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Hi all, Just wondered if anybody knows of a good vantage point to view the West Midlands Metro depot at Wednesbury? There doesn't look to be a very good view of the tram parking area from anywhere on Google Maps other than the large wooded area just to the south but I assume this is private...

Hi all, I think I've summed my question up in the title. I visited Peak Rail at Rowsley on Saturday but unfortunately the shed was completely closed up. I managed this extremely poor photo of a black 0-6-0 tank through a window and wondered if anybody knew the identity? It's been suggested that...

Hi all, I passed an 0-6-0T in typical bright blue "Thomas the Tank" livery on the back of a low-loader heading south on the M1 near Chesterfield this afternoon. Not sure if it was a Jinty or industrial type but just wondered if anybody knew what it was and where it was moving from/to? Thanks, Chris

Morning all, Just wondered if anybody has the timings for the East-end Central Line RAT that operates out of Hainault? I thought I had a copy of the WTT that had it in but can't seem to find it now, or anything up-to-date online. I'll probably have a day out and about in London on Tuesday and...

Evening all, Just looking at the timetable for the Northern Line, along with maps of the station layouts, to try and work out the best place to go to try and clear as many sets as possible in one go (likely tomorrow morning). With some services going up one central branch (CX or Bank) and back...

Evening all, I was at Hammersmith for a while earlier today and noted the following pairings on the Piccadilly stock. I've listed them in numerical order of lowest number in each set (and some of the 8xx sets are reversed). 100 + 857 101 + 238 102 + 895 103 + 208 104 + 239 105 + 182 106 + 119...

Evening all, Having visited London more times than I care to remember over the past 30 years and never really paid any attention to underground stock, I've recently ended up with a temporary job move (likely 2-3 years) and am now living in West London for 3/4 days a week. I thought seeing as I...

Good morning all, Here's a long shot. Yesterday evening (Sun 24th) I saw a pretty new looking track machine on the back of a low loader on the M25. It was 19:20 heading anticlockwise near junction 19 (Watford area). If anybody has any idea what it may be I'd be very interested to know, I...

Good morning all, Just wondered if anybody could provide info on what routes the WMT 172/2 & 172/3 units work, and if any unit can cover any route or do they stick to specific routes within sub-classes? I'm not bothered about individual diagrams or timings, just the routes covered. I'm planning...

Hi All, Obviously we can't travel anywhere at the moment until Covid is under control and restrictions are lifted but in the meantime I'm spending some time thinking about a possible trip later this year assuming we can travel again. If anybody could help, I've been trying to find information...

Morning All, On Thursday I passed Nottingham depot and there was a Colas 70 and 56 parked in the siding with the small blue shunter. Just wondered if anybody knows which class 70 it was please? Recent loco lists suggest it could have been 804 or 813 but it would be really useful to know for...

Hi all, Just thought I'd stick this on here as it may be of interest to many of you. Recently a friend of mine compiled a new book entitled "Freight Only - Germany". This is in fact the first of 4 proposed books that will cover the whole of Germany, and being volume 1, covers Northern Germany...

Evening all, Thought I'd put the feelers out and see if I can pick your collective brains regarding a visit to Poland when the weather has warmed up a bit. I've visited once before a few years ago but that was with my missis so didn't see that much of the railway scene, I had brief walks around...

Morning everyone, I'm trying to find some details on particular passenger workings around London so thought this was a good place to start. In a couple of weeks I'm having a very rare trip down to London for 4 days, I've only been down once in the last 6 years so there's plenty of new(ish)...

Afternoon all, Sorry for the very short notice but I have a question I'm hoping somebody may be able to answer. I have a ticket from Scunthorpe to Manchester that I bought from The Trainline for tomorrow morning. I purchased it as Scunthorpe-Manchester Piccadilly only, for a specific train...