February 2012
Q12.03 LNWR 4-6-2Ts 6969 and 6973 at Hellifield in the 1930s What work was carried out there?		Q12.04. DMU at Watford Junction on 9th Mar. 1974 What was it doing there?
Q12.05. Railbuses stored at Cowlairs works Information sought		Q12.06. Goods wagon handbrake handle colour when did these start to be painted white?
January 2012
Q12.01. Train reporting number 8X50 What might it have been in October 1965?		Q12.02, ex-LNER North Tyneside EMU vehicles scrapping Details of vehicles scrapped at Hughes Bolckow, Blyth sought
December 2011
Q11.35 LNER cl.J67 0-6-0Ts at Northwich and Trafford Park What were they used for an Northwich? 1 Answer		Q11.36. LMS Compound 4-4-0s in London When did they last appear in the ex LNWR London area?
QX11.10. GWR diesel railcars on the LNER Information sought regarding their work in West Yorkshire/North East in the 1940s.
November 2011
Q11.29. Southern Region locomotive numbering Why was this not reorganised? 2 Answers		Q11.30. Railway equipment supplied to Russia by convoy in WW2 Information sought
Q11.31. Photographs of 34025 when named Rough Tor Photographs sought 1 Answer		Q11.32. Luton Bute Street to Dunstable branch When was the last passenger service 2 Answers and last day photographs
Q11.33. Locomotive Nameplate DRACULA Which locomotive carried this? 1 Answer		Q11.34 North London Railway coaches Information about carriages bought by the Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway sought 1 Answer
October 2011
Q11.26. The LNWR Swansea Victoria terminus Where was it 3 Answers		Q11.27. East London line stations and East London Jct. When was the connection into Liverpool Street last used? 1 Answer
Q11.28. Connections between London tube lines Where are they 4 Answers
September 2011
Q11.21. GWR 2-8-0 ROD class boiler replacements What did Swindon do? 1 Answer		Q11.22. History of Class 7F 0-8-0 49375 Does anybody have access to the history sheet? 1 Answer
Q11.23. H. Bridges Wednesbury scrap yard Where was it? 1 Answer		Q11.24. Moorswater GWR shed allocations 1909-1917 Is there a record of these? 2 Answers
Q11.25. Goitre Halt on the Cambrian/GWR Information sought 3 Answers
August 2011
Q11.18. MR Nottingham - Melton Mowbray section boundary post Where is it?		Q11.19. When is a locomotive preserved?
Q11.20. ‘Super D’ 49375 at Edge Hill Why did it spend so much time stored after withdrawal? 2 Answers		QX11.09. 46443 on a railtour at Bristol in the early 1980s How did the locomotive turn? 1 Answer
July 2011
Q11.16. Swindon-York Merrymaker excursion 24th August 1980 Details sought		Q11.17. The “Annesley Dido” railway staff train When did it last run? 1 Answer
QX11.08 RCTS shed visit 28th July 1946 Photographs sought
May 2011
Q11.14. Wartime accident at Ware Details sought 1 Answer		Q11.15. BR Mk.1 coach at Hever What is it's identity? 2 Answers
QX11.07 GWR & BR Toad brake vans at Cheltenham Spa St James Running numbers sought
April 2011
Q11.11 Inverness passenger duty Cl.37s Why did the InterCity sector have no heat class 37/5s? 1 Answer		Q11.12 Green cafeteria car at Plymouth Did this happen on a regular basis? 3 Answers
Q11.13 0-4-2 Eagle at Mogulpura works, Lahore Details requested 4 Answers		QX11.05 Millennium observations of Cl.47 and Cl.86 Workings sought for 31st Dec 1999 and 1st Jan 2000
QX11.06 RCTS Railtour on Alweg monorail near Cologne Was there an RCTS Special visit?
March 2011
Q11.05 NLR coach at Swindon & Cricklade Railway Information on ex NLR coach requested 1 Answer		Q11.06. Padlocks on Hohenzollern Bridge at Köln What is this about? 4 Answers
Q11.07. Railway locomotive registered as a road vehicle Information sought about 2ft gauge Lister DFK538		Q11.08. GWR 0-6-2T 5659 Was 5659 the only one constructed with the normal side rod/big end configuration?
Q11.09. GWR 0-6-0PT 7426 Infomation sought about the big end assembly		Q11.10. Railway on Duchal Moor what is the nature and purpose of this railway? 2 Answers
QX11.03. Log of the northbound “Elizabethan” on 4th September 1961 Is a timing log available?		QX11.04 Codnor Park & Ironville Station Photographs required
February 2011
Q11.03. “Plymouth Holiday Express” Details of these day trips sought		Q11.04. LMS ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0Ts What was the origin of their nickname 3 Answers
QX11.01. Fowler Diesel on the Isle of Wight. 1 Answer		QX11.02. "Room at the Top" Station Where is 30027? 1 Answer
January 2011
Q11.01. York-Sheffield route of York-Bournemouth service How did this reach Sheffield fromYork? 1 Answer		Q11.02. Great Western Railway vacuum When did this change to the BR standard 21 inches? 1 Answer
December 2010
Q10.47. GWR boiler practice. How did they refurnish the tubes?		Q10.48. Records from guards’ journals at Plymouth Do Henry W Adams' records still exist?
November 2010
QX10.01 Hadley Wood Widening Information is sought about an article thought to have appeared in the RO		Q10.39 J36 on NER Allendale Branch Seeking information on J36s working the branch to Allendale 1 Answer
Q10.40 Clun Castle Rail tour on 27th March 1965 Route details around Northamptonshire requested 5 Answers		Q10.41 Cl.10 Locomotives exported to Guinea Details of D3639 and D3649's movements sought
Q10.42 Locomotive on the 08.00 Newquay to Manchester 4th July 1964 Which steam locomotive took over from Bristol?		Q10.43 Woodford Halse/Banbury Details of working in 1961 sought 5 Answers
Q10.44 Wednesbury/Darlaston Branch Details of signalling and layout sought		Q10.45 Bradford and Poole train service Routing details sought 2 Answers
Q10.46 Old Rule Books and Rule 161; Ladies travelling alone Details of the origin of Rule 161 sought 2 Answers		C10.03 Pre nationalisation passenger carrying coaches in blue and grey correspondence sought
October 2010
Q10.31 Clyde Coast Express Does anyone have any information on the Clyde Coast Express which is thought to have run in March/April 1975? 1 Answer		Q10.32 RCTS Book Raising Steam on The LMS Fig 136 drawing is missing. Has the missing drawing appeared anywhere?
Q10.33 Disused Line in Caithness Between Keiss and Reiss, North of Wick, lie a comprehensive set of sidings 5 Answers		Q10.34 LTSR Baltics Proposed Names Robert Harben Whitelegg said that he wanted to name these engines in 1912 after the then (1912) past and current directors of the company.
Q10.35 LB&SCR A1/A1X Names Can anyone supply the original names? 1 Answer		Q10.36 Locomotive Testing Plants When the idea of a National Locomotive Testing facility was being actively explored by the LNER and LMS in the 1930’s, did they try to obtain support of the GWR? 1 Answer
Q10.37 War Department (First World War) Series 2xx Locomotives The WD used a number of locomotives weighing 18 tonnes on one or more of VFIL lines during 1917 and 1918. More information is sought. 1 Answer		Q10.38 Preserved Austerity 0-6-0ST 68081 What is the history and real identity of this locomotive? 1 Answer

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