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Milk in churns stoped being collected by England and Wales Milk Marketing Board from farm's roadside milk stands in 1979. Little if any of this residual trafic went by train in ex farm churns but was delivered to Creameries or Dairies for bottling for local distribution or bulked for rail of...

I think you may be incorrect, it is described as Unadvertised Express, its an STP with 1Z45 identity and Driver Only Opperated, perhaps it's a first of GWR driver training runs?

Some time since I travelled in to Chichester by train from Havant direction however, the Cathedral can not be seen from the adjacent parallel road A259 Via Raverra too many trees and buildings obscure the view.

I'm late to this thread and I would agree that the 444 and 450 when first introduced had such loud horns that,with the Portsmouth Direct inscribing an arc from south via south west to north east of my location, they could be heard over 4 miles away. Since then there was a public campaign to have...

This picture does indeed clarify the location and attitude of both trains. As a slight aside BBC South TV News throughout this morning are stating that the SWR train was travelling from Portsmouth. I have tweeted that they should check their own National News source!

Ok I'll bite, I think the paint job is quite classy shame about the "curtain" at the front might have chosen a nice Cath Kidson print to brighten it up!:D Now the question, why is there a "curtain" in the centre window?

Similar in East Hampshire close on 30mm in rolling 24 hrs to 20:00 today -15mm between 19:00 -19:35 this evening!

Apologies I'm a novice at social media and other sources and felt it best to err on the side of caution.

Also a fair bit of acceleration when leaving Guildford and speed through Betchworth, I wonder how it performed up Dorking bank?

It is indeed!

If not already posted there is a good video, with sound, of the test runs on 16 & 18 June on youtube. the title is GWR Class 769 Flex Test Runs on the North Downs and Brighton Main Lines - 16 & 18/06/21 The poster has requested that links are not shared without permission the above is the best...

Given the railway only covers Ryde - Shanklin it would be pretty limiting on the island if you were going to rely on the train. A point of difference, agreed Southern Vectis is a better way "to see the island" but not very convenient for moving quite large "peak flows" of holidaymakers with a...

Our club had a rather twee title of "The Train Trotters Club" as it was known that in the holidays and occasional Saturdays several of us would, armed with our Ian Allans, travel as a group to Tonbridge, Clapham Junction, or Victoria via Redhill, Woking or Waterloo via Guildford for a day of...

In the thread "First Memories of London Terminus" there have been a number of posting going a little off topic recalling trips made with Clubs or Societies. An interesting topic on its own perhaps deserves its own thread. I'll kick off with my junior school's club on a visit to Purley Signal Box...

1950s London Bridge; Brighton side dark and dingy with the over powering smell of fish.Waterloo, Steam, Baggage, Porters, Corridor Stock, Pullmans, Taxi Road, Newspaper Vans, Post Office Vans. Victoria; spacious and two distinct stations, Brighton side 5 BELL 6 PUL 6 PAN 4 LAV & 4 SUBs and the...

Why the permanent way is not as weed free as it was is not only due to the demise of steam and fire killing plants together with the length-men clearing vegetation it is due to the pesticides used and the timing of application. The primary and currently approved herbicide (weed killer) for use...

I think that the demise of the 442 had become increasingly probable with all the delays and problems without the intervention of Covid. Though I do wonder, despite their recent good reliability, if the 458 might be considered a "sub fleet" I calculate that there are just 180 Cl 458 vehicles in...

He did indeed and a fascinating read it is as are his other experiences in locomotive handling and maintenance. I recommend this for those of the post steam era for an insight and flavour of the railway in the mid twentieth century.

Richard Hardy wrote about the post WWII intensive steam hauled suburban traffic in his biographical book Steam in the Blood which gives a flavour of both the haulage and the management of the motive power on these services.

Being a conspiracy theorists here is a potential scenario; they stop throwing more money at the lost cause of 442s having announced yet another reconfiguration and refurbishment programme for the 458. The 458s move to the back of the queue for conversion by which time it may well be seen that...