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I'd be interesting in canvassing the opinions of anyone who's visited the Bowes Railway recently, with a view to deciding whether I go to see it or not. I have a preliminary view but I won't share it yet to avoid biasing the thread.

As far as anyone knows, has a heritage railway ever launched a prosecution under any bylaws?

I was on a 142 at a heritage railway today and gawping through the window in the door* to watch the driver. On a relatively sharp curve (15mph limit apparently for the curve only) the train (not local) gearbox light kept flickering on. I made a mental note to ask the driver about this. Then...

Not very easy for me to explain what I mean but I'll have a go - what are the furthest away (spatially, temporally, or both) timetabling constraints that have an effect on each other that you're aware? To illustrate what I mean - and this is an example I've just made up and I'm aware the times...

It is my understanding that 80xs are currently software limited to 124 mph. Is it therefore an acceptable driving technique on 125mph stretches to just open the throttle up and let the limiter take care of things or is the driver expected to proactively keep the speed under control him or...

Just a thought - should we have more multilingual signage / announcements and if so where? Am thinking stuff like Urdu in West Yorks, Polish in Lincolnshire, and Everything in London. Am aware that Southall, Wallsend* and so on exist so fairly sure that approach could be extended. The counter...

Just going to fill in delay repay forms for December and am considering whether to do RTVs for repayment. I'm aware of certain reasons that those who travel on obscure tickets may want RTVs but wondering if there is a more straightforward one - do the TOCs "round up" or are the RTVs given for...

In another thread I asked for a couple of suggestions for a journey for my friend, my friend's disabled son, and my friend's mother. The itinerary that looks most suitable for this is: They have a family railcard. Is best plan a DaySave here? Edit: Probably not given it wouldn't be gettable in...

A friend of mine wants to take his adorable special needs 7 year old boy (Prader Willi but for the purposes of this thread you can basically think of the mentality regarding trains as autistic/ocd but without detailed knowledge) who loves trains on a trip this Saturday with some fairly...

Someone managed to turn left onto a railway the other day. Without too much regard to cost (but not being absurd) what engineering solutions could prevent this? The obvious one to me is a barrier across the railway but it would need to fail safe from the train perspective (especially at an AHB)...

Apparently magistrates courts have duty solicitors. This makes me wonder - when a TOC takes you to court (let's assume that attempts to avoid that have failed) I would have thought you should ask to see the duty solicitor for free legal advice. Particularly if you have a defence in law but...

Is a first class ticket unused if it's been used to get into a lounge? Or put another way, can a ticket that was purchased and used solely for using a first class lounge be subsequently legitimately refunded? Seems an unlikely thing to happen given the relative poverty of station lounges...

Obviously the correct answer to this is "whatever you can persuade accounts to do/what your company policy says" but what do you think is a reasonable expenses reimbursement if travelling on a two together railcard with someone who isn't an employee? One argument could be that you are half of...

Today's my birthday and I get this email: Image is a "Welcome to the Branch Line Society" email, with my name/number/password censored Best railway related gift I've ever received, despite its trivial monetary value. What's yours? Partly asking this as a stealth brag, partly asking it to...

What was the last strike before the Go North East one of comparable disruption? Just curious cause it's had bugger all national publicity and even around here it's hardly on the tip of anyone's tongue - despite being massive in size.

https://twitter.com/bristolairport/status/1727651705309876546 Bristol Airport have just opened a "multi faith area" in their free pickup area. It looks so ridiculous that I thought it was a joke to begin with. Do we think that this is a textbook example of malicious compliance? It's hardly...

There's probably already a thread explaining this but I'm not sure what to search for. By "lines" I mean the parallel metal grooves on the roofs of these coaches and some derivived units. As well as clearly other trains - I'm in an Azuma (which I'm reasonably sure doesn't have the lines) in...

Picture speaks for itself I think (and thus not being familiar enough with Bond Street I'm not sure what direction this platform is in) What's going on here? How are the danger signs like that!

There's a level crossing thread at the moment and it just reminded me - generally speaking I have two approach strategies to level crossings. If I am time pressed I will do everything safe/legal to get through the level crossing, perhaps being a bit naughty about acceleration etc. The vast...

Having a bit of fun with the pre release version of Train Sim World 4 on the Antelope Valley Line - the signals are explained here. So my question is whether they actually mean literally as described. For example, suppose you pass a signal with an aspect that says you must reduce to 40mph, but...