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Really,the only things wrong with the 150s are the appalling window arrangement which doesn't suit any seating layout (the SR PEP units set a paradigm which BR couldn't break out of until the advent of plug doors on the Networkers/Turbos etc.) and inadequate/lack of underfloor acoustic...

Not the longest distance, but most definitely the fastest, I once rode a Pacer from Bristol to Worcester. I'm not sure if this was a 90mph Express Sprinter (Class 158) or a regular 75mph Sprinter diagram, but I would guess that a Pacer would struggle to keep up with even the latter when there's...

Here in the provinces I have never seen traffic lights prioritised for pedestrians.

You're telling me! I've been down to London today and gave myself a choice of two options this morning: the 0703 (if I could get up in time) or the 0754 departure from Kidderminster which provided connections for arrival at Marylebone at 1015 or 1045 respectively. As things turned out, I was up...

There is a 'Station News' on the side of the street level station building and I think I've been in there since Covid, but I'm not sure if it's still open and if it is, whether it does hot drinks. But otherwise, if you want a hot drink to take on the train, yeah, you're stuffed. There's a...

A secondman is essential on a heritage DMU to block the view from the front right-hand passenger seat.

I was referring to the distance (or lack of) beyond the signal, at any level crossing. I believe it's because a level crossing was not historically regarded as an 'obstruction'. There were numerous instances of trains demolishing level crossing gates back in steam days, but with lower levels of...

A repeat of the 1978 accident is waiting to happen at numerous locations all over the country - and probably has if you delve into it. As the report mentions, the factors are not unique to this location or even this type of crossing, so no recommendations could be made. Trains have been stopping...

Yes, certainly as installed, Milford AHB had stopping/non-stopping selection on the Down line. There was a fatal accident in the early years and the report describes the processes involved. https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1005

It's a two-way thing... https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/news-and-media/our-news/article/camrasixes :D

So it's quite academic, but the V3 service is restricted by the brick arch railway bridge at Willington (presumably dating back to the line's construction in the 1830s). Even single deck buses have to drive in the middle of the road to go under it.

As I said upthread, I was never a fan of his style (I don't like 'zoo' radio) but can appreciate that Steve was a genuine original talent from the tail-end of what many of us consider to be a 'golden age', so this news is just as sad and shocking to me as anyone else. And the last bastion of the...

The Stourbridge route has a summit at Causeway Green, between Langley Green and Rowley Regis, somewhere around 170 metres ASL as far as I can tell from OS maps. The line then drops down through Rowley Regis station, Old Hill Tunnel and all the way down into the Stour Valley just beyond Cradley...

I'm reminded of the instances (and I've experienced one or two!) when a train is cancelled because there is no guard available but the driver and stock continue to the destination because that's where they/it need to go. But I can't see a sit-in being successful because rules are rules...

Same here once when I pulled the (apparently valid) Willington to Birmingham via Derby trick and the 'XC-lite' service was wreckage. The staff member even said, "there's a pub opposite", to which I replied, "there's a better one just down the road ;)" They've even let me out to buy a ticket when...

There's a place just south of Wilnecote which I'm sure would do a grand job with them ;)

It does now have an Amazon Locker (visible on Google Earth) so more people will be using the station if not actually travelling by train!

There's a footbridge to the northeast of Willington station, Derbyshire, which crosses all four tracks just after the divergence of the North Staffordshire route and is a popular phot/vid spot. As well as 'XC Central' you get the EMR services to Crewe plus freight traffic using the Castle...

My last visit was in September 2021: Disused Platform 2: The LNW lady could even be found here - I don't know who she was but more tasteful than a novelty scatter cushion or a slightly creepy doll I think: It's fascinating to compare the station with my previous visit in 2013 - the...

I've had problems with my regular run (Snow Hill lines - Derby route) in the past, but I think it has been fixed now. And possibly more so at Snow Hill than New Street. Worse than this is the bus/rail Derbyshire Wayfarer (as purchased on a bus) which doesn't have a scanny thing to work the...