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I support this. I will get shouted down but BR Green and Black can get quite boring. I would love to see variety of colours. I know people will say it is all about recreating history, but plenty of locomotives have more history in preservation than in revenue earning service. Pretty much all...

Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I'm doing some virtual modelling of the Kingston Loop from Twickenham to New Malden. While I am happy to use artistic licence (which I already have in many aspects) but would like to be realistic in signal locations and speed limits if I can...

Not a food weekend to be an English Quins fan. Mad statistic - England have only won 20% of their games against Scotland since 2018. We have at least 50% win rate against everybody else including South Africa and New Zealand.

The RHDR school train AFAIK was always diesel hauled, or has been since the early 1980s. Shalegh of Eskdale from the RER did trials at the RHDR, which then led to the council part funding the purchase of John Southland (now JB Snell). Number 14 (now Captain Howey) was later purchased to help...

Garland made the mistake Eddie and others have made. You can't play South Africa at their own game. You can't simply defend your way to victory. You don't see New Zealand changing their selections or tactics for them. They don't pick their biggest players and try to get on an arm wrestle. They...

Better off investing in electrification of rail freight corridors and having short range e-lorries and vans at either end.

I try to cycle and walk as much as I can. My wife is very proactive in getting our household to be as plastic free as possible. Toothpaste in glass jars, bars or soap for shower, sink and even old fashioned dish soap instead of washing up liquid.

Do the TV viewing figures take into account multiple people watching the same television or streaming figures? The one thing I'll say about football is that it has many, many fans who have never played at a level outside of school playground/kick about with mates. It has a universal appeal...

Our improvement was long before the Sale game and being honest we rested most of our first team players for that match so they would be fresh for the Bristol game. Throwing the Sale game worked massively in our favour.

I'm still getting over my shock. In 2012 we were clearly the best team in the league but this time has come out of nowhere. A month ago we weren't even certain of finishing 4th. Back in January we were thinkin thank heavens there is no relegation this season.... To go from 28-0 down 28 minutes...

Devil's advocate - don't LUL run their own charters, usually with their own museum pieces (I know you they do hire the Bluebell owned Met carriages) and thus don't have to pay track hire costs etc to themselves?

I think there used to be a Quins number 8 but I can't remember if he was York or Yorke.

I've only been once, and that was pre-Covid, and that was by car to Tunbridge Well (I had two little people and it is a lot easier with a car and the flexibility it offers). Tunbridge Wells was an excellent place to start and the western themed restaurant in the original station building was an...

As a Quins fan I'm completely and utterly over the moon. Really did think we were staring down the barrel at 28-0 down. Shades of the England v Scotland game from 2019. Shame I won't be able to get a ticket to the final due to Covid restrictions (only 2,500 tickets and season ticket holders...

There is also an LBSCR A1 tank engine in Canada too I believe.

I can confirm that the West Country Buffet at Arlesford and Bessemer Arms at Sheffield Park have not gone down hill in the last 3 years.

My impression is that with any visiting locomotive to a preserved railway that the volunteer drivers at the railway drive the locomotive but there may be a representative of the owner in the cab too. On railtours, the TOC (usually West Coast Railways) provide the driver and fireman, there is...

If repainting must be done then I'd go for the same livery for everything. Probably something similar to NSE, not for sentimental reasons but the colours march the theme Boris clearly wants... The railways are not for enthusiasts so it is wishful thinking for a return to 1980s InterCity...

I think both Clealls are part of the England squad but I can't for the life of my remember her name. Poppy had a pretty good Six Nations last year too.

Solid looking squad. I'd go for the following: Hookers Ken Owens, Jamie George, Luke Cowan-Dickie Props Wyn Jones, Cian Healey, Joe Marler, Tadhg Furlong, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Francis Second Row Alun Wyn Jones, Maro Itoje, Jonny Gray, Tadgh Beirne, Courtney Lawes Back Row Tom Curry, Justin...