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For the past year I have been looking for heritage rail systems in the UK that offers a forward view through cab partitions. Now l have a incomplete list and l haven't visited any of small heritage lines such as Isle of Wight Steam Railway. I wonder if I missed other heritage railcar trip on...

From Google Maps and Railway Track Digrams Southern & TfL I noticed that both cruise terminals in Southampton - P&O Terminal and QEII Terminal have rail connections but l never hear any boat trains serviced to them in recent years. When were they last used (I can found the last boat train video...

English news from Focus Taiwan https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305110019 Cannot believe that "though Taichung Metro carriages do have emergency buttons...these only stop the train after it reaches the next station." "...the emergency door release handle does not work when the train is...

Last weekend l took the ELR DMU and recorded a cab ride video, and I'm curious what is the longest railway journey you can take the front seat behind the cab as a regular passenger in the UK - excluding any cab tours that require special application. Now l know ELR is 12 mi/20 km and it seems...

Nishi (West) Kyushu Shinkansen （西九州新幹線） partly opened between Nagasaki （長崎）and Takeo-Onsen（武雄温泉） on 23 September 2022. The currently completed section of the line is 66 km long, 5 stations and the top speed is 260 km/h. The travel time between Hakata (博多) and Nagasaki is 1 hour and 20 minutes...

Dailymail, published: 17:51, 23 April 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10746335/Two-taggers-killed-Brooklyn-subway-train-identified-known-French-graffiti-artists.html

I found a interesting video about firemen training in Japan, the new firemen needed to practice coal throwing in the simulated base where had model fireboxes and tenders, is there had something similar in the steam days? I think many heritage raillways in the UK also need one for save coal.

I think if UK railways really want to revive freight, many local goods yards need to be come back and rebuild sidings for make sure passenger trains can overtake goods train.

When l think what happened in Afghanistan this week is very crazy, until l found a guy who travels to Afghanistan for tourism on Friday..... There is clear evidence that he is not joking, who is a British, a Loughborough University student. I have nothing to say after read the news. I can only...

When CargoSprinter (in UK named MPV) came out in late 1990s many people (include me!) believe multiple units were the future of freight traffic, however over 20 years past only a few multiple units were used for parcel traffic and most freighters were never have really change. Today, in the...

Just a moment ago my friend sent me a YouTube link shows me a train accident happened at about 12:00 in Carnate, Italy. There are different videos can be found on YouTube show the scene of serious damage by the derailment. The local news has reported the accident by Italian...

Hi, everyone When l watched videos about absolute block system they usually show the layout of the signals should be "Distant, home and starting", however when l visited Helsby Station l found there are stop signals behind the starting signals on both directions. How to call those signals? Are...

The original news is Spanish from https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/zamora/2020/06/03/fallecidos-choque-tren-alvia-todoterreno/1247749.html I used Google Translate to translated the news to English There are have photos on...

If not include Glasgow Subway and industry railways, l think all narrow gauge railway systems that survive in the UK today are heritage or tourist railways which have a high price for the ticket and part-time operation, they are no longer as a transport system for the locals. So, which narrow...

News from https://www.railwaygazette.com/business/vossloh-completes-sale-of-locomotive-business-to-crrc/56637.article 29 May 2020 Vossloh AG is a rail technology company in German and they built class 68 and 88 for UK railway.

Just last weekend, when I went shopping, there was a single decker bus that kept the front door open when driving which no passenger inside. In my country some driver (particular minibus) still do it, most police didn't care that but some not. However, due to most new buses have air-conditioner...

When I studied British railways history l am always shocked about that there had three hundred railway companies in a small island. However, a fun question: Who is/was the smallest independent railway company with standard gauge network? I am not sure the Waterloo & City line was an independent...

A freight train derailed near Marianske Lazne, Czechia https://abc7chicago.com/train-carrying-limestone-derails-in-czech-republic/5430028/ A camera recorded the derailment. In aktualne.cz...

I have a interesting question, is there had a railway that meets the following conditions: 1. In a connected land- The British Mainland 2. Never have any physical link with other railway network. 3. It is standard gauge. 4. Not include heritage railways or tramway systems. In my opinion Spurn &...

In last year there are have good post to talk about GCR to shows the good work for bridging the Gap. What about other preservation railways? They have any expansion that have started or near start？ I hear Heaton Park tramway want built more track on the park but not find any detail. Wiki shows...