Andy Kirkham

I was watching a video about the Singer works at Clydebank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLcG7UrW8lE and towards the end there a shot of a shunting locomotive which appears to be a Peckett (the short handrail on the saddle tank is a reliable diagnostic). This made me realise that I don't think I've ever previously seen a picture of a Peckett on an industrial site in Scotland, Barclays having a near-monopoly. Are there any other examples?

Three views on the former Caledonian system that duplicated the North Brirish line between Glasgow and Dumbarton Crossing the River Kelvin at Partick Central. The flour mills on each bank both once had their own sidings. Glasgow University in the distance. Meadowside Granary, built between 1911 and 1967 and said to be the largest brick-built structure in Europe. Scotstoun West, with Albion lorry factory beyond

On the Cavan & Leitrim. Is this an enthusiast or a local? and the County Donegal

Barry Pier

I have the vague memory I might have posted this before, but I think it's worth a second look.

Isn't Russell too big to run all the way to Blaenau? (which is why it butchered in the 1920s) Or was it only the now-bypassed Moelwyn tunnel that imposed the restriction?

On BBC iPlayer, an episode of Monitor with Betjeman reciting three of his poems in the bombed-out City of London. Several atmospheric glances of trains. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p022kr11/monitor-a-poet-in-london?seriesId=unsliced

And this 1975 picture of mine shows the same

Does anyone know how Portstewart Tram Loco No.1 ended up in Hull, of all places? Likewise the Ryde pier tramway "grapes" car?

I began my spotting career in Bristol and there was an alien world only a few miles away. Severn Tunnel Junction was a frontier point beyond which reigned the hordes of Class 37s, almost never seen in Bristol. Just a couple of miles further came the sight of Llanwern steelworks, resembling a portal into Hades. Then came Newport where you could stand on the platforms and watch the unending succession of coal and ore trains passing through. Further on was the lure of Woodham's at Barry, and the mysterious labyrinth of the Valleys where, it was rumoured, steam locos were still to be seen at work.

MIldmay is a bit awkward to say and people won't know if it's pronounced milled or mylde.

Not from Flickr, but rather the Sankey Photographic Archive. https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=900417 A picture of the Ravenglass & Eskdale when it was mixed gauge between Ravenglass and Murthwaite

I think I remember this apricot colour on several stations in the Westcountry, as seen here at Newquay in 1974

Also quoted in a novel by Anthony Burgess. I think it was Any Old Iron.

I stand corrected. Saturdays seem a good bet. However, as mentioned above, not much of a benefit to those of us who have railcards.

I've tried again without success, so I'm not convinced that GWR are actually participating in the sale.

I've tried finding some discounted tickets from Bristol but so far without success. I started at https://greatbritishrailsale.nationalrail.co.uk/#/great-british-rail-sale I left the "Trains To" field blank and searched. It brought up a list of destinations for which discounted tickets are supposedly available. It is evident that the only journeys available are those that involve a single operator. I scrolled to the destination Barnstaple, which is shown as having a Rail Sale fare of £10 I clicked Show Retailers, and was then invited to Buy Tickets from the default vendor GWR. I clicked Buy Tickets. Since the GWR site wasn't working I tried searching for the same journey on the Chiltern website, which helpfully shows Cheapest Singles for that journey. I iterated through all the dates up to the end of the sale and found NOT ONE offer of a discounted fare, On the other hand I looked on the Chiltern website for a journey from Birmingham via Chiltern and found plenty of Sale tickets. So it seems that GWR is being very mean and hardly offering any Sale tickets, or possibly they've failed to adapt their website in time to accommdate the sale. I did find on the London & North Western site a useful FAQ https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/railsale This confirms the supposition that railcard discounts are not applicable to Sale tickets, which means that the sale is in any case of limited benefit to railcardholderslike myself.

Glenairlie Bridge over the River Nith adjacent to the G&SW main line.

Does anyone know an email address for Customer Support at The Trainline? I want to contact them about an apparent fault on their website. Although their website declares that Custoner Support can be contacted by email, I can find no reference to an address.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-great-british-rail-sale-returns-discounts-on-over-a-million-rail-tickets Does anyone know how this is going to work, based on experience of the previous such event two years ago? In particular, are the cheap tickets going to be offered on all routes, and how long before they all sell out? Do you have to be ready to book on the stroke of midnight on Jan 23rd in order to have a chance of getting any cheap tickets at all?

I'd say that to qualify as a "real steam" service, regular fares should be charged and ordinary tickets be valid. Where premium fares are charged and passengers travel expressly to experience steam, that is not "real steam".

A very enjoyable show with a great selection of layouts. Thanks to all concerned.

Shunters galore

I think it gets a bit quirkier