Recent content by TonyMitchell

Many years ago, there used to be a passing loop at Bricket Wood. Lifting it was the nail in the coffin as far as being able to increase frequency of service. There's a recent article in the local rag about some horrible plans to convert it into a bus route...

I'm sure NR could have found someone with, let's say, "wider appeal". I also really dislike this woman's voice to the extent that when I hear those horrible bingo adverts she does, I switch off. Someone like John Cleese or Rowan Atkinson on the other hand, I'll go and sit on the station...

Very similar to Bletchley. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ9DWgePGp0 All about communication.

It seems ironic that almost 30 years after scrapping a ticketing system with 150 years heritage and investing hundreds of millions of pounds into new technology, the issue of ticket counterfeiting and the ability to quickly visually detect the fakes, is now much harder than it was back in the...

Contact Project mapping, they should be able to help you. http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/swtiowmap2detail.jpg

Locomotive Inspection Point

There is a pedestrian tunnel under the line, a hundred metres or so to the East of Glenfinnan station, i.e. much closer to the station than the Viaduct. I doubt it's used very much though!

Any profession where there is a uniform that gives some form of authority, or perceived authority, will attract imposters. This one is particularly amusing - a fake ambulance driver! As I see it, the problem of non-staff purposely dressing to be mistaken as staff whilst on the railway, are...

The repeated thuds from the direction of the booking office, of a traditional date press, validating Edmondson card tickets. Sadly, no longer.

Who said anything about there being a SPAD?

Apologies for the image sizes, as I don't appear to be able to make any smaller (Mods, please reduce them if you can) Back to the 70s & 80s, some NCR21 Misprints from BRB Southern Region... From Beckenham Junction: From Coulsdon North (closed 04/10/1983) From Groombridge (closed...