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I have come across (on line) a locomotive number 0 - an 0-4-0ST of the Tangxu Railway in China, preserved at the Datong Railway Museum, see https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27924 or https://www.flickr.com/photos/lhoon/191839921 . But in general, when things (not just...

The 1940 withdrawal was on and from 1st February, and applied to LPTB only services. First class remained for services over the Met & GC/LNER Joint lines beyond Harrow (which were not LPTB (only) services). Later, by decision of the Minister of War Transport (responsible for the Railway...

Coming a bit late to this... I would agree with everything that Beebox and Harpers Tate have said: think about what you want to do (and why), then essentially scan at the highest resolution, negatives rather then prints if you have choice, and to a non-compressed format, e.g. TIFF. This gives...

Wondering what the furthest distant station you can see from the previous/next, while looking down the line. Any cases of being able to the next but one (or more)?

Wondering about the Alaska RR - some of their coaches seem to go back to 1950 (see https://alaskarails.org/fp/passenger/passenger-roster.html ) Amtrak appear to still have some Amfleet I (early 1970s) and converted Metroliner (late 1960s) cars, also some N Carolina DOT cars from the mid 1960s...

Railway codes ELR milege file gives BSJ to BDM as 50 chains, as does Quail map. So it would seem to be a question of where RTT gets its mileages from (and can you trust them).

A report on IanVisits confirms equipment was loaded onto train at Ruislip

There is a web site Distant Writing regarding the early years of Electric Telegraphy in Britain (until the GPO takeover in 1868), which is probably worth a study if you're interested. In the early days there were various systems, of which Morse's ('American') was one of later ones. 'Standard...

If we're including closed stations/lines, what about St Pauls (later Blackfriars - which Thameslink moved a bit to the south) to Ludgate Hill on the LCDR City Extension, I think only 8 chains (160 m - according to the RCH 1915 Junction Diagrams)? (Unlike Manchester Victoria/Exchange, very...

I recall reading that other companies - in particular the LSWR - used 'TOAD' for goods brake vans.

The early LSWR/SR suburban stock ('3', later augmented to '4-SUB') of the 1920s motor (end) coaches were fitted with panels/frames to only old a single, letter stencil - and that is the way they stayed until withdrawal. From the 1930s the SR moved to a system that displayed two numeric stencils...

A quick look in my reference books suggests that all the pre-war XTs were built by Krupp, it was only the post war batch(es) that were Indian built (at Ajmer). With outside cylinders, I doubt they had any particular relationship to the GWR 0-4-2Ts - the 14xx (originally 48xx) and 58xx classes...

The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 Sect 2A give the ORR responsibility for determining and publishing an "Approved list of systems excluded from the scope of the mainline railway requirements" - the current (last updated in April 2026) version includes...

The Chesham branch shuttle, pre electrification, was another three coach push-pull operation - interesting point is that the coaches (cars?) were LPTB/LT (originally steam hauled, then converted to EMUs, converted again for steam p-p), the locos LNER/BR... First 33 + TC trials were July 1965...

The train class was indicated by the headlamps used, to make 4 charcters. There is a BR LMR document describing the new "4 Position Train Identification System" dating from its introduction available at http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BRB_4_Position_Train_indicators2.pdf .

Wondering what the posibilities are of/for steam special operations in the deserty parts of the American West (UP/SP/Santa Fe lines?), or of Australia? Both areas with (a) deserts and (b) operational steam locos. But much closer to home, my understanding is that the Dungeness area is classified...

There is a mid 30s write up of the South African electrification at https://www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com/south-africa-electrification.html ; also the Wkipedia article on the 1E locos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_1E gives some some details of the whole electrification...

The Railway Mag piece does refer to an earlier type of coal-burning steam-heating tender (dating back to the original electrification of the 1920s?), then being replaced - they are what would interesting to know something about. Was the electrification in Natal the first main line...

To my mind, the problem over Heathrow Access is a result of Terminal 4 (the major terminals are T2/T3 and T5 - having to serve T4 is just an annoyance that complicates things). Will changing HEX do anything about that? No. Can HEX be changed to produce any improvement (to anything)? The answer...

The legal basis under which railways were historically built and operated in Britain is one of those subjects about which - apart from those nerds who have studied it in depth - people (including me) have a basic knowledge of, but are ignorant of the finer details. What we think of as the...