Waverley Operations
The Working Timetable for the Waverley Route in 1953 is shown below Downloadable PDF Share...
Read Moreby admin | Jan 25, 2017 | Waverley Route | 0 |
The Working Timetable for the Waverley Route in 1953 is shown below Downloadable PDF Share...
Read Moreby admin | Jan 25, 2017 | East Coast Main Line | 0 |
The winter 1950 working timetable for services between Alnmouth and Berwick upon Tweed which includes Chathill is shown below: Downloadable PDF The summer 1955 working timetable showing all movements in and out of Newcastle...
Read Moreby admin | Jan 25, 2017 | East Coast Main Line | 7 |
The fictitious Otterburn station on the Rede Valley is based on Chathill station on the Newcastle...
Read Moreby admin | Apr 25, 2014 | Waverley Route | 1 |
This morning’s Scotsman carries interesting coverage of comments by Alex Salmond suggesting that the Borders Rail project may be extended beyond Galashiels all the way to Carlisle: The First Minister said he expected...
Read Moreby admin | Feb 22, 2014 | East Coast Main Line | 1 |
Mallard 75 has brought together the 6 remaining LNER A4 pacific locomotives. With two of these set...
Read Moreby admin | Jul 18, 2013 | Bassetlaw Railway Society, East Coast Main Line | 0 |
Last night Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society had their annual outing to Roy Jackson’s Home t0 see the progress on Roy’s Retford layout. I must say. on behalf of my fellow club members, it was a very enjoyable...
Read Moreby admin | Apr 28, 2013 | Books, Waverley Route | 0 |
A trip into my favourite local bookshop yesterday revealed a Waverley Route title I’d so far...
Read Moreby admin | Jul 19, 2012 | East Coast Main Line, Locomotives, Rede Valley Railway, Uncategorized | 3 |
Those of you that have checked out my locomotive fleet will have seen an odd-ball amongst...
Read Moreby admin | Jul 18, 2012 | Bassetlaw Railway Society, East Coast Main Line | 4 |
Roy Jackson has been building an EM scale model of Retford in the 1950’s for some time. I first came across this amazing layout a number of years ago in Model Railway Journal. At the time trains were running but little was...
Read Moreby admin | Jan 29, 2012 | East Coast Main Line | 0 |
Without doubt Newcastle Central Station is one of the landmark railway stations in the British Isles. It is approached from the south by either one of two magnificent bridges across the river Tyne which afford splendid views...
Read Moreby admin | Jan 26, 2012 | East Coast Main Line | 0 |
I’ve just caught up with Michael Portillo on BBC iplayer as he explores the borders, travelling south down the East Coast Main Line from Berwick to Newcastle, and then in the next episode from Newcastle to Carlisle. The...
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