Search results

There seems to have been a PIS failure on the Portsmouth Direct this morning. RTT is showing "no report" for station calls between Guildford and Havant, and many platform screens are showing "Delayed" for all services even when they were running to time. Guildford station announcements were...

I came across this clip on YouTube, showing 70012 (the loco dropped during unloading at Newport). It was videoed out on test runs in the US last Friday, with a very smart paint job. I have no info' about the purpose beyond what's shown with the clip and in the comments.

It cost me an extra £2.80 in August. I arrived at West Kensington District line station at around 21:00, to find barriers closed, my paper Travelcard was rejected with "seek assistance". There was no-one around (either staff or passengers) so after a few minutes wait, since I was tight for time...

I can't see a mention on here, but various YouTube videos refer to 70000 Britannia having suffered a failure in the motion while working a circular evening railtour on Tuesday 22nd August. The loco was climbing the bank from Chilworth towards Gomshall at the time, so would have been working...

Next Sunday (5th March), there was engineering work planned on the South Western main line at Surbiton. On the NR website this work has been shown as cancelled for over a week now, but with less than a week to go, the Journey Planner (and websites based on NR data like RTT) is STILL showing all...

Eastbound Southwest Chief suffered major derailment east of Kansas City, following a collision at an open farm crossing. Initial reports stated that the other vehicle involved was a dump truck. Curiously the lead loco looks to be upright and on the rails, trailing loco and baggage car are...

Two hour-long episodes on BBC4 at 7pm tonight and tomorrow (6th & 7th June), subtitled "Under Pressure, Over Budget", following the final stages of the construction of London's Crossrail (sic). It's not clear from the listings I've seen whether these are repeats, edited repeats, or new episodes.

That surprises me, having watched a couple of the early test runs last summer. I watched 943 making good speed up the 1:100 from Shalford towards Chilworth, and again at the top of the 1:96 from Dorking towards Gomshall. In both cases I'd say the speed was comparable with the Turbos. Of course...

There's much arcane knowledge around these forums, are there any experts on plastic recycling? I've always assumed that the three arrows triangle symbol means that a material is recyclable, subject of course to the appropriate processing stream being available. However I've encountered an...

The post above appeared in the thread about the return of the 442s, but rather than drag that more off-topic, it prompted me to start a new one with a couple of my memories of railway sounds of years ago. When I was a child, my grandparents lived near Harringay station too, and well within...

Channel 5 is scheduling a new series, starting at 8pm this Friday (27th Nov) with an episode about north Devon. The synopsis mentions Barnstaple to Ilfracombe and the Lynton and Barnstaple. The presenter is Rob Bell again. Allegedly it's number one of four, but knowing C5's attitude to...

On channel 5 at 7pm tonight (28th Sep), "World's Busiest Train (sic) Stations", starting with Zurich Hauptbahnhof. Billed as new in my listings mag, though that's not always reliable, but in this case I don't remember having seen it before. No indication of how many episodes are intended.

Anyone who followed their journey around "All The Stations" on You Tube a year or two ago might like to know that the book based on their travels is currently available in hardback from discount bookshop The Works for £6. (Note: as far as I can see, all the existing threads on the subject of...

Local travel news this morning referred to an earlier derailment causing delays to Reigate - Gatwick and Redhill - Tonbridge services. At the moment (08:00) there is a GWR unit stationary on the Tonbridge line south of Redhill (which is highly unusual), with a Southern unit at a stand beyond it...

I think I know the answer to this one, but would just like some confirmation... On Sunday evening I'll be travelling from Milton Keynes to Surrey using the return half of an off-peak period return. However I want to stop off to meet friends near Leicester Square. AIUI my NR ticket will be good...

Next month I have booked an advance single from the Heart of Wales line onto the Cambrian coast with a change at Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, looking at times, I just miss a connection at Shrewsbury (by 2 minutes if both on time) meaning a 1h 58m wait for the next train. Does anyone have...

Anyone who wants an armchair look at the island's railway infrastructure and rolling stock might like to know that Video125 are currently offering a free download of their Isle of Wight Driver's Eye View video (I think until the end of this month). It doesn't show the inside of Ryde tunnel...

Travelling on a GWR North Downs line train this evening, the normal scrolling list of stations was followed by a message for pax "travelling this Christmas". It then warned of NR works at London and Cardiff, and recommended visiting a website "GWR.com/Christmas 2016". Where might that have been...

I an always dubious about using Ticket On Departure (TOD), and events today have confirmed my opinion. I have a work trip next week, booked by my employer through our regular travel agent, with tickets to be collected using the booking reference. I didn't want to leave ticket collection...

In June's "Trains" magazine (from the USA), it states in reply to a reader's question that the standard US level crossing warning, long-long-short-long blasts of the locomotive horn, originated in Britain. (It actually refers to England, but then most Americans don't understand the difference...