Marlow donkey had an affectionate nickname given to the original single coach and loco push pull train that ran.

I grew up in Henley and used the branch line a lot to go to Reading. In 2015, Network Rail began cutting trees down and putting markers on the ground where the new overhead gantries would go, before electrification was postponed a year later. I recall many occasions where college classmates were late because the 165 had broken down. Re-doubling would help massively. The Shiplake bridge still has room for it

You could fit longer trains in Bourne End. You could fit a three coach 230 in it.

How about a video on the two Charing Cross stations? I am sure most Londoners are unaware there are two Charing Cross stations and the amazing £1.35 return from Glasgow Central to Charing Cross ticket

Excellent presentation. You made a dull set of branch lines come to life in a way that was even more interesting than Geoff Marshall.

Now you can do a quick study on the 'missing' branches of Uxbridge (Vine Street), Uxbridge (High Street), Staines West and Brentford. PS you've used a picture of Flying Scotsman to illustrate the GWR. Careful - that way madness lies... 😊

Wycombe to Bourne End reopening would be awesome, but hard to see any salvageable right of way between Wooburn Green and Wycombe.

At Bourne End there's enough room that they could compulsory purchase a row of houses and move the station to make it a through station. The old line past the level crossing will never reopen so there's nothing to lose by moving the station.

The Henley-on-Thames branch used to be completely double track before it was reduced to a single track with the passing loop you mentioned at Shiplake. Henley-on-Thames used to three platforms. The Henley-on-Thames branch should be electrifed because in the regatta, they run eight coach 165s along the branch and also they run 3tph by skipping Shiplake on the Up trains and Wargrave on the Down trains and also double crewing it. Reopening the line to High Wycombe from Bourne End should be done and at the same time raise the track at Bourne End. Greenford Branch can take a four coach train with ASDO, and also, there is just about enough room to make the Drayton Green platform able to take four coaches becuase the signal which protects the junction is before the bridge and there is still some space left between the platforms and point work as wll as there is space under the bridge. The Windsor link project should be done. However, it should be changed so that then SWR services are extended to Slough. Electrifaction should really be done to on the Windsor and Eton Central branch.

Hey , i was on 055 earlier!

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cheeky 2am post 💀

Two of the Thames Valley branches are in my railway. Guess which one it is.

6:39 what station was this?

Hey I don’t mean this in a bad way but I just feel the ends of your sentences feel rather cut-off. You’ll finish one (and I guess there’s an audio cut?) and immediately start another which I feel sounds slightly unnatural. Not always but quite a bit. That was a cool video though and I may be sticking around for a while