Longest running thread?

[liam456]

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hs2-construction.149100/

As HS2 Construction will turn out to be a several decade-long thread, does anyone know the longest running current (active) thread?

 

[Domh245]

Probably the Great Western Electrification thread, almost at 7 years, 10,000 responses and over 2 million views

edit: there's longer running stuff in the quizzes/games subforum with more responses but in terms of 'proper' threads I think GWE still takes it

 

[liam456]

Probably the Great Western Electrification thread, almost at 7 years, 10,000 responses and over 2 million views

edit: there's longer running stuff in the quizzes/games subforum with more responses but in terms of 'proper' threads I think GWE still takes it

Wow! Pretty momentous! In any case, roll on HS2 from now onwards.

 

[A Challenge]

I've just thought having written this that you probably mean by age, but here you go anyway in case this is what you meant! I've obviously been spending too long indoors recently, if I've done this. Longest thread by subforum:

Quizzes & Games: The Next Station Is...! (180,302 posts)
Allocations, Diagrams and Timetables: TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2] (35,413 posts)
General Discussion: Football (26,355 posts)
Buses & Coaches: First South West and Wales discussion (25,855 posts)
UK Railway Discussion: Southern DOO: ASLEF members vote 79.1% for revised deal (14,011 posts)
Traction & Rolling Stock: GWR Class 800 (12,186 posts)
Infrastructure & Stations: Blackpool - Manchester Electrification (9,996 posts)
Railway Jobs & Careers: A career as a signaller (8,254 posts)
Trip Planning & Reports: London North Eastern Railway First Class service (7,185 posts)
Other Public Transport: Aviation Discussion (6,436 posts)
Fares Advice & Policy: Special Offers Discussion (4,092 posts)
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) discussion: Coronavirus. (2,472 posts)
Speculative Ideas: Suggestions for Dawlish avoiding route(s) (2,436 posts)
International Transport: Class 373 Eurostar withdrawals (1,347 posts)
Memorabilia, Media & Publications: HS2 in the press (1,081 posts)
Railway History & Nostalgia: TRIVIA - Things you saw travelling on BR that you don't see today (956 posts)
Photography Advice & Discussion: Had problems taking pictures of the railways? (955 posts)
Forum Information & Announcements: Forum Update (894 posts)
Disputes & Prosecutions: FGW at Paddington still getting evening Off Peak validity spectacularly wrong. (785 posts)
Railtours & Preservation: GCR Bridge Project (688 posts)
Photography Sites, Blogs & Videos: Youtube links and Video sites (540 posts)
London Underground: New S7 Underground stock (526 posts)
Modelling, Simulations & Games: tube routes for msts! (339 posts)
Meets Archive: [13th December] Gizzy's Birthday Bash (301 posts)
Forum Meets: Forum Meet suggestions (204 posts)
Photo of the Month: Competition 320 :: Voting (73 posts)
RailUK Fares & Ticketing Guide: RailUK Fares & Ticketing Guide - Section 6 - Discounted Fares (32 posts)

The longest active non-quiz thread is the Football thread. I have, obviously, only listed subforums to which I have access - I know there are others, or at least that there have been. The Becoming a Train Drive (1,801 posts, started 30th April 2008) thread has been around for longest, I think, certainly longer than the oldest in Quizzes & Games, Guess the Station (42,381, started 6th December 2010).

 

[brad465]

I've just thought having written this that you probably mean by age, but here you go anyway in case this is what you meant! I've obviously been spending too long indoors recently, if I've done this. Longest thread by subforum:


International Transport: Class 373 Eurostar withdrawals (1,347 posts)

I always wondered whether this thread was more suited to Traction and Rolling stock rather than International Transport (although there is relevance to both). I originally started the thread from a personal observation of a stored set on the old Fawkham jct link, asking about its presence there, but then evolved into the full withdrawal discussion.

Considering I haven't heard any reports about when the retained sets will go, it won't run out of gas for a while (unless there is a long dormant phase that gets it auto-locked).

 

[Ken Hughes]

Thanks for the above poats. During these times it certainly gives some.long running threads to focus on.