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Some may already know but Ed Jacobs of ESJ Coaches and Bedford SB/ Duple Vega " Rosie " Fame has passed. As such, the Facebook group for Duple is now frozen. A new group has henceforth been set up Duple Coachwork but have no experience in admin skills... so just saying, it's out there to...

I don't normally do trivia but a random thought made me think to put this out there. Back in the day, local coach companies would not only use " name" of " place " Coaches Ltd as a fleetname. There were some good stylish names .... From my past , Maid of the Mountains, Morning Star, Overland...

To save people scanning several other threads for info, thought ideal to put in one place So to kick off, 002 is on Long Rock as spare until Sunday night when it should be swapped for (187 ?) back into service for a Monday AM PZ departure.

This is more for information and putting it in one place rather than the various threads on the IETs spread across RUKF. The plan is to introduce the first 802s on 20th august 2018 and the following information is from non-sensitive internal memos which may be useful to some. Acceptance dates...

To save bits of stuff being posted on the GWR Livery and Night Riviera threads and elsewhere, decided its about time that this was put in one place. So for those who dont yet know, some 11 sets of four car HSTs are being used for mainllne stopping services between Penzance/Plymouth/Bristol...

Mod Note: Thread has been split from here. May have missed it but what reduction in locos is taking place? Anything sold may give more opportunities for all.

Today, 24/6/16, and info received from Fleet Engineering Manager in person. With the well known IEP delays, the number of 165/166 units retained at Reading depot will increase. The rest for Bristol as planned for Cardiff-Portsmouth. This means not all 158s will head west so it looks...

Hi all. Some may recognise me from other forums but due to consistent technical problems, I've got fed up so joined here after months of observation! Just to say for those who don't know, I am a GWR employee, user and enthusiast and modeller and dont post politics or speculation but some of my...