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Over 1,200 photos of Preston Station and local railway locations.
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taken in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
New material is being added all the time. If you have something to
contribute, please get in touch.
The lack of news in
this column recently doesn't mean that I'm not updating the site -
there just doesn't seem to have been much to report
recently.
If
you see anything that you think should be reported here, please
get in touch...
Tue
24th August 2010
Deltic
Yo-Yo
55022 will be
wearing-out the rails between Crewe, Preston and Carnforth
tomorrow, on a number driver-training runs.
Booked details are on the timetable page,
but there is every chance that these will run as and when a path
becomes free.
Mon
16th August 2010
Caped
Mountaineer
It seems that the
Welsh Mountaineer won't run this week.
Sun
15th August 2010
Fellsman
Tickets
If you fancy a
short-notice trip on the Fellsman this week, there are a couple of
discounted tickets available. They are advertised on the small ads
board in Boothes (Lane Ends), priced at £100 for the pair, with
the following number :
Preston 780667 ask for Joanne
(I hope I remembered that right !)
No
new Glass Bridge for Preston
To those of a
"certain age", mention of a glass bridge at Preston will
bring back memories of the (formerly covered) footbridge from the
Park Hotel to the then platform 6 at the south of the station.
It seems that the
plans for upgrading Preston Station *did* include a new glass
walkway between all platforms, but spending cuts have put paid to
that idea.
Deltic
replaces Western
Following serious
problems with D1015, Compass have now secured the use of 55022 for
their Western and Eastern Coastal Express tour on 30th
August.
Tue
27th July 2010
1960s
Preston Signalling Sim?
PC
Rail Simulations, publishers of the modern Preston Signalling
Simulator, are considering producing a 1960s version, covering the
pre-Power-Box era at Preston.
Can you help?
Firstly, Martin Cookson at PCRS
would like to gauge whether there is likely to be any interest.
Please let us know if you would be interested in such a product.
Secondly, do you have any signalling information which might help
in producing an accurate representation of the complex system
which was in use at Preston prior to 1972?
Mon
26th July 2010
Whistle
Down the Docks
The CFPS's 40145 will
haul a Branch Line Society tour on 10th October, which will see
the whistler traversing the Dock Branch to the RSR. It will be the
first time in over 25 years that a class 40 has tackled the
steeply graded branch and crossed Strand Road.
No
Wednesday Steam Double?
Unlike last year, the
Fellsman and Welsh Mountaineer are not booked to be in Preston simultaneously
this week. Still, with the unpredictability of railtour pathing,
anything could happen!
Wed
21st July 2010
Preston
Refurb On / Off / On ?
It was announced last
year that Preston Station would receive a major upgrade as part of
a scheme to transform some of the "worst" stations in
Britain. The recent budget cuts, introduced to reduce the UK's
spiralling budget deficit, were assumed to have put the whole
scheme on-hold.
A report in The
Railway Herald reveals that the planned changes may yet go
ahead, especially if a longer franchise is awarded for the WCML
operator.
The full story is
available in the current (free) issue of Railway
Herald.
Summer
Freight TT
The Freight
Timetable for Preston has now been updated.
Thanks to Mick
for putting that together.
Sun
11th July 2010
No
Duke on Thursday
HF Railtours advise us
that they have been forced to cancel the Heart of England
Explorer on Turs 15th July.
Fri
2nd July 2010
Duke
Walk-up Fares Available
HF Railtours have
informed us that there are still seats available on tomorrow's
tour (Standard Class only).
Walk-up fares are
available on the day and you can still get the £20 discount by
mentioning this website or PrestonRailGen.
See a steward for details.
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Update History
13/08/2007
Added photo-of-the-day (week? month?).
Added Model page.
08/08/2007
Revamp to the menus so all buttons now work on all pages - I had got
a little behind with linking all the pages in.
The Signalling page which has been written (thanks to David Ingham)
for some weeks is now available.
07/08/2007
Added hit counter so I can see whether I'm wasting my time with
this!
