MCN Meeting Report

Seven members headed north of the border with the specific intention of riding on the reopened branch to Leven. We departed Warrington Bank Quay aboard 390118 [1S37 05.31 Euston –…

Following the debacle of the May visit to South Wales, when 67020 & 82229 failed at Church Stretton, the fixture was repeated successfully. Six Members attended, meeting at Cardiff Central at…

Nine Members were due to attend this fixture but our train, 1V33 06.27 Man Pic – Cardiff Central, failed at Church Stretton because of a problem with the DVT 82229…

The branch made full use of the East Midlands Day Ranger ticket for their April outdoor fixture which had been put back one week owing to ASLEF strikes taking place…

Only six members attended with several regulars being unavailable. The amount of freight seen was an improvement on the previous October 2023 Doncaster visit although traffic levels continue to disappoint.…

This fixture to Cheshire and Merseyside was well supported with 9 members attending and all meeting up at Chester station.  We set off first of all to Shotton intending to…

In contrast to the Stafford December fixture the weather was sunny and very cold. Six members attended and were rewarded by a good deal of freight activity and several interesting…

Seven Members congregated at Stafford on the usual pre Christmas fixture. The new timetable was introduced on 11 December and there have been many changes to both LNWR & Avanti…

The song, “Where have all the flowers gone” replaced by “Where have all the freight trains gone” could easily have applied to the MC&NW branch visit to Doncaster on the…