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It’d be nice if there was a perfect ‘No1 Box idea’ shaped hole so everything fitted with no extra costs etc. Sadly reality isn’t like that and though things fit better than anticipated there’s bound to be extra staffing costs, an odd empty stock train etc. 6Gman, did you see an earlier post...

Timings - to take one example, there's a current Rochdale - Clitheroe service gets in to CLH at 0956. Extend that to Morecambe and it'll arrive about 1130. Few mins to turn around and it can do the return (current deps from MCM are 1033 and 1232) and it'd arr Clitheroe about 1305. There's...

Regarding the stock, timings work so the return (Morecambe - Clitheroe) workings could form a service to Rochdale/Manchester. So whilst it would need some stock, it's only one unit for one service. 30907, is there somewhere I can see these 'spare' units? Do you have some cunning way of...

Thanks for the ideas gents, keep em coming! Without going into detail, the suggestion is basically to extend a couple of the normal Rochdale – Clitheroe services to run to Lancaster/Morecambe, connecting with Leeds – Carlisle trains at Hellifield. The two services would do the return trip too...

After looking into this then approaching a few bodies, I took it to the TOC who responded with ‘interesting’ and something they hadn’t heard before. Of course they raised a few obstacles (eg an extra service to Clitheroe daily) but no ‘hard stops’. Maybe I’m too optimistic! Taking...

Hoping the knowledgeable folk on here might be able to advise please. I couldn’t see a forum that looked a better fit for this but open to guidance! I’ve been advised to contact the Regional Stakeholder Managers for (the TOC) Northern regarding current services and routes. Now a bit of...

Any idea how far that Colne – Skipton proposal has got? I’d vaguely heard about it but that’s about the extent of my knowledge! The idea/area hardly strikes me as a potential gold mine and it would cost a pretty penny. Maybe there’s somewhere I could read up on it? If it did go ahead, agree...

You’re right about a bay platform but I’d imagine it’d be fairly pricy to reinstate that and nice though it might be I don’t think it’d be needed or justified yet. Yep I suppose there’s no sizeable places between Clitheroe and Hellifield but taking a positive view that means no major investment...

Wondered about this for years, seems (to me) more relevant as the years go by, hoping the good folk on here have got a few thoughts. Bit of background first even though I suspect some of you will know this better than me. Till about 25 years ago the Blackburn – Hellifield line had been a...

Thanks all. Yep I 'd seen the plate on that auction site, ewd. 40096 was an 'old faithful ' I must have seen hundreds of times back in my spotting days so I can well believe when I saw its plate for sale I'd have found the money somehow! Looks in good nick though, maybe I should introduce the...

Hello, new member here. Had a look around and saw a thread about Collector’s Corner at Euston (from a while ago) on the Nostalgia forum so hope I’ve picked the right place for this. A few days ago I found a dozen or so BR diesel loco worksplates, most of em renovated ages ago by me, that I...