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You are rattling along at speed in the middle of the night in thick freezing fog with the marker lights illuminating the fog in front of you like a white sheet a few feet in front of your windscreen... and that is ALL you can see. Then consider it might take your heavy train up to a mile to...

Very good point that I overlooked. Bob.

Hmm.... that is an interesting one! I am no medical person but if you are on record as being prescribed Seroxat for something other than depression then as I see it, it should not be a problem. For theo808 and others in that position I sympathise. I have been there myself. Bob.

Please, please do not get your hopes up. Some good points have been raised here about anti depressant medications and it is mentioned that some do not necessarily impair a persons reactions and judgement by much, but the point is, they do. Now consider a Train Operating Company's possible...

I once took a loco and coaches football special in the 80's from Oxford to Ipswich via the North London Line. Not an unusual route considering the starting point and destination, but certainly an unusual opportunity for something a little different. Bob.

Certainly Warships and possibly also Westerns used to work passenger services to Crewe via the Marches line, Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury to Crewe in the 60's and 70's. As a young Western Region gricer in the late 60's on my first visit to Crewe by train to see Midland engines, the first...

Great memories... A Mystery Excursion from Swindon that went to Aberystwyth, and struggling back up Talerdigg with a single class 24. Swindon to St Erth for St Ives and coach to Penzance for the return. Swindon to the Lake District, a trip on a steamer on Windermere, coach trip around...

Mine turned up ok on Saturday!

EASTLEIGH. Here is a real cracker, chaps! Travelodge will be opening Eastleigh Central on 10th May 2012. (Search on their website under Southampton). It is right outside the station, come out of the exit look across the road and to the right. Rooms at the front should have a clear...

I seem to recall in the dim mists of time in my memory that the Class 27's were slow on taking power. Open the power handle and have a cup of tea while waiting for the loco to start moving!

Like others, I lost interest when I was asked to register. :roll: I have found the quality poor in the imaging centre. What other magazine would publish photos that simply said '66xxx shunting the yard' with no date and more importantly, no location! Rather like reading Thomas the Tank...

Yeovil Pen Mill.

It is not good retailing or PR. TOC's will quote that a customer can buy a ticket on the train but that does not guarantee customers. As an example, I was at Stroud one weekday afternoon when the station was unmanned. A day when every shop in town was open for business..... including...

Ditto ! Bob.

Hi. I was also wondering why they were there! I first saw them in the evening of Thursday December 1st sat there all alone in the dark with a flashing tail light. It's still a mystery! Bob.

The four Class 70's are reported to be still in Newport docks and visible from the A48. No firm news yet on their maiden run on the main line. Suggestions being mentioned so far are tomorrow 22nd, or next Tuesday 27th. Cheers, Bob.

Thanks for that, and I put '70' and 'class 70' into the search which came up with nothing. Unfortunately I did not have the time to put in all sorts of possible permutations. However, after trolling through the post I cannot see the answer to my question..... 'Does anybody know when these...

Hi. I have heard that the latest batch of new Class 70's will be on board a ship docking at Newport at midnight on Saturday 17th December. I understand that there are four locos on board. Does anybody know when they will be out on the mainline through Newport and their initial...