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Eymoutiers for Lac Vassiviere , I dropped by the station on a day out to the Lake with my brother & wives a few years ago ,sleepy hollow ! but super location. The 2 X2800s at Limoges were servicable in 2010 .They had both run in from Limoges on an excursion (another photo opportunity !) to "Festirail" Montlucon in June 2010. This is a great event if it's still running. It's held at the Preserved half-roundhouse at Montlucon. There are several excursions which run in plus a couple of steam shuttles during the day. Here are a few more from 2010 http://s288.photobuc...tval/Montlucon/ Here's a link toi the Festirail site for those interested http://www.festirail-montlucon.com/ Note for Stephen : Mikadotrains do an N scale X73500 which is probably standard fayre through Eymoutiers these days.I'm not familiar with the brand myself.. It looks as though they are working on an X2200 an autorail class which I know a few are allocated to Limoges, not sure if they run on the Ussel line though EDIT I've now found a photo of one on the web at St Leonard de Noblat which is a couple of stations up !. Regards Ron , BB17005

Did you go to the triage ? there's a footbridge where the running lines bear right Northbound and the depot line runs under. Great vantage point for the goods yard. Here's a bit of nostalgia taken from that bridge. X2800 class Autorail 2907 comes up from the stabling point to run into Brive station for an evening service ,most likely for Perigueux in March 2007. Sadly the class has now been withdrawn but a good number have been preserved. I did manage to travel on one from Bordeaux to Perigueux just before they were taken off.

Thank you , does it perhaps fall into the category of Warley 2013 ?

I'm just catching up with what's been happening this year and this little blighter nearly slipped the net ! Has there been any recent news/rumour on release ? I'll probably pre-order anyway but need to know how long my mouth will be watrering for !

I returned to the UK in 2010 after living in France for 8 years. I've been interested in all things railways for 50+ years but have flitted in & out of the scene several times. I model UK OO gauge now but had a French HO layout for about 3 years.upto 2006 . I decided that I had a much better choice of RTR stock moving back to a UK model and built a large 20*10 foot layout in my basement .I will always be a RTR man as far as stock is concerned but enjoy scenery construction. I had to break up the layout when I moved back to the UK but retained most of the baseboards so have started a more modest 10 ft by 8ft based on the North West but with no particular location in mind ! In France I got into rail travel spotting and photography, which was a different ball game since the advent of digital cameras. Living in Brive in Central West France ,It was easy to reach Toulouse, Bordeaux & Paris and less so Clermont Ferrand and Lyon. I used to make regular trips to these haunts with the mission of recording the last years of the 1950s' & 60s' locos which were rapidly being replaced by the XTer , ZTer and AGC to name but a few ! I got quite a buzz out of seeing 50 to 100 locos in a single day ! So I'm in England now , modelling & spotting , I never thought I would get into units ! but you have to make do with what you've got. I hope I can chip into the debates on French railways ! Cheers Ron

002 reported on Locoscene at Warrington on Coal this morning at 11:12 am , was reported as stopped on another site yesterday ... all a bit confusing at the moment !!

My only claim to any knowledge of the Tavistock area is a day return from Gunnislake to Plymouth a couple of years ago.(excellent journey). 2 questions struck me in relation to any re-opening of the route into Tavistock :- Why was the Gunnislake spur given preference over a direct Tavistock link in Beeching days ? and given the distance from Gunnislake to Tavistock (4 miles) , does Gunnislake give a viable commuter link to Plymouth for the Tavistock community already ?

Perfect for banking duties on the Lickey :D