THANK you for the supplement sent with the March 2019 issue. Item 24 states the name Penrice Castle was carried by three separate members of the same class. That is true, but it also applies to eight other
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The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was
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Graham Oliver’s article (Saving a Main Line Railway) about the early years of today’s Great Central Railway brought back memories, as I was one of those from British Rail charged with supervising operations. At the
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“I photographed my first one at Whitby in 1986 and have liked them ever since.”
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I REALLY enjoyed Bob Gwynne’s article in the December 2018 issue on the reluctance of British Railways in the early years after Nationalisation to continue the development of diesel traction pioneered by the private railway
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WHILE out and about on my travels, I noticed the station lights were on at Thorne South at midday on a gloriously sunny October 8. Back home, I notified Northern trains via their Facebook page
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KEITH Farr’s letter in the October issue understandably questions the performance of No. 60052 Prince Palatine climbing to Whitrope summit on the Waverley Route. He is quite right to do so as the ‘A3’s’ performance, while
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I ENJOYED reading the article about circus trains in the August issue. It reminded me of an unusual day when I was station master at Mexborough in 1956. One Sunday morning I was called out
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Business group identifies 10 problem areas with franchise I enjoyed the good and wide-ranging feature about the CrossCountry franchise in the August RM, but let’s not force passengers off CrossCountry to solve the fares problem.
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READING the feature about circus trains in the August RM reminded me of a time, not long after I’d joined the Birmingham City Police and stationed at Acocks Green in the early-summer of 1967. I
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