Trainspotting Dog Shows Off New Virgin Trains Uniform
On the 22nd September 2017, Virgin Trains released its new uniform that staff will start to wear on board trains, with some help from a…
Category: Mainline Electric
Northern – 3 & 5 October 2017 Strike Information
On the 3rd and 5th October 2017, RMT are taking a planned strike over whether guards should be kept on trains or not, which is…
South Western Railway To Give Away Breakfast and Coffee
South Western Railway are giving away 1000s of breakfast items on its trains this week as part of the National Customer Service Week. The train…
Virgin Trains Launch 50% Seat Sale!
From Today (22nd August 2017), Virgin Trains have launched their 50% seat sale with half a million tickets up for grabs. The sale will run…
Woodhead Names for Direct Rail Services 88s
Direct Rail Services are starting to bring their new Electro-Diesel Locomotives Class 88s to the UK. 10 of the new Class 88s are making their way…
World First For The East Coast Mainline
2017 will see the East Coast Mainline hold a ‘World First’ event as Flying Scotsman will join a trio of Virgin Trains East Coast High…
EMU and DMU Action At Skipton, Settle, Ribblehead & Appleby (4K)
Last month, whilst out filming Tornado on the S&C, we had a bit of filming time at Skipton where we filmed various Class 333s arriving…
Virgin Trains Launch Celebration Sale
Virgin Trains will be holding a massive six day sale to celebrate their 20th birthday on the west coast of England. From 9th March to…
Rail union welcomes offer to agree train despatch
The rail union, RMT, has welcomed correspondence received from Arriva Rail North (Northern) which offers to come to an agreement with the union on the…
Throwback Thursdays – Ep. 55 – Class 333 at Keighley
In this weeks Throwback Thursdays, we whisk over selves back to August 2015 as we see Class 333 No. 333008 arriving at Keighley station. At Keighley…