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NOTICE BOARD ARCHIVE FOR 2004

08 Jan 2004:
Manchester moments - by Charlie Hulme
Class 101s head south
Livery novelties - by Dave Bramley
Holyhead pictorial, and some observations - by Shaun Courtnage
A unique occasion - by Terry Eyres
Winter ride to Holyhead - with Rowan Crawshaw

10 Jan 2004:
Mid-Cheshire movements
Developments at Dolgarrog
Amlwch revival?
Timetables, fact or fiction?
Push-Pull memories - by Edward Fletcher
Green in the Valley - by Larry Goddard
Conwy Valley comments
Freight Notes - by Alastair Graham
Pendolino propulsion progress

18 Jan 2004:
Livery variety at Holyhead - by John Lewis
Corrections, amplifications, clarifications, questions...
English Electric Day at Bury - report by Charlie Hulme
Mystery Train
Bad day on the coast
Ferry spotting
Trials and Tribulations
First North Western managers make good
A lick of paint
Bangor station to be improved?
Class 508 movements - by George Jones
Mid-Cheshire empties again - by Chris Mills
Not many ferries about - by Dave Sallery

23 Jan 2004:
Loco hauled cutbacks threatened
Loco parade at Crewe, 21 January - by Mark Watson
Complications
508 move - the picture
Another correction...

25 Jan 2004:
Sunday activity I - report by Larry Goddard
Pendolinos pulled out?
Sunday activity II - report by John Lewis
Coach clarification
Weekend tribulations - report by Shaun Courtnage
Saturday Stone - by Larry Goddard

02 Feb 2004:
Damp Squibs
Locomotive-hauled week - by Shaun Courtnage
Stranded in Holyhead
Goodbye transpenninexpress, Hello transpennine express

03 Feb 2004:

08 Feb 2004:
The Pendolino / HST Dossier
Celebrities on Tour
Floods ...
Those 66s on the flasks
Junction Loco Gala

12 Feb 2004:
The Class 47 Massacre
Northern Belle timings for Friday 13th
Chasing the oval ball
Chester freight in pictures - by Dave Bramley
Wrexham - Bidston: good news or extortion?
Picture news now...

18 Feb 2004:
16-17 February 2004 ... more problems and a traveller's tale
Class 175 dogbox - by Charlie Hulme
Six Nations Specials
Abergele, 13 February - by Larry Goddard

22 Feb 2004:
Incident at Deganwy
More nuclear superpower
How (not) to operate Crewe station - an observer's view
Crewe - want to try it yourself?
Conwy Valley Views - by Larry Goddard
Class 47 Survivors - by John Myers
18 February - more trials and tribulations

19 Feb 2004:
Intro....

01 Mar 2004:
Editorial
Saturday 28 February - report by John Myers
Sunday 29 February - by Eryl Crump

08 Mar 2004:
I'm a station supervisor, get me out of here
St David's Day at Chester... by Dave Bramley
Picture miscellany
Ecclesbourne Valley team contributes to North Wales Refranchising Study: a press release received
Frustration on 28 February - by Jim Murphy

08 Mar 2004:
Class 67s to the fore on 8 March
Holyhead Sunday 8 March
The other Class 31 operation
'£10m facelift for rail station'
Arriva on the Cambrian - by Trevor Roberts
Loco-hauled summer
HST troubles
The good old days
Atlantic College drops out
Consultation anyone?
More Luxury - by Dave Bramley

15 Mar 2004:
Pointless Platforms and Missing Trains
Life of Grime?
Mid-Cheshire safari
Chester freight 12 March - pictures by Dave Bramley
'Newcomer' is old friend - but the end is nigh
Chester Gateway plan reviewed - by Laurence Wheeler

17 Mar 2004:
Cwm Prysor memories

22 Mar 2004:
Class 31s - what happened?
Windy Saturday 20 March
More about Cwm Prysor
Windy Friday, 19 March
New website to visit
Looking ahead
Enter the Duke
Rhyl departure - by John Myers

24 Mar 2004:
Why the 31s were diverted
A quiet day, or not - with Dave Bramley
The Mostyn Job - by Dave Sallery
Holyhead Diesel Gala, Sunday 21 March - by John Lewis

28 Mar 2004:
The end of the 47s is nigh (for now)
Picture parade

29 Mar 2004:
Class 67 Driver Training starts - report by Larry Goddard
Push-pull reminder
A Holyhead weekend with John Lewis
Incident at Conwy 27 March - by Martin Brigham
37s on the Cambrian
End of the 47s? (repeated for convenience)

28 Mar 2004:
Saturday 27 March - by Eryl Crump
Sunday 28 March - by Larry Goddard
Sunday 28 March - by Peter Roberts

02 Apr 2004:

The final curtain (sort of)
And finally ...

09 Apr 2004:
Another attempted murder
Classic bus news
Two unusual views - by John Eyres
Class 31 Easter notes - revised
Two bridges appeal answered
It's gone quiet...
Journey to Preston - by Alec Fuller
Rugby Extras, 27 March

14 Apr 2004:
Cambrian news - by Trevor Roberts
Pendolino news
Easter in Rhyl - with John Myers
Rail grinding down the Coast
Off the grapevine
Chester tram relics at risk
Adopt a station

17 Apr 2004:
TransPennine Desiro - a first glimpse
Arriva reorganisation
Safer stations - from the Daily Post
Chester notes - by Dave Bramley
Wrexham Railway Society news - by George Jones
Virgin notes
Grinding news and views

21 Apr 2004:
Updates
Holyhead is so bracing...
The English Riviera Express
A clear view - by Larry Goddard
Blue Peter in mid-Cheshire - by Ian Bowland
Where to find Class 37s - by Rowan Crawshaw
A traveller's tale, Sunday 18 April - by 'Charlie21'
The Danish Angle

01 Apr 2004:
Holiday Time - from Dave Plimmer's archive
Pendolino problems solved?
Signs of the times

03 May 2004:
A lot of pictures today - hope they don't cause your PC indigestion ... Charlie
A Class 87 at Chester!
Mid-Cheshire steam
Rail Passengers' Committee news
Red Green Express to Bath
Bank Holiday Saturday blues
Conwy Valley to reopen with new timetable
Something Completely Different

10 May 2004:
The Dee Valley Growler
Chester Tram No. 4 to be saved
A visit to the Railway Age, Crewe - by Stephen Parascandolo
Walking over Cwm Prysor

16 May 2004:
Events on 13 May
One's Royal Coal Train

23 May 2004:
Compiler's note, 23 May
Up for the Cup
Last days of the Virgin HST
End of the Chester 31s
DMUs in pictures - by John Myers
Progress at Dolgarrog

24 May 2004:
Endings and beginnings

30 May 2004:
HST Nostalgia Special
HST thoughts and legends

04 Jun 2004:

Chester Steam
Conwy Valley line reopens
The Irish Mail in Miniature
Last 31s to Chester
The Notice Board page received 4,373 visits in the week ending 31 May 2004: thanks to everyone for your continuing support.

06 Jun 2004:
Class 47s Galore - picture special

08 Jun 2004:
The story so far
Important note: contact address changes
Steam to Chester
Conwy Valley strengthening?
Loco-haulage notes
Traveller's Tales - by Alec Fuller
Notes and Queries
Going home
Steam notes - by John Myers
Some sad scenes

12 Jun 2004:
Irish Mail in Miniature - report by John Myers
Tales of Tattenhall Junction - a history feature
Llangollen Bank Holiday - by Peter Roberts

15 Jun 2004:
The Conwy Belle - by Larry Goddard
Virgin 47 variety - by Rowan Crawshaw
Missing the Sherpa - and Missing the passengers
A couple of oddities

21 Jun 2004:
Down the Coast by Class 37
Virgin events - report by Tony Miles
On the small gauge #1 - by John Myers
Virgin Class 47 news
Conwy Valley - a traveller's tale

26 Jun 2004:
23 June and all that: the facts and a personal view - by Kevin Melia
Class 47 Miscellany
Llandulas Viaduct in focus
Sojourn at Holywell Junction - with Tim J. Rogers
Problems with 'Control' - by Alec Fuller
Farewell to a landmark
Art History note

29 Jun 2004:
Llangollen Railway notes
Holyhead Sunday - with John Lewis
Problems with 'Control' - viewpoint by Dave Sallery
Trouble at Caernarfon
Eat your greens
Glasgow to Holyhead?
A railtour traveller's tale - by Bill Rear

01 Jul 2004:

Acton Bridge special
Steam News

05 Jul 2004:
Freightliner 47 invasion

10 Jul 2004:
Class 151 remembered - by Larry Goddard
The Chester Connection
The Chester Owl and other stories
It's Betws by Bus
Best wishes, Bill!

13 Jul 2004:
Follow-ups
Chester Peak - by Dave Bramley
Freight notes
News of the Duke
Safer stations
A Blast from the Past - by Darryl Thomas
Cows come home
'Traction in Transition'
Problems at Rhymney

17 Jul 2004:
Royal special
Cruising
Down in the South West - with Eryl Crump
Philatelic note - by John Murray

24 Jul 2004:
'Hoover' special

02 Aug 2004:
Editorial
Pendolino Perservance Pays

05 Aug 2004:
Bangor Monday lunchtime - with Alan Crawshaw
'North Wales Pendolino tests a success'
Sounds of the Sixties
Problems at Puffin Roundabout

08 Aug 2004:
Peak Practice (or 'last chance saloon', or 'passing inspection', etc.)

09 Aug 2004:
Ballast Train in trouble, 6 August
175s - a personal view by Kevin Melia
Integration, or confusion?
Those Anglesey Shunters

11 Aug 2004:
Part the Second

16 Aug 2004:
Loco-hauled returns to Arriva
A Thunderbird rescue mission - Notes and pictures by Mark Lloyd Davies
Book news
Voyager training starts
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Chester - Runcorn - the last weeks?
Sixty by the Sea

20 Aug 2004:
47 Special to Chester 21 August
Locomotives galore
Diagram Digest
Oxford Road Curiosities - by Charlie Hulme

21 Aug 2004:

24 Aug 2004:
Books going cheap
Arriva 47s to continue
Railtour news
Shipping news
175 at BNS
Yes, Minister
Class 47 pictorial
Rare views at Shotton - by Joe Kelly
Regional 125?

28 Aug 2004:
Class 47 Week

01 Sep 2004:
Editorial
Fragonset to the rescue
Stay off the line - good advice from the Evening Leader
Picture miscellany
Timetable news - by Rowan Crawshaw
Two from the eighties
To the Far North

05 Sep 2004:
Northern Rail stalled?
The Runcorn flyer
Gardener's World - by Dave Sallery
Freight in the eighties - by 'Concrete Bob'
Ferry Tales
Shunting problem

08 Sep 2004:

19 Sep 2004:
Last chance for the Halton curve?
Railtour round-up
Winter Timetable review - by Rowan Crawshaw
Hippos spread their wings - report by 'Concrete Bob'
News update
Charlie's Holiday snaps

21 Sep 2004:
Two Travellers' Tales
To London - with John Myers

23 Sep 2004:
Arriva Trains winter - by Charlie Hulme
Preparing for the Pendolinos
Paper Press news, bad ...
Along the Estuary
Halton Curve farewell
Class 47 pictorial
The new Virgin timetable

26 Sep 2004:
There's a lot of end-of-era stuff about...
End of the Manchester Club Train (again)
Book news
Hippos of Oxley
Points (and crossings)

27 Sep 2004:
Pendolino day 1 - er, no....
Chester - Runcorn farewell - report by John Murray
The Official End of Summer - by John Myers
Ballast train problems revisited

29 Mar 2004:
Class 67 Driver Training starts - report by Larry Goddard
Push-pull reminder
A Holyhead weekend with John Lewis
Incident at Conwy 27 March - by Martin Brigham
37s on the Cambrian
End of the 47s? (repeated for convenience)

06 Sep 2004:

05 Nov 2004:
More rugby trains
Pendolino update
Contrast at Llandegai - by Rowan Crawshaw
A memory of 101 692
Bangor, 27 October - with Alan Crawshaw
Let it snow!
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Yellow to turn blue?

11 Nov 2004:
Holyhead journey - by Steve Morris
Shrewsbury- Chester Rail Users' Association notice
Leif Eriksson's journeys
Dublin for a Tenner - Arriva press release
Holyhead report, 28 October - by Dave Roberts

15 Nov 2004:
Pendolino Problems
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Brake coach 35515
With Stanley into the Heart of Darkness (Colwyn Bay) - by Gwyn Williams
More about Stanley
Friday 'Rugg-ex' at Chester - by Laurence Wheeler
XP64 to the fore - by Dave Sallery
Water Cannon news - by Dave Bramley

20 Nov 2004:
37/4s to return to the Coast!
Chester comments - by Laurence Wheeler
New look Class 87
Holyhead notes - by Alec Fuller
Middlewich campaign news
Manchester loco-hauled memories

27 Nov 2004:
Community Rail
No 37s after all?
Holyhead thunderbird - by Mark Lloyd Davies
Charlie's Chariot
23 November in pictures - by Larry Goddard
Middlewich diversions
Down South - by Gary Thomas
Even further south - by Charlie Hulme

26 Nov 2004:
Autumn water cannon
Free for pensioners?
Wrexham railway progress - meeting report by George Jones
Test train 22 November - report by Mark Riley
RCTS news
New group
Jam tomorrow for the Cambrian
Llandudno Junction diesel gala - report by Gwyn Williams
Llandudno events - report by Mark Riley
Conwy Valley Serco
Eddie's model railway plan foiled

04 Dec 2004:
Class 47 news
Steam doings
Day return to Valley - by Alan Crawshaw
Rail Passengers Commitee event in Chester
Water cannons in action
Out and about with Larry Goddard

14 Dec 2004:
Arriva stock - the facts
Level Crossing mania
In the bleak mid-Winter - with Gwyn Williams
April 1st has come early - official
By Class 37 to Pwllheli
Loco hauled futures - and engineering confusion
Something for the weekend
WW2 destroyer lookalike - by Terry Eyres
That Brotherhood again - by Rob Lorton
Holyhead depot - with Mark Lloyd Davies
'Security' strikes again
Nostalgia time
That strange wagon again

17 Dec 2004:
The Christmas Chester Chuffer - by George Jones
The last days of the old timetable
Crossing the line
Christmas shopping in Chester ... but no loco haulage - by Rowan Crawshaw
End of the Railhead Treatment Trains (for this year)

23 Dec 2004:
The Christmas Chester Chuffer - report by Laurence Wheeler
Manchester - Llandudno weekends and the Cheshire Lines
The Rail Passengers Forum, Chester, 14 December - report by Laurence Wheeler
The Welsh Dragon and other tales - by Eryl Crump
Return of the Princess
The Anglesey stopper
Headboard tailpiece

26 Dec 2004:
Festive Greetings