The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 9th
1.

Fangfoss Station
Station Road
Fangfoss
East Riding of Yorkshire

Now a private house/caravan site

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101346458-the-old-railway-station-fangfoss#.Ynlg8IzMLIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3578169
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3507812
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/fangfoss/index.shtml

https://fangfosspark.co.uk

And........ slightly to the north-west of the site, the trackbed approaches from Stamford Bridge

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3763538

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 9th
2.

'Old' East Coast Main-Line
(pre-diversion, due to the Selby Coalfields)
Howden Lane
Naburn
York
Now the York - Selby Railway Path & Cycle-Way (also an arm of the Trans-Pennine Trail)

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6914095
https://astrocampus.york.ac.uk/cycle-the-solar-system/

 

[ericmark]

Last weekend I decided to take some more photos of local steam trains Llanfair - Welshpool line, train limited to 15 MPH, so the e-bike can normally keep up with the train, but new fuel seemed to be causing problems.

I had no problems keeping up with the train.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Last weekend I decided to take some more photos of local steam trains Llanfair - Welshpool line, train limited to 15 MPH, so the e-bike can normally keep up with the train, but new fuel seemed to be causing problems.

View attachment 644466
I had no problems keeping up with the train.

The newsletter says it was expensive too...

 

[ericmark]

It seems pre-Colvid at this time of year no trains were run, however with Colvid and booking as units so each unit social distanced it was found trains had no on spec room, I will not say full due to social distancing, but we were running full trains most of the time, however last week one train cancelled due to no passengers, and trains run at a loss due to lack of paying passengers, and with the increasing fuel costs seems likely there will need to be some changes.

When not steam hauled we get cancellations, and we have had late cancellations due to Colvid, meaning the train is not full, clearly nothing can be done which would result in people not cancelling due to Colvid, it has to be full refund, but there is a fine balance in pricing, too high and not enough passengers and too low can't maintain the service.

I look at the car park on a non running day, and you realise how many people are volunteering to work on the railway, yet we are still way behind in the mundane jobs, driving an engine everyone wants to do, painting a shed less people willing to role up their sleeves. And unblocking drains very hard to find volunteers. We are lucky to find people willing to cut the grass.

 

[Andy in Germany]

It seems pre-Colvid at this time of year no trains were run, however with Colvid and booking as units so each unit social distanced it was found trains had no on spec room, I will not say full due to social distancing, but we were running full trains most of the time, however last week one train cancelled due to no passengers, and trains run at a loss due to lack of paying passengers, and with the increasing fuel costs seems likely there will need to be some changes.

When not steam hauled we get cancellations, and we have had late cancellations due to Colvid, meaning the train is not full, clearly nothing can be done which would result in people not cancelling due to Colvid, it has to be full refund, but there is a fine balance in pricing, too high and not enough passengers and too low can't maintain the service.

I look at the car park on a non running day, and you realise how many people are volunteering to work on the railway, yet we are still way behind in the mundane jobs, driving an engine everyone wants to do, painting a shed less people willing to role up their sleeves. And unblocking drains very hard to find volunteers. We are lucky to find people willing to cut the grass.

I remember that as well. I personally enjoyed painting and general maintenance: I spent a happy afternoon driving a sit on mower around the Llanfair car park, and actually learned to paint properly in the maintenance shed with a 50 year old New Zealander. I think I was painting the doors for the last generation of small station buildings in Sylfaen halt, but I could be wrong...

 

[Paulus]

The Duchess passing Oakleigh Park yesterday afternoon enroute from Southall to Ely.

 

[Cycleops]

View attachment 644665 The Duchess passing Oakleigh Park yesterday afternoon enroute from Southall to Ely.

Well remember going up to Hadley Wood further up the line where you can stand and watch the trains pass right in front of you or go up on the bridge. Crammed with train spotters back in the steam days but not so much now I guess.

The Flying Scotsman which we used to see in the fifties. Here it is in LNER days with some teak Gresley coaches:

And in later BR era with some 'blood and custard' stock coming out of Hadley Wood tunnel

 

[Cycleops]

Following on from my post about Hobo Shoestring he reports from the 'National Hobo Convention'.

View: https://youtu.be/vTI8jiQ6p3A

 

[Spartak]

My ride home tonight ( with my trusty steed in the foreground ) 166220 at Avonmouth Station.

 

[robjh]

A pair of class 801 Azuma sets kissing at Doncaster last Tuesday

 

[rogerzilla]

Same moronic design as Class 800; larger trains are split into two non-interconnecting halves, so no buffet car.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Same moronic design as Class 800; larger trains are split into two non-interconnecting halves, so no buffet car.

I've never understood the concept of the buffet car: If you go and sit there you risk losing your seat, or do people just sit there the whole journey?

 

[Spartak]

My ride home tonight ( with my trusty steed in the foreground ) 166220 at Avonmouth Station.

View attachment 644866

Apologies for the boring DMU photo, just wanted to add how the Severn Beach Line has improved over the last year.
Trains now run half hourly and the service is now a lot more consistent.
I regularly use it as a means for my commute home, as my trip from Avonmouth to Stapleton Road takes out two of Bristol's hills.
The fare is only £2 so in my eyes represents good value....

 

[robjh]

Apologies for the boring DMU photo, just wanted to add how the Severn Beach Line has improved over the last year.
Trains now run half hourly and the service is now a lot more consistent.
I regularly use it as a means for my commute home, as my trip from Avonmouth to Stapleton Road takes out two of Bristol's hills.
The fare is only £2 so in my eyes represents good value....

Nothing boring about DMU photos. In fact seen from over here class 166s look quite exotic.