-line rover. Relying on my spotting notebook from the time and a few grey cells, here's the story, with a regrettable lack of emphasis on foodstuffs. Sunday Armed with holdall, instamatic camera, marmalade sandwiches, GB timetable...

Last summer, I took myself off to Switzerland, mostly for watching the trains. Here's a report... Day one Bus into town, as it was raining very hard, and the first 4-wheeler of the week (thanks Northern) into Sheffield. Shared a table on the London train with a lady in her 80s going to see...

Morning all, travelling to Mannheim/Heidelberg later this year by train, and I can see basically three possible routes: a. London-Brussels-Cologne/Bonn-Mannheim b. London-Paris-Saarbrücken-Mannheim c. London-Paris-Strasbourg-(Offenburg/Karlsruhe)-Mannheim. Any pros and cons? Best scenery? More...

Planning a trip to the Gotthard line, based in Göschenen, in June, with photos and walking a priority. Does anyone have any suggestions/tips beyond the days I've got tentatively planned below? 1. Walk Schöllenen gorge (Göschenen-Andermatt) and around Andermatt 2. Walk Göschenen to Wassen...

Just scanned some long-lost slides from 1989, and I'm not sure on these two locations. Strongly suspect the WCML in Northants (the previous frames were Kettering, and the next, at the end of the film, looks like the canal museum at Stoke Bruerne). If anyone can fill in the exact locations, I'd...

According to Network Rail at http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Freight-diversion-between-Buxton-and-Stockport.aspx the Buxton area freights are being diverted over the passenger line via Dove Holes during the Christmas period: Anyone going out with a camera? Edit: just spotted the photo on the NR...

With all the recent threads on all-line rovers, I thought I'd dig out my notes for a Southern Region rover in 1982. Unfortunately, I didn't take detailed notes on diet and scenery, but I do remember a certain amount of Traveller's Fare cornish pasties, and Nestle vending machine choc bars. My...