Recent content by RichA

You maybe interested that the path that you used to walk under the railway was formerly a NCB worked line from Seaham colliery to Seaham harbour. You can walk the track bed in its entirety.

One of whom appears to be dressed in high visibility grey only, seemingly trackside

A few years ago my collie dog decided to chew the hand brake on my Vauxhall Astra, she chewed off all the hard plastic of the handle, the release button on the end and the rubber covering at the bottom. During this savaging the brake remained firmly on and nothing happened, it was however very...

I am a long time reader of this saga. I was involved on the sidelines with this issue, albeit the operational railway and not the house/station/driveway. About 6 months ago the couple also claimed they ‘owned’ the nearby user worked crossing and dismantled the signage, telephones and chained the...

Gloucester’s was removed when the lifts were installed circa 2015.

Last time I spoke with the NR helpline the operator told me he was in a call centre in Belfast.

That same source within Colwall tunnel was still supplying Malvern Wells Signalbox a few years ago, and maybe still is?

Network rail have used a RRV to get to the level crossing to maintain it, this character at Altnabrec is extremely unpleasant and comes out of his house immediately and threatens staff with violence. He claims the level crossing is on his land and will damage/remove associated equipment. Police...

I had the same, I just put the card straight back in again and it worked fine.

Locomotive Flying Scotsman has collided with the Royal Scotsman coaching stock in the Strathspey Railway platform.

Stroud footbridge has been like this for years, it’s a typical GWR design bridge with the addition of frosted glass panels, you can’t see anything in either direction.

I’ve just caught a train From Inverness Airport towards Aberdeen and all trains there showing delayed “Due to a nationwide system problem”, my train turned up on time.

Signaller reported a suspicious male hanging around the crossing. As the signaller lowered the barriers the male was stood in the middle of the road and took a step back to avoid being within the crossing barriers. Signaller was concerned by this behaviour enough to caution both the trains you...

Likewise with the ladder when I travel alone (frequenty). First thing I do is unclip it and place it on its edge on the floor against the wall, then, taking the mattress from the vacant upper bunk drop this on top of the lower one, you then have a very comfortable sleeping area. I always put...

I took this picture at Kidderminster in 1984. Some of the last traffic i recall was wagon loads of steel being unloaded as an overflow from Brierly Hill, this would be circa 1982. I realise this isn't Foley Park but maybe of interest?