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Class 37s on Kings Lynn/Cambridge to Liverpool Street trains in the 60s - always seemed to be the same few split headcode examples, D6712, D6726, D6751 amongst them. When I started travelling around the WR and discovered the delights of named diesel hydraulics, the local offering seemed so dull...

Brings back forgotten memories, particularly the STS badges! Family trips to France in the 60s seemed to be mainly via Folkestone and I remember both the Folkestone Harbour branch and Dover Marine very well. Boat trains on the South Eastern were always easily recognisable with the MLV (Motor...

As a rare visitor, and even rarer poster, to the forum I found this thread interesting and nostalgic. I cannot vouch for the current state of the 317 fleet, now living as I do (perhaps ironically) not that far from Eastleigh but in NX days I did play a significant part in the allocation of 317s...

9B90 was crossed into the platform at Winchfield. According to the guard's announcement there had been reports of excessive arcing from the rear of the train, presumably passing Basingstoke. Checked by the crew, nothing apparently found and, by all accounts, progress through Farnborough when...

As a long term lurker on the forum, I couldn't let this subject pass without comment. The blinds on the SW 455s were replaced with the current white on blue ones in the mid '90s when there was a need for additional destinations to be shown. To make the displays more useful we went for...