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  1. RichJF

    Accurascale Class 66

    Accurascale have launched a Class 66! I believe they've acquired the tooling & production rights for the Hattons Class 66. Details here! Youtube link
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    Satlink Western

    As you do, I've been browsing & come across (I think) this part of BR called 'Satlink Western'. I've tried Googling/researching a bit more but haven't come across much. Is there anyone who could share any more details or information about what Satlink Western actually did? I've seen images of...
  3. RichJF

    North London Link (pre-electrification)

    I'm in the early stages of planning a small OO gauge layout (working diorama type). I'm hoping to base it loosely on North Woolwich on the North London Link. My question is: Is there an official record of what DMU types ran on the section (pre 3rd rail)? Was it any Cravens unit or just what was...
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    'Peaks' on the Southern

    Hello everyone! I have a micro OO gauge BR Blue layout (set in Southern England). I'm currently bidding on a Peak online & this has me curious... Did the 'Peaks' (44/45/46) ever work regularly into the Southern Region as a whole? Were they restricted to passenger or freight workings?
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    East Croydon mail platform

    Hello all. Having gone through East Croydon the other day & being a regular user of it both since the footbridge & back in the 2000s for school with the old underpass, my interest has been peaked by seeing a picture of a train in a possible parcels platform there. Does anybody have memories or...
  6. RichJF

    Micro OO lockdown layouts

    Hi all, Been absent from the forums for a few months, but have been creating a couple of micro layouts during Lockdown 3 & while still working at home! Nearly all of it is childhood stuff & 2nd hand items acquired from local model/hobby shops. I built the table-top one... then used the...
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    Should GTR be split up? If so, how would you do it?

    Living in good old GTR land, it's rumoured to be split up in 2021. This might make it easier to manage as the two separate Thameslink/Southern franchises.
  8. RichJF

    Class 377 flashing door indicator

    Hi all, Got the train yesterday. On arriving at East Croydon the train (formed of 3x 377) on coach 6 or 7 had a flashing yellow door release light. The same one that illuminates when the doors are released. What does this indicate, if anything? Thanks!
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    Transilien loco hauled services

    Hey all, I was in Paris from 12-14 June and had a question regarding Transilien Paris services. Are there any loco hauled ones left? They seem to be all in the hands of Emus. I swear I read somewhere that some of the double deck routes were loco push-pull? Think the locos are SNCF bb 17000...
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    Historical 3rd Rail Rlectrification Plans

    Hello everyone. I live in East Grinstead so the railway history of the area fascinates me. I've got a question regarding electrification that was proposed or cancelled back in the 1930s. Taken from browsing the endless pit that is the internet: I saw somewhere a snippet that said Horsted...
  11. RichJF

    Easiest Railway Lines to reinstate

    Following on from the thread "hardest railway lines to reinstate", it got me thinking. What are the disused railway lines with the fewest obstacles to reinstate? Or to open it up a bit more, which disused lines would have large support for reopening. A suggestion is Bristol-Portishead.
  12. RichJF

    Southern Class 377 wifi

    Hey all, Got the train to work today & I noticed that wifi was installed on the unit I was on (377463). This was on the homeward leg to East Grinstead. The 4x377/3 in the morning did not have it as far as I could tell. Does anyone know if Southern is installing wifi throughout the 377 fleet or...
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    Historical East Grinstead diagrams

    Hi all, I've moved to East Grinstead within the last 12 months (great for railway history). I'm curious about the 70s/80s period (after the High Level closed) before electrification. I remember seeing somewhere that there was a regular diagram booked that involved a Hastings unit being sent...
  14. RichJF

    Planned Train being Replaced with a Slower Train

    Hi, I was looking at Realtime Trains for my work station (Coulsdon South). One of the services was cancelled & I'm struggling to figure out what this means on Realtime Trains. It was cancelled due to the "planned train being replaced with a slower train". Is this a genuine reason or just a...
  15. RichJF

    Early privatisation timetables

    Please refer me to another thread if necessary, but I was hoping to find a location online or in hard copy where you could pick up early privatisation timetables c. 1996-2002 time period. I've a few memories of odd services on South Central/Eastern and wanted to see if they actually did run...
  16. RichJF

    Proposals for Uckfield Line Electrification following Gibb Report

    Hi all, I'm based in nearby East Grinstead but this popped up today. I know the Uckfield Line causes many a thread so here is the latest one...electrification has been proposed.:roll: http://uckfieldnews.com/uckfield-line-electrification-proposed/ Out would go the unreliable diesel trains to...
  17. RichJF

    Contact with the 3rd rail

    Hi all, Feel free to point me in the direction of any threads that already cover this, but I had a question about the 3rd rail. This morning a train at Dormans manged to contact the 3rd rail, killing the power & closing the line between Hurst Green & East Grinstead. Apparently it lost at...
  18. RichJF

    2-Hap (Class 414) unit allocations

    Hi everyone, This is more query about historical unit allocations than anything up to date. I'm delving into Southern Region EMUs again & the 2-Hap units are puzzling me. Does anyone know which services these used to work? There's a clip of one at Canterbury & a picture of one at...
  19. RichJF

    London Victoria Extractors

    Hi everyone, While commuting up to London & having to go via Victoria (again), I noticed the old extractor fans over pl 18-19 & stopped to have a look. This may have been answered in the past but do they still work? Are they also only above pl 18 & 19? I guess these were for the...

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