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You are 100% correct Iskra. Noticed today that the Torbay tour and one other Pathfinder tour i had booked are no longer on the website, so assume must be cancelled. No contact from the company yet, and nothing on their newsfeed. If both are cancelled, i wont be booking again. Customers also have...

Yes. Sure you are right. Been spoiled a bit in the past with most things picking up in the Midlands somewhere. For me, Bristol is that little bit too far and adds too much to the cost, so reluctantly will have to give a miss. To be fare though loads of others still come through the Midlands, so...

Normally love these tours and hàve been waiting a while for one. As Pathfinder principal market seems to center around the Midlands, real shame they havent been able to include a Midland pick up. Maybe another year wait. Oh well. Hope the tour goes well. If it is fully booked then that...

Happens every year without fail and likely to happen more and more often. Much as i dont normally approve NYMR is a railway that could really benefit from a few oil fired steam engines. Did i read that Vera Lynn might be oil fired or did i dream that? Is there any spark arresting technology...

Was hoping that i would grow to like it but still think it a very poor decision. Look ok ish when ex works but when most buses in a town are runnng around in a faded and dirty version of that livery it is going to look so depressing. I am just hoping that they try and keep them as clean as they...

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Stagecoach new ADL400EV YX25OAP was running around Matlock today. Stopped in the bus station for a while. Presume driver training. No fleet number on the vehicle yet. Anybody know what it is likely to be?

Think all heritage railways need to look carefully at this and make sure that they are not soft targets. Terrible for the AVR. Hope they bounce back soon.

You make a good point SteveM70. The NYMR also has a tourist location that would be the envy of many other lines in the country. I guess that the recipe for making the railway sustainable is proving difficult to find. All options seem to have drawbacks or upset some people. All i do know is that...

Think it would be nice if we could all stand and pull together to help our wonderfull preserved railways pull through in these challenging times. Volunteers work their socks off. We just have to turn up and enjoy the day. I fully understand that cost is high for all involved and this is a...

Central News just reported that SVR has thanked people for their donations and the line due to reopen next weekend. Made it sound like the problem was fixed. I am assuming they mean part reopen. If so, bit misleading and hope it doesnt put people off donating.

Still a few being rolled out in the dark blue, but some still being painted in local livery so looks like they havent made their minds up. Having seen a few of the work stained dark blue examples, they really do look terrible. Very difficult to see in the dark. Someone commented on one of the...

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Thanks for the info. Thought Middleton had gone as well so thanks for putting me right on that.

Hi Folks. Sorry to ask such a basic question. Sure it has been done to death in the Forum, Just struggling to find it. Am i correct in thinking that stagecoach still retains Stockport, Oldham and Queens Road depots but handed over all the others? Do they still run out of Wigan, or has that gone...

Nice while it lasted. Fair play to the last government for introducing. Served its purpose i imagine and was only ever going to be temporary, although seems that the new admin couldnt wait to bin it off. Maybe £2.50 might have been a more gental way of acclimatising people but hey ho. Would...

Still trying to come to terms with Metroline (a company i have only seen in London and hitherto of little or no connection to the city) being involved at all. Seems bananas. Still.... what do i know. Obviously not a lot:s

As of the weekent, about 15 or 16 of the 31 E400EVs are in service at Leamington now. The Yutongs have yet to arrive at either Nuneaton or Leamington, bar the odd one or two on training duties. There are a lot of these stored at Corby.

Think that not having coach heating on Polar express trains would add to the realism.

Should employ and train a few more. Companies trying to do things on the cheap all the time.