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http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=21431&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41 Should all signs be displayed in metres as they are in Europe or should we keep our Feet and inches?? Or even both? But saying that, surely nobody could mis-read a sign saying 14 feet...

44059 reported as being in a 9-car formation

Unit 1001; 1Z51 Hastings to Weston-Super-Mare 1Z52 Weston-Super-Mare to Hastings After being serviced at the West Somerset Railway.

Open Train Times does supply details of ECS workings but not (as yet) freight or STP's. http://blog.opentraintimes.com/2012/03/25/ecs-is-back/

I delivered to the Massey Wilcox Avonmouth Rail Terminal this afternoon. Does anyone know if this is still linked or served by rail? The state of the trackwork on site today I would say "not for a while!":D

I'll second that!

Ooops. I've deleted the wrong file. Thought these were the current details when in actual fact they're winter 2010/2011. Sorry mate.

James, I think the below is correct. 1. First is the 1010 Westbury to Warminster shuttle. BristolTM 06.49 2C06 WestburyE 07.35 07+38 5C06 WestbryDS 07+45 09+58 5F91 WestburyE 10+05 10.10 2F91 Warminstr 10.19 CS 2. There is the 0908 Worcester - Westbury service that's due...

The 73 went ages ago. Spent ages sat in the eastern headshunt doing nothing before going down to Plymouth but I think it has moved again since. A Track Replacement Train is also based at Fairwater. All workings being handled now by Freightliner.

Is the progress of a passenger service top secret? The staff version of the Live Departure Boards system enables the progress of a service to be tracked and displayed as many of you no doubt know. The public version however just lets us see when a service is due to arrive/depart at a...

Just out of interest, if you look slightly to the north of the depot, on the above link, there looks to be a derailed intermodal complete with crane.

59001, 59002, 59103 and 59206 all had a pampering session before going to the West Somerset Railway last weekend. Loads of new shiny black paint!!

There were quite a few posts on local gen groups reference these moves from Margam/Newport ADJ to Westbury for weekend engineers diagrams.