Performance performance performace, is the name of the game, Â it's sad that slack timings are the result of a TOC trying to ensure that they hit their...
Hello All. It does appear that Alfreton has come out alright in the new timetable,at least there will be many more seats available between Nottingham and...
... I mentioned the absence of the above train to the chairman of the Friends of the Derwent Valley line, who wrote to a couple of people. The response from ...
Following on from the recent timetable thread here is a copy of part of a timetable review in the December 2008 Railway Magazine. In the same magazine John...
More footage of a Wirksworth Phoenix trip in 1985 from Pete Skinner http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMzs-aSE4U This one is Duffield to Wirksworth. Howard....
Peak Rail presents:- * Rob Foxon "Railways Remembered" Film Show next Monday night (17 November 2008)* The Library Theatre (near The Crucible), Tudor Place,...
For those not on the Peak Rail forum and fancy some steam action next weekend... Regards Nick -- Sunday 30th November 2008 LMS Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 45407 ...
Tony Miles reports that work in connection with the £20m contract to upgrade EMT's Etches Park Depot, that commenced on 3 November, is being carried out by...
It is early days yet for the East Midlands Control Centre at Derby but it now controls 35 route miles. Attached is a view of the Chesterfield Desk scanned from...
Afternoon, Went to the site of Westhouses Engine shed and contractors have already started digging it up. All the trees and vegetation have been cleared so...
Below is an e-mail received from Ian Cosford which is self explanatory. Monday 12 January is confirmed as the new date. We should be very grateful if you would...
This recent picture of the former loading bay at Breadsall station was ... It spurred me to scan a couple of pictures of Breadsall that I took over 40 years...
A few months after I took the photos at Breadsall, I took some more of what was left of Derby Friargate station (quite a lot actually in those days). Here are...
... Those were the days! Actually you needed to be pre 1982. The NESW route before HSTS produced anything from classes 45/0, 46 47/0 and the MML was more or...
Plenty of none HST action, great info, Â Tuesday 15th June 1982 CHESTERFIELD : 12.31 - 13.19 Time Loco(s)/DMUs Code Train Notes 12.33 40169 Â MGR empties...
Gentlemen. Â I have followed the correspondence and photographs of the Erewash valley with interest, it being my "neck of the woods". I have attached a photo....
Hi Arthur,  thanks for sharing the pic  It certainly looks like Westhouses  the loco carries an 18B shed plate and the gas lamps rather than electric are...
Once Mark 2D and above stock was used ETH was needed all the while as it did a lot more than heat - it cooled, ran the fans, charged the batteries, etc, so a...
Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the coming year. I've created a new folder in the Photos Section entitled "Happy Christmas 2008" and put in a seasonal...
... I wasnt but was the day after 16/6/82 in the evening, heres what I saw 6-25pm 20077+46052+20148 down light 6-31 47191 down mgr 6-37 37020+37164 down mgr ...
... I seem to recall 1M10 was steam heat (23.59 Sheffield-St.Pancras) but that obviously doesn't apply in this instance as it was Mk1 stock and mainly ran as a...
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