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Having had haulage by 43 of the class, I am reasonably sure that 92021, 92045 & 92046 never worked railtours. Are there any known instances of one or more of these three hauling passenger trains in emergency (rescues etc)?

I know this is very mch a long shot, but has anybody got notes of the departure from Waterloo? The front-end power was 31791+31639, but was the train helped on departure by the ecs loco, and if so what was it? I know that such assistance was not unusual at the time. TIA for any help on this.

During lockdown I passed some time analysing my records for haulage by identically numbered British main line (or ex-main locos), with the rule that it had to be as carried at time of haulage. I excluded cases which did not match exactly (such as Castle class 7029 and Hymek D7029). I got to 37...

This enquiry is very much a long shot, but somebody out there might know. Watching the BTF film Terminus recently, it was clear that steam trains were commonly given a shove by the engine which had brought the stock in. If anybody else was on the following tours, did they note us being given a...

Where non-local fares from station A and station B (on the same line) are the same, are the tickets valid back to either?. Last year I booked at B, requesting a return ticket from A, as some return trains are non-stop through B. I was in fact given a ticket from B, so I asked for it to be...

If anybody has access to public or working timetable for North Eastern winter 1961/1962, I am trying to trace details of 1855 Leeds Central to (Manchester Victoria?) on a Saturday in October 1961. This is before the complete revision of services from Jan 1962 for dmu introduction. In particular...