[jimobasa]

The name is Jim, 58 years old and living near Harlesden Station in NW London.
Although I've lived in London for 40 years now, I have vivid memories of night time steam hauled freight trains passing by the front of the house in Grimsby where I stayed briefly as a 8-9 year old kid. The line on which those trains ran is now a busy road called Peakes Parkway.
My main interest is in the history of the UK rail network, especially the former East Lincolnshire Line.
I am an occasional East Coast user although, being unemployed, I make only 3-4 trips per year with one to York coming up in March, thanks to East Coast's January Sale which had also given me the opportunity to afford First Class for the very first time.
I have never worked on BR/NR although I am a former London Underground booking office clerk (1983-94).