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That `s Walsall.

According to Realtime Trains, stone trains between Purfleet/Dagenham to and from Acton still use both routes via Stratford and the GOBLIN. Trains use both routes throughout the day and night.

The two class 37s at the start of the clip head through the junction towards Stratford. I would hazard a guess that the train is from Purfleet heading to Acton Yard. The route taken would be via Stratford, onto the NLL as far as Acton Wells Junction then Acton Yard.

The wagons are CBAs, there is a thread on here called Margam to Tunstead stone trains 1971-1972. The train in the photo was probably diverted as it normally ran via the Hope Valley line.

She didn`t scare the smaller birds away, I took this the next morning.

No they`re definitely not his feathers. He, if that`s what it is, came back a couple of days later. It had just killed a sparrow, it was still on the ground with the whole thing in it`s talons. He flew off before I could grab a photo.

SpotteSpotted this in our garden just over a week ago, sparrowhawk possibly.

As she is an Area Manager for a pub company, it is her duty to inform staff, during training, of their role and make sure that they to guidelines, such as COVID 19. Track and trace, social distancing and limiting the number of customers in each venue are equally important as the ability to serve at the bar during this pandemic. However, it is sometimes necessary to " tell " some people more forcefully because they don`t listen the first time or refuse to co-operate. When individuals can be fined for not adhering to the rules it`s sometimes for their own good. It is not her natural way of treating people, more that it needs to be done to keep herself, her staff and customers safe. Normally she`s very friendly and has excellent people skills. But making people listen sometimes goes with the job. I`m Karen isn`t the only person in that position, there many more, and not all called Karen.

I`m happily married to a Karen, she is very good at getting the best deals and customer service out of people. That, I believe is were the " Karen " term originated. She doesn`t need to " stamp her little feet " she`s just very persistent and refuses to back down when she knows, that as a customer she is in the right. The amount of money she has saved us over the last thirty years must be quite considerable now. Perhaps I should have kept count.

45521 is heading towards Weaver Junction.

The first photo looks to have been taken on the main line heading towards Weaver Junction and the WCML. The second is taken on the branch down to Frodsham Junction.

The more I looked at the wording on the trailer the more I thought it said Metropolitan-Vickers. I had a quick Google and I think the loco is an XA class built for the Western Australia Government Railway. The locos were built at Stockton-on-Tees. They were built in three batches between 1954 and 1963, which fits with date of the photo. The arrangement of the grilles etc match the various photos I found.

I`d say Dover, not sure whether it was still called Marine or name changed to Western Docks. The retaining wall looks to straight to be Folkestone Harbour.

My experience of Northern suggests they will have learned the lesson until it happens again. At that point they`ll do exactly the same thing again, however by that time someone will have created a form to fill in for just such an occasion. The relevant member of staff probably removed from frontline duty for a couple of weeks while the incident is investigated.

Just watched the video, brought back some memories of how the railway used to run. Saw quite a few familiar faces. One thing strikes me, if it ain`t broke don`t fix it. That was a proper railway run by proper railwaymen.

Happy talk - Captain Sensible

Another piece of meat - Scorpions

Unknown loco unknown station, could be Leominster?

The Engineers livery, or "Dutch" as it became known, first appeared around 1982. The first wagons I remember carrying it were the Turbot wagons used for spoil. They were rebodied using redundant bogie bolster E underframes, IIRC. The photo at Ince Moss reminded me of when they used to appear in the north west. In the early 80s I was a Shunter at Springs Branch. In 1983 I became a Guard at SP, we regularly had Turbot on spoil trains during weekend possessions. The loaded trains would be left at various locations such as Ince Moss and Kirkham tips. Others would be left at Edge Hill or Guide Bridge, to be to the tip sites during the week when room was available. Empty wagons would return ready for the following weekend.

The area around Springs Branch Wigan had several triangles. Bamfurlong Junction to Wigan NW via Ince Moss. Also Springs Branch to Platt Bridge then via Fir Tree House Junction to Ince Moss and back to Springs Branch. There was also a triangular junction at Amberswood on the Whelley Loop. To the south there was another triangle formed by Lowton Junction and Parkside East and West junctions as well as Earlestown, which also had a line through the middle of the triangle that was part of a local colliery system. On the former LYR system east of Wigan the lines from Crow Nest to Dobbs Brow Junction on the Atherton line then to Hindley and Blackrod Junction also formed a triangle. There are many more north west towns and cities with large numbers of triangles, Manchester also had more than it`s fair share.

Looking at the shape of the sides I`d say it was a 4 wheel Sentinel, similar to the Hornby model.

Princess of the night by Saxon. A song about childhood memories of steam locos.

Allerton had a small number of class 115 units allocated for trains over the former CLC route via Warrington Central. No doubt Trans-Pennine class 124s would have been diverted during engineering works. The class 110s would probably be used if they`d been pinched by Allerton or Longsight depots, who normally provided units for former CLC services. Newton Heath and Chester sets could also be used throughout south Manchester. Buxton units also worked services to Irlam and Warrington.

Shortly after passing Kenyon Junction, heading towards Newton-le-Willows.

After the Keswick branch was rationalised in the late 1960s, some special trains ran top and tail. There is a photo in "Rails through Lakeland" by Harold D Bowtell of class 50 D417 heading ECS through Threlkeld en-route to Carlisle with D313 on the rear.