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Hi, I'm trying to track down a Documentary that I saw some time ago about the ill fated APT publicity run, the one where the train lost power due to ice leaving Glasgow, and the hungover reporters blamed the their nausea on the tilt. Also looking for any other accounts of this trip. Does...

This is a long shot, a very long shot, buts it’s worth a try. Hickleton Main Colliery. Can anyone recall what the last NCB shunting locomotive to leave the site was? Or just any information about the shunters that were based there? Another very long shot. In the mid eighties, there was often...

Hi Can anyone recommend a good source of information for modelling buses. In particular the Leyland Dab bendy buses used by SYT in the eighties, and the short wheel base Leyland Olympian double decker used by Yorkshire Traction? I’m rediscovering my love of scratch building, but in a larger...

Don't know where else to post this. I've built a toy Toby tram engine for my Thomas obsessed child. Its 1:24 scale to fit playmobil figures , and being built on a whim, its dimensions are approximate. Its big enough though to have internal detail so I've left the roof openable to be played...

I know there must be an existing thread for the class 68 but I cannot find one, so please merge if necessary. Are these locomotives heavier than most, or just more clattery on the track. A pair visited Heysham today and they were the loudest thing I've heard pass on the line, except for the...

The recent TGV visit to St Pancras, and ICE before it, along with those diesels that dragged them through Kent, got me thinking about the long term future of OO scale. DB will be running services on HS1, along side the Eurostar e320 in a couple of years, but I'm having difficulty imagining...

Am I right in thinking that there is a pendolino running around with an extra pantograph car, though without the pantograph, or did my eyes deceive me? I didn't catch the identity of the unit.

In the eighties, hornby sold a mk3 coach in Hoverspeed colours. Was this a fictional livery? I can't find anything tho say they existed in reality.

What is the purpose of TOPS registration? In addition to the traditional UK rolling stock classification, various European types have been registered, such as the Vossloh G1206 used by ECR in France, the Eurotunnel locos that have dragged TGV sets to St Pancras, and the SNCF Class BB 22200...

Crossing the railway at Hest Bank crossing today I almost shat myself as I looked right and saw a Pendolino almost atop me. Luckily it was stationary. To my left were a bunch of orange vests amid the the four foot, seemingly taking a guess at the track gauge. After about five minutes later...

Some time ago I remember reading online that, prior to the dismantling of the Tram systems before the 1960s, that it was possible for one vehicle to cross the various networks and be driven from Liverpool over to Manchester. I am trying to find something which backs this. Any recommended...

Following the fav Christmas song, what about the best Christmas Movies. For me its: Scrooged Its a wonderful life Polar Express There are so many others, but those three, on a dark evening with a roaring fire, the lights on the tree and a glass of port. Thats Christmas. What others?

As an antidote to the hate thread. What do you love? To name but a few: I love good food and fine wine. I love a cold beer on a hot day I love the music that takes me back or makes the hairs stand on end I love, as Kryton once said The "Inny & outy bits" I love catching up with old...

Is this a class 70 or a random overseas loco? From a spotter's point of view rather than a technical one. Its been a while since I called myself a trainspotter, but when I did, it was important that I marked down a sighting of every locomotive in the UK. But UK locomotives abroad were also a...

Does anyone know of any numbers out there (or better, pie charts) that show how the composition of the mainline fleet has changed over time? For example, the proportion of Diesel, Steam, Electric locomotives, plus EMU/DMU at ten year intervals (1960,70,80,90,2000,2010) Would also be...

I live in Heysham and have lately been seeing lots of London buses (first & Go Ahead and possibly others) passing through and down the M6. I can only guess that they have come off the ferry. These buses use the bus lanes through Lancaster, is that appropriate? I also spotted a golden...

The Southampton - Nuneaton gauge enhancements to allow the larger containers to operate on Network Rail. Does this open up the network to any European mainline designs to find work over here? Just curious if anyone was aware of any designs that could theoretically be deployed here. The...

Recently become interested in Northern Ireland Railways. Superficially, NIR looks very similar to BR, with mk2 and mk3 coaches and such, with the exception of the wider gauge, so I can't help but wonder why the Railways, unlike the other nationalised institutions like BT, Post Office, Royal...