Recent content by wheelnrail

Over here across the Atlantic, Norfolk Southern is beginning to end Its dedicated Triple Crown Roadrailer service from all but one of its routes due to "restructuring". Anyway I was looking through some images and found that Roadrailers ran on the British Network for a time. When did they end...

To echo Dave1987 In the hands of the irresponsible, the law is clear on punishment for those people. But A total ban on drones? I can't remember seeing a comment so inane. Why punish everyone for a stupid few? Also, lets keep in mind, yes drones are getting cheaper, but they still cost a pretty...

Getting off work early? Yeah that's an incentive!

This morning I was looking over RTT at one of our local trains, the Stowmarket D.G.L. circular, usually a class 3 or 6 freight. Whenever it runs it's always early, today it was 126E. Which has me wondering, aside from the obvious benefit to passengers if it was a passenger working, are there...

Ely station have baggage carts still lettered for Network Southeast, and allocated for Bishop's Stortford with lettering "do not move from Bishops Stortford". Right... They operate in the correct flow of traffic ;)

Union Pacific's shield logo has been around since 1885, and it still holds up well in today's world. 12 years with the current Southern logo is barely any time. Besides it looks good.

After some time observing train operations here in all types of weather (except heavy snow), to me at least, it seems that if conditions are less than ideal and adhesion is not good, you don't use sand unless absolutely necessary. Obviously if you controll the power to the wheels the need is...

Several months ago I did a 9 day backpacking trip across Europe, with one day dedicated to traveling by train from Vienna to Milan. I took the long way to get there, OBB from Vienna to Sargans and then Swiss narrow gauge from Chur to Tirnao. It took over 16 hours...But oh my goodness it was...

Ah i see, now it makes more sense! Well at least i have a cheaper option. Thank you. One last thing, for my return leg I plan on breaking off en route between Victoria and Kings Cross. Is it possible to break and resume at the same Underground station?

I'm planning on making a day trip from Littleport to Brighton on either the 16th or 24th of July. Looking on National Rail, it seems all TSGN trains traveling between these 2 stations use anytime tickets, which are pretty expensive even if i do buy in advance. Is there an alternative to anytime...

Nah mate, that honor goes to Southall. As for confusing stations Stratford is clear and away the worst. I frequently pass through Stratford either on the central line or on a AGA service an I almost always have to pause to check where the train I want is at which platform. It doesn't help...

I was in London the other day traveling on the Central Line heading West. On our journey we had to pass the closed station of Tottenham Court Road, and as we passed we were going, perhaps 15mph, through a fenced off platform area. Its the same for other closed stations I passed through in the...

A ticket office will almost always accept a swipe card, you know the credit/debit cards with the magnetic strip. Im my case that's all i have. Most TVM's that I've used do not allow for such a transaction to happen. I know when I have to travel and don't have cash, I usually go to a ticket...

In addition to the trains in the UK I also traveled on Europe's CD's train from Berlin to Prague and OBB's train from Westhbf to Sargans. The compartmental layout in the CD train had lighting you could turn off! and the one other one had suttle cream and blue colored tubes on the entire train...

From an outer visual standpoint, I hate voyagers. Their look and engine noise are dreadful. There's nothing photogenic about them. ....But ive riden on one and on the inside it changes. Vibration isn't an issue,I had worse in 156s. Little noise, spacious and comfortable, plenty of sockets for...