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Out of interest does the driver having worked from Nottingham then work the 0748 departure to Norwich after say 30 minutes break?

For 2 return services per day & being faster than East Midlands Railway I.e. 2 hours then it’s only likely one unit will be required. One return journey AM, and another PM. Diesel to Retford & electric to Kings Cross, changeover in platform at Retford.

BBC tracked a container some years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Box#:~:text=The%20Box%20or%20BBC%20Box,a%20special%20one%2Doff%20livery.

With the expansion of the ULEZ zone today, if this applied to the railway & diesel engines were banned within the ULEZ zone which services would be affected? I’m aware Marylebone is not electrified & there would be a big issue for freight but which other services would be affected & what...

57303 seen around M1 j25/26 heading north approx 0930 yesterday On back of Allelys low loader.

Demand based pricing will require booking onto a specific service? - similar to advance ticket rather than have a choice of return?

The mention of Wylfa nuclear further up the thread sparks the impression of two 25kv cables bringing the power to where it’s needed in north west England!

Can’t find a class 92 thread to post this other than in allocations etc 92040 seen heading north on M1 this afternoon between j26 & j27. Destination unknown.

Not sure where to post this 92040 seen heading north on M1 this afternoon between j26 & j27

Didn’t Newark used to be a Lincolnshire depot?

I have a distant memory of being sat in an Alexander (Northern) centre entrance single decker in about 1967/8 at Glenshee Ski slopes. This was a church youth group skiing trip staying at the Youth Hostel in Glen Isla. In sub zero temperatures at New Year the bus had struggled up the original...

I’ve not seen reading this thread how many coaches in each rake are affected in each rake. Is it one or many? There’s also been comment of shuffling coaches in sets to get a ‘good’ set. With modern electronics does a Coach D need to be replaced by another D or could a coach C be substituted?

Must have been at speed to ‘land’ on 4 wheels. A slow roll would have seen bonnet into ballast - front wheel drive with weight of engine.

Isn't the power car in the trees near the digger?

Looking at the vents at cantrail level is the photo of the power car from the front. I.e. cab ripped off?

One has to question what speed the train was travelling for the coaches to arrive in those positions.

Parapet appears demolished & wire fence atop damaged

Steel Street scrap yards over Holmes Junc. level crossing Rotherham.

What exactly has been sanctioned. The press release talks about electrifying Manchester - York to provide electric trains Liverpool to Newcastle. However this was costed at £2.9bn & only £589m released. Is Leeds to Church Fenton electrification agreed. Are we electrifying Leeds to...

Looking on Google Earth, Nunnery Main line junc. North of Sheffield is not visible. Whether the length of the underbridge counts as a tunnel. I’ve seen similar underground lengths classed as tunnels elsewhere.