Friday, 15 June 2012

New Timetable Features

The new calendar system for the Gen / Timetable page has a few extra advantages. If you have a Googke account of your own, you can import events from our Timetable into your own calendar, to receive reminders. That's very useful if you want to nip -out for a quick photo of a tour.

Full times for this weekend's tours, including the 46233 Duchess of Sutherland tour to Blackpool,  are now on the Gen/Timetable page

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Father's Day Classic Cars at RSR

Sunday 17th June
On Fathers Day, this Sunday, its the Annual Classic Cars and Bikes day. The event has been getting bigger and better each year. Amongst entrants this year there's everything from a 1930s Austin 7 to an Aston Martin DB4, E-Type Jaguar and even a Green Goddess fire engine! On the motorcycle front, we're expecting a number this year, including scooters, mopeds and a wartime Ariel.

The railway will run as normal, open 1000 to 1700 and your ticket gives unlimited free rides for the day plus visits to the museum and workshop.
Adults £6, Children (from 3yrs) £4 and Family Ticket (2+2) £18 - there is no need to book in advance.
www.ribblesteam.org.uk

Gen / Timetable Page Upgrade

Keeping the Gen page up-to-date requires a fair amount of effort, so I haven't always been able to add everything which may be of interest. To try to improve the information on offer, there have been some changes to the format and a move to Google Calendars.

The big advantage is that this way, the job can be shared out. There is now a small band of us who keep the page current and I'm sure you will agree that it's a huge step forward.

Not only will there be more trains listed (more ECS and light engine movements), the information is more complete, with full sets of times round the North West, where available.

Thanks to Dave Felton and David Stuart for their efforts.