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Just thought i would put my story on here aswell. I was on a Virgin train from birmingham heading for Edinburgh where i would change and head to inverness. we left birmingham at approx 11:00. just as we were approaching leeds the conductor announced over the tannoy that this train will be...

You are all correct. These are called datum plates. The red block on them indicates the height of the rail. The plates also have details of what the cant is and the distance from the plate to the running edge of the closest rail. They are commonly found on platforms but are also on bridges sign...

Inverness is not bad for freight, DRS have quite a new yard beside the train station and DBS have a yard there aswell, mostly 66's been used and the sleeper is pulled by a 67. theres also a couple of independant snow ploughs stabled in the yard.

sadly all this is true and the state of our railways is getting worse. me been an apprentice every time i am down at the college at HMS Sultan i get my head filled with all the crap about how network rail are striving to be a world class company when in reality its all a load of crap. penny...

Carrilion have got the contract for the access road into the station from the A9. Last week they did there test holes and started clearing the site. They are quoting 3 weeks for completing the job. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Just seen this on bbc news site. Brakes on a...

ive justy been checking on wiki and all the rest have a couple of thousand per year. its weird checking wiki as all the rest seem to be getting busier but georgemas is getting lower

double the amount as each service stops at georgemas twice.

i dont know numbers of passengers but i would imagine georgemas junction would have a pretty low ratio of passengers per service. just looked on wikipedia and in 07/08 there were 893 passengers, with 16 stops daily mon - sat and 4 on a sunday. this equals 100 stops a week. i will let someone...

if dbs were going to be scrapping it they would have cut it up and taken it out in bits in the past week. dbs are only leaving it on site just now because they want it out in one piece, to do this they need to get a bigger crane in which needs a new access built into the site which we reckon...

this should be my last update for 3 or 4 weeks when the engine will be getting lifted out. our 800 tonne crane lifted everything out today apart from the engine and a couple of containers that are down the embankment. the main line is clear throughout the station and services should be running...

freezing, even through the day its about -6/7. but luckily the station is unmanned and we use it as a bothy anyway for the PWay. makes it bearable.

it actually did it. signaller pulled the lever a little bit too early. i got the pic from someone in my office. the date on the pic is the 31/5/99 and the number on the front is 170 401. i think he said it was on the aberdeen to inverness line.

freezing is just a term used. the diesel actually turns in to a waxy like substance clogging up all the filters and injectors. modern cars are less likely to do this as they have a fuel heater in them and the deisel bought at a petrol station has more additives in it.

although i have been at the derailment everyday since it happened i havent ventured to the south end of the loop so i am not sure where the signal is. but i do know that the south end points are on a slight curve. but anyway to keep everyone updated on the progress. the 2 rail cranes have not...

me been a PWay man im not to sure what its for. i dont think its for protecting the line south of carrbridge, the engine was derailed on the run out switch at the north end on the up loop which i would presume is to protect the line going south.