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I have a web page with some pictures of locomotives around Amersham on the Metropolitan line http://www.metroland.org.uk/unusual/index.html

Pretty sure there was an early evening service into Marylebone where mail bags were loaded onto a class 115 dmu. I remember seeing this at Amersham station where mail bags were transferred from van to train using the loading bay on platform 3

Thanks. In fact a chunk of my post was missing! Yes the Saturday train called at Rugby and Bletchley, it was useful for me as it overtook a slow EMU around Wolverton which meant I could change at Bletchley for a quick connection to Berkhamsted

Weekends may have been different. From about 1977 to 1981 I travelled from Coventry to Berkhamsted. Usually around 5 on a Friday evening or 7 Saturday morning. On Fridays I seem to recall the Euston trains stopped at Rugby and Watford, but I had to get the all stations EMU. On Saturdays the...

I have extracts from some old timetables of services through Amersham. Some include Marylebone services which may be of interest to you. See http://www.metroland.org.uk/amersham/metro/timetables.htm

What route does it take? Leeds to Exchange or what is now Bradford Interchange would go via Bramley now but I don't know if this is the route in the film as much has changed Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk EDIT - Just found the answer in the comments on the film, it is via Bramley

In the 1980s (I think!) there always seemed to be a 25 sitting at Aylesbury. I did not go past that often and wondered what it was used for. I think I also remember seeing them at Bletchley often in the 1970s. Perhaps they moved between the two locations as the line was open then and used for...

As a child in the 1960s I saw the blue pullman go through Beaconsfield on I assume Paddington to Birmingham services. This would have gone through Princess Ris. but I don't know if they were running in 1963

I came across the attached snap from i think the late 1970s. I think it is showing the wiring of the overhead system being put in at Kings Cross. I remember at the time watching trains with men standing on the roof!