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I have recently asked for sources of photos that I can share on my facebook subway page. Flickr accounts were suggested and they have some very fine images. But, I cannot use them as too few are allowed by their owner's arrangement with the host site. So, rather than go through joining Flickr...

I am an administrator on a tiny page for subway trains on Facebook, oddly enough, called The Subways Page. I urge you to visit it and maybe even join us. This is not a solicitation. I am seeking information on the exterior finish of your undergound and overground rolling stock. Are they painted...

Hello everyone. I live in Pennsylvania, but have family in Leven, Fife. They sometimes use the train to travel to Edinburgh. I have read somewhere on a web site that the Fife Cirlce is no longer using DMU's as their main equipment due to shortages within the system. Is this a result of budget...

Good day people and greetings from Easton, Pennsylvania. Yes, another town in the U.S. with a stolen name from the UK. Actually, I live in the area known as Wilson Borough, but enough of that stuff. I am one of 2 administrators of a subway page on Facebook. I am always in the hunt for sources of...

It is Saturday afternoon. I am sitting at my PC drinking beer. I have had 5 already. I am drinking Blue Moon, an American made Belgian White wheat ale. It is not sour and it is very desirable. I have type 2 diabetes and do not usually drink. But today, I had to drop off my motor at the garage...

I know there is a great preservation program in your country. I have participated in two journeys here in New York City (I live about 80 miles from the city border in Pennsylvania). I just had the pleasure of riding R-1 R-9's from the Pre-WWII era. Those units are excellent for high speed...

My mother-in-law was born in East Weymss in Fife. It was a small coal town on the coast of the North Sea. There was a rail line that ran along the Fife coast. I have been searching on-line for information about it. I have found some interesting facts. It was shut down in 1963 from the beeching...

I am interested in the plastic sheeting/sheathing that is used on carriage exteriors. Are these used on all rolling stock? Is it costly? Does it prevent graffiti? Is it easy to apply? I am just wondering why something like these covers can't be used on NYMTA units. They are quite boring on the...

Hello, people. My pc took a dive last week. It was infiltrated by a virus called Secrity Tool. It took over the op system and wouldn't let me do anything unless I was to open it. Instead, I had the unit professionally gone over and now it's ultra-quick and very good. I have been trying to get a...

What equipment is currently being used between London and Edinburgh? My wife last rode it 6 years ago and seems to recall some designation with the 125 in it. Please help me out. Thank you.

When We travel to Edinburgh and the end of this coming July, it will be 2.5 years since I was last there. What changes in rolling stock can I expect to see? We will use the line to go back and forth between Edinburgh and Kirkaldy and on the Glasgow as well. My step-daughter is getting married...

A few shots of the newest rolling stock from New Jersey.

ll over the net for pictures of ol rolling stock (carriages, passenger stuff and subways). I want to share some pictures with you in hopes you can do so in turn. Maybe you have some cool pix you can shoot on here. I have long lamented the current presentation of NY's subways cars. They look...

Are there any double-decker carriages in use in the UK? I've seen many photos of them used here and in other parts of the world. Does anyone know?

How does the LU keep their equipment free of vandalism? The on-going scratching, or scratchitti that occurs in NY's system is horrible. Passengers sometimes have a blurred view of platform signs because the plastic windows are so scratched up. Even if there were cameras in each car, these people...

Hello people. Each year, I buy a calendar from the NYMTA. It usually has pictures of rolling stock of the past. I have been searching the net for calendars showing tube/curface stock to no avail. Do you of any that exist and where I can buy one? You can get an idea of what I'm searching for by...

Looking for up-to-date info and pictures on the newest tube stock.

Without much luck, I have been searching the net for info re:the National Railway system that once ran through Leven, Kennoway and surrounding areas of Fife in Scotland. The data and pix on the net is so limited and I think I may have found one book that might give insights. Does anyone have...

I guess I could just check schedules, but maybe we can discuss the line that runs into Glasgow. My step-daughter lives in Fife (near Leven) and we are thinking of taking the train from Kirkaldy to Glasgow. My wife thinks we'd have to go to Edinburgh first. Is that true? One more thing, what...

Does anyone have experience on the Merseyrail system? Their units look pretty sturdy and heavy. I have been reading a book that was originally written in German. The translation is just fine. But I just wonder how those are. Are they built by Skoda?