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When my mum moved house recently I had to collect a lot of stuff I had left there 20 odd years ago. When I worked for Stagecoach south with permission I start to collect registration plates of scrapped or re-reg buses. In my registration collection are Hant & Dorset Bristol VR 3394 YEL1T and...

I saw this video the other day of a Metro line in Belgium built but never used. 1663449548

The class 47 had carried many different liveries over the years but what livery do you think best suited the class 47? For me I liked Scotrail livery the best. It might be because growing up in Eastleigh we never saw it except when the 47/7s finished in Scotland and came south so never got tired...

I am into disused railways and what I find fascinating is what remains ie TP huts, bridges, tunnels, platforms etc etc. My main love is the Somerset and Dorset and there is quite a bit remains including Templecombe engine shed now in Industrial use. What disused railways have you walked and what...

What are your favourite EMUs either modern or older EMUs? For me growing up in Eastleigh Ido have a soft spot for the 442s but my absolute favourite has to be the 4 REP a 3200hp slammer hauling a 4 or 8 TC unpowered units. They shifted when on there own too.

When I was a nipper Eastleigh works used to do work on classes 08/09/33/73 and Southern region units and some units from other regions. How things have changed in recent years I was wondering how many different classes of locomotives and units have had work done there in the works itself...

Blimey it is 10 years ago today that the slammers finished on the Lymington branch. Where has the time gone?

Today 12/12/18 is the 30th anniversary of the Clapham disaster. It's hard to believe it was 30 years ago I was a young 16 year old at the time but remember it like it was yesterday.

I was listening to a bit of Weird Al Yankovic earlier and love his song parodies. Does anyone else like him? For those who have never heard his work the link below is one of my favourites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKtlK7sn0JQ YKtlK7sn0JQ

The footbridge at Brockenhurst station has been removed with just the stairs and abutments remaining at the moment as the spans have been removed. I'm not sure how long the stairs and abutments will remain before starting the new footbridge which will include lifts. It's sad to see the old...

Yet another bridge bash on the Lymington Branch this is roughly the tenth this year on the branch

Not quite preservation but not sure where to put this. Below are some pictures of Blechynden Station or Southampton Central as it is now known. I read a book called Southampton Railways and never realised how much land has been reclaimed. Anyone who has been to Southampton Central may not know...

There was a Bridge Bash on the Lymington Branch earlier around 13.00. This is about the 6th on the Branch this year ( not always the same bridge) and we are not in June yet! Come to think of it I think this was the 3rd this month if not then it was at least the second Here is the one from...

Hi all. Does anyone know if there are any websites that give loco and unit allocation histories? Thanks in advance Marv

Combe Down & Devonshire Tunnels on the old Somerset & Dorset re-opened on 06/04/13 as part of a cycle trail http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=ltsADGmrjVQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kot3lOYS3r4

Carry On films.does anyone like them? I love them myself. Whilst growing up I thought they were great but it wasn't until my teens that I started to get a lot more of the jokes for example the Sid James character in Carry On Don't Lose Your Head Sir Rodney Effing with 2 f's or in Carry On...

The 450 on the Lymington Branch yesterday and also today is formed of HC 450565. It's the first time I've seen a HC 450 on the Lymington Branch since I started working at Lymington Town about a year and a half ago.

When class26 number 26007 passed through Eastleigh on it's way to Swanage diesel gala in 2009 I thought that was the first visit of a class 26 to Eastleigh. Now if the photo below is correct the same loco had in fact visited Eastleigh some 51 years earlier...

A good Samaritan who gave shelter to two people following an accident had the roof cut off her car after they started complaining of neck pains http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20953506

What extinct locomotive classes would you have liked to see preserved. I have a liking for the Leader steam loco.