I left from what was in 1983 one of the last brand new stations built by BR it is built in an area similar to West Swindon or North Swindon and serves the neighbourhood. Free parking as well and a train service to die for, more than one train company uses it, so there is a good level of competition. Eat your heart out Swindon, Melksham, Westbury.

Trains to Manchester and Liverpool as well as onto Leeds, York etc. Still you can't have everything last night I couldn't find a Kebab shop within miles so a Macke D had to the first I have had in years.

I had an interesting time sorting tickest to get to York, they could be £33 or if you followed the procedure I did it was 28.50, but as usual National rail reckoned I could get the ticket for £24.50 but as ever the people at the station did not know that.

I visited the Nation Railway Museum York earlier today and the NRM is well worth a visit, it is free to enter and has lots to do I rode the Bullet Train.



There was so much to see but stuck in the corner was this gem perhaps it should have pride of place at STEAM?



The Lode Star looked superb but I also captured an electric loco from my childhood it was 27020 but I recall 27026 Pandora pulling into Manchester and it was brand new with a name on that was a warship "Pandora there were six of them 1500V DC and ran from Sheffield to Manchester" The locos were sold to the Netherlands Railways and this one and a sister one were saved and preserved. Sadly Pandora was cut up in 1986.



Where to tomorrow? let me think??