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For 25 years I lived close to the western mainline and would use the excellent UKsteam.info website for timings etc. Sadly since the death of it's custodian UKsteam.info is no longer updated (it has been mothballed with all it's archive information). What is suggested as the best place for such...

Chaps, very quick question - what is the website that shows train progress by location in real time? I've lost my link and can't remember the name! Thanks...

I noticed a Warship at Old Oak Common earlier this week. It was maroon but I couldn't see the number. I wondered if anyone here knows which one it is and what it's there for?

I passed Southall yesterday, albeit at speed, and 46100 Royal Scot and what I think was 34052 Lord Dowding (the nameplate was pale blue). I've looked to see what services these locos are pulling but cannot find anything that matches. Does anyone know what they will be used on?

Quick question, and I really should know the answer, but why do so many (indeed is it all) mainline steam tours have to lug a diesel at the rear of the train? Is it for heating, power supply, fail safe in case the loco stalls or what? I recollect several years ago one of the locomotive owners or...