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    Isle of Wight steam railway purchases ownership of station.

    investment in building infrastructure https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp31x7kpv49o#:~:text=Steam railway buys 150-year-old station buildings&text=Ashey Station on the Isle,the buildings and neighbouring land. from the BBC news website more details on bbc link above
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    Covered / sheeted rolling stock identification- Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster

    Thankyou, I can see its a cl50 know with the square roof ends. It was the white body that was confusing me that @Cowley has explained 1744139928 Thankyou
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    Covered / sheeted rolling stock identification- Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster

    Hi, Please can anyone help me and have a guess at what might be hiding under the sheet? Photo taken at Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster 6th April 2025.
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    Restoration of Signal Boxes

    thankyou missed that was a link! :D
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    Restoration of Signal Boxes

    Do you have any links? Just interested to see exactly what you get for £25k?
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    Storm Herminia Disruption - 26/01 onwards

    No it’s an Ash tree sorry couldn’t resist
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    Swanage Railway on train wifi

    Interesting development…… awarded grant to install on train and station wifi https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c629e8eqngdo
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    Two black bands on platform lamp posts..

    the example photos in my original post were from stations on the Portsmouth Direct Line, which I am sure were black. This may be due to them being SWR operated stations? So it looks like Black for SWR and Green for Southern? is this just a certain area thing, or are there any examples north of...
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    Two black bands on platform lamp posts..

    Thankyou, is it a “local” thing or also across the wider national network?
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    Two black bands on platform lamp posts..

    Travelling on the Portsmouth direct line noticed that on most platforms the lamp posts and some other vertical structures eg roof supports they have two black bands painted(?) on them. pics attached, apologies for the quality as taken from moving train anyone know the reason for these bands...
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    Euston to Glasgow central - interesting sights out of the window

    Thankyou everyone!
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    Euston to Glasgow central - interesting sights out of the window

    Hi, travelling Euston to Glasgow central next week for work, it’s been a good while (>30 years). since travelling that route and wondered what interesting things to spot on the trip? will be daylight hours as unfortunately expenses could not stretch to the sleeper! thankyou PS will post a...
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    BTP & Preserved railways

    What powers (if any) would an off duty BTP have volunteering (not in a “policing“ role) on a heritage railway?
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    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys Hornby shares

    From https://toyworldmag.co.uk/hornby-welcomes-frasers-group-as-strategic-shareholder/ confirmed by other financial sources Frasers has obtained over 11m of Hornby’s issued shares as part of its plan to build the world’s most admired and compelling brand ecosystem. Hornby, the international...
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    Bus(?) Moquette Identification

    Thankyou for the quick reply any idea on the operators/companies and what area of the UK would that have been?
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