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There was once around 10 to 12 3-car 158 units with GWR, and the number of 3-car units has been reducing over recent years, such that according to the 2024 P5 'combine', there are now only four left. Does anyone know whether GWR are intending to retain this small 3-car 158 fleet, or to disband...

The current numbers following Mk1 Coaches differs between various sources, and I’d like to know what their correct number are, please. Can anyone help, please? 25756 (18756) What’s the current number of 25756 - is it 99721 or 99722? And if it’s 99721, what’s the current number of 25806 (also...

I have the happy (?) prospect of turning 60 next year, and am I planning a two-week all line rail rover to celebrate. The National Rail Senior Railcard website (https://www.senior-railcard.co.uk/help/faqs/validity/) states: Does this mean between any two stations in the Network Railcard area...

I can't find an open thread covering this - apologies if it's covered elsewhere. It would be good to understand: What outstanding activities are required prior to through running (eg route learning?), how long they'll take, and when they're going to be completed, What outstanding...

I've not seen a thread about 230001. This seems to be an elusive unit, spending most of its time at Vivarail's HQ in Long Marston, not visible from any public location. I would really like to see 230001 - or better still, to travel on it - but I'm not expecting to be able to travel on it any...

The line from Clitheroe to Hellifield rarely sees any scheduled passenger workings. For the past few years there's been just one working each way on a Sunday, catering from ramblers, and usually starting from somewhere South or West of Clitheroe and terminating somewhere on the S&C. These have...

I'm planning to take a trip to the west country to track down Exeter's 158s. I saw them all in as-new formation, and as reformed into 3-cars, but there's a few I've not yet seen back in 2-car formation.. Is anyone able to post the diagrams for Exeter's 158s, please? Many thanks

Like many of us I maintain a spreadsheet of all mainline rolling stock (going back to the early seventies!), including sighting and haulage data together with other information about each item of rolling stock – eg numbers, names, dates (month and year) built / scrapped etc. In the good old...

Their doesn't seem to be a thread for Vivarail's move from Long Marston to Barry. AIUI, Vivarail's operation is being split, with office functions going to a site that isn't rail connected, with rolling stock being moved to Barry. I'd be particularly interested to learn about the plans for and...

Hi there. Firstly, a bit about myself, and my railway history. I spent my first couple of decades in Gloucestershire, moving up to Manchester about 35 years ago. My railway interest was sparked by family holidays by train to Dawlish in the late sixties and early seventies, and this progressed...