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Suburban Birmingham looks somewhat rural?!! I know its a green city, but come on!

The WCML is protected from competition as an agreement between VT and the DfT, mainly because VT stumped up such a large amount of money for the West Coast Upgrade (beyond the call of a franchise holder) Don't believe the Branson media machine. Virgin have invested diddly squat, and made hundereds ...

Aviemore
Highley
Glasgow Central
Ballybrophy (Ireland)
Berwyn
Carlisle
Rhymney
Pancras (old, havent nosed at new one yet)
Lagos "beach" (can't remember proper name), Portugal
Finse, Norway

Plenty of 321 activity in the Birmingham area - details can be found on Leighton Logs http://www.geocities.com/nickrossa2002/ and scroll down to one of the bottom links for the gen. Most of the 321 operated services which are fast line Ledburn-Euston are peak hours only, the 15xx Northampton-Euston ...

First shack out of Leeds towards Castleford...I'll be damned if i can remember what its called though!

Was speaking to another rail industry bod the other day and he was telling me that if a TOC wants to improve their service (ie Increase train lengths, add extra services), they have to first get DfT approval. This is because if they were to lose the franchise, the new operators may not be able to c...

Surely as a basher you must be damn use to and expect class digs, especially on 'net? Especially bashing twanks !! Lively banter between class bashers is all part of the 'game' and I can't believe you'd take such a shout as "57s are better" seriously....

It was the hiring in of the Fragonset and then long-term 47/7s (742etc) which improved the chances of getting a duff on the train - availability was still pretty poor as if it was "fabulous" these locos wouldn't have been needed. The state of the twanks was summed up by a jolly Euston driver once th...

Two of Bletchley's class 150's are now in Bristol which might be an improvmnet as the seating doesn't get much wear on the Bedford branch :) ex-Bletchley ;) 153s for the branch come next year ish time, sources from the branches few non-brat passengers suggest not amused at having to suffer the same...

I have been a WCRC tour back in May 2004 from Llandudno Junction to Bath which I really hated it. It is was really slow with 57601 struggling on and we arrived in Bath 30 minutes late. The Mk1s that were used on this tour are very tatty. I much prefer the Cotswold livery to WCRC maroon livery. Soun...

87012 in joke livery first passenger working 27/02/05. Last working for VWC (well, Silverlink actually!) 10/6/05, last pax working a Brum-Euston healthex 19/10/05, last UK working 5Zxx Polmadie-Willesden 03/07/06. Stored Wembley until being dragged through the tunnel to Calais and beyond in late Dec...

In my opinion it's OK, nothing special, but I'm glad I bought it. It does at times feel that you are driving along a tree lined corridor. If you know the route you will notice that several significant structures that are close to the line are not there. I think the stations are pretty much recognis...

Few more here http://redcow.fotopic.net/c1304777_25.html although not as scenic as the ones above! Great railway, great gala, better than ATW who obviously messed me about getting home. Is 37240 the loudest tractor in preservation?

NiallGray wrote: Jamie, my trips via Brum were THIS summer!!

Still not allowed to have both the Trent and Cov routes open on a Saturday, would be far too good for passengers! Nuneaton drags would allow almost every class under the sun to be used mind!

Nice shots, 401 was a rare loco for the cobblers though! I'm hoping to do a set of cobbler activities eventually, will feature the usual electrics plus some oddities for variety, all based on real events. No tractors though SG,, one did sneek onto the Bletchley papers at one time though. Cobbler rak...