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thats so, the Southern route via Salisbury to Exeter was superior, despite the GWR building various cutoffs to shorten their route. Beeching decreed that only one express route to Exeter was needed, if the SR was chosen, then everything west of Exeter would have to negotiate the 1 in 36 to St...

Reminded of the Somerset and Dorset on this forum. To its detractors it was the Slow and Dirty To its supporters it was the Swift and Delightful When it lost the Pines Express. it became the Sabotaged and Defeated If you are in to brunswick green and copper, watching these trains from the...

Bournemouth Echo is now reporting that six stations are liable to become unstaffed - Branksome, Hamworthy, Lymington Town, Parkstone, Pokesdown and Wool Regarding house prices - they are double the average within the New Forest National park as opposed to Hampshire as a whole, for the average...

a similar arrangement existed from 1964 to 1966 at Boscarne Exchange platform outside Bodmin and existed soley for passengers to transfer to a shuttle service for Bodmin North - no road access either

This service was introduced when the Pier trams went, when I last visited track still in situ but disused. Lymington branch must be a contender, and at one time there was a shuttle service from Bodmin General station to a new platform at Boscarne to link with the exGW line from Bodmin General...

4492 now on Swanage railway in preperation for steam gala next weekend, informed that 70013 is scheduled to work next Bath Spa Express

1498 has been used with 33 111 "Hot Dog" on the DMU path Swanage railway this weekend, saw it earlier today have the nameplates been removed by SWT prior to sale? 4492 alias 60019 on headshunt Swanage station in preperation for next weekends steam gala, informed it and the other visiting loco...

The law stepped in to declare that Ken Livingstone's cutting of fares for London Transport was unlawful, despite the increase in passenger numbers resulting, and leading to RT buses due for withdrawal to be reperived. Certainly he railways were all but nationalised in name when the Second World...

here's an interesting page with some views on Beeching, Marples etc http:///www.bilderberg.org/railways.htm. Note the post re Yatton & I would challenge the claim that no preserved railway has ever provided any commercial service. What about the Ffestiniog & Swanage? and another quote from see...

My memories of the Deltics is that they were reliable until the end. On their introduction, they proved the experts wrong, the ECML went from strength to strength. Eventually they were ousted by the HST's and a small fleet of non standard locomotives was out, they received only limited...

Interesting regarding Leader. One of Bullied's epitaphs was "two years too late" He became an apprentice two years later than normal Had he taken up the appointment with the SR in 1937 instead of 1939, the MN class would have been constructed free of wartime pressures, and Leader would have been...

source Lymington times. Article said there was a long waiting list for dates. The article says the necessary papers have been lodged, so presumably the hearing is going ahead

ok lets amend my previous post by saying that the 1970's were bad for the railways - one paper commented upon the steady drip, drip of opinion like a leaky tap that railways were bad, and when Mrs T was elected, things got worse, I remember Flook, a cartoon strip in the Daily Mail, which was...

I was looking for what happened to the Bath Spa Express on that day, having waited to photograph it, and gave up at 2030hrs an hour after its scheduled time. I was told that it was suffering wheel slip, and thought this is what happened to the class when it was first built, the wheels shifted on...

In fact, the railway network began to shrink in the 30's, particularly narrow guage lines such as the Lynton & Barnstaple, Leek & Manifold, Glyn Valley were early victims, being unable to compete with bus and lorry, while others such as the Corris and Welshpool & Llanfair continued as freight...

now Faletto has opted to have a tribunal, so wait and see what the result is

yes, will amend post

Yes, I was thinking of Wordsworth today and his anti rail campaign, if only he could see what has happened now. A park and ride originating in Kendal would be even better. How fortunate for Snowdonia that they have the FFestiniog, Welsh Highland and the Snowdon Mountain railway

saw the news item as well, Brock - Lymington got a mention. You'll enjoy Gunnislake, its one of my favourites, although I travelled over it some 20 years ago and got a frount seat, being able to see the line ahead from the driver's cab. The line seperates at St Budeux, the former LSWR line...

one point to consider is that LUL uses a 4 rail system while the former SR uses 3 rail. Also there have been different voltages such as the Manchester - Bury and not all overhead lines were 25kv such as the Altricham line now part of the Manchester tramway. The Lymington unit brought by the...