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I was watching a video of a cab ride filmed in about 1995 or 1996, in the cab of a Class 37 on the West Highland Line between Crianlarich and Fort William. On the down side of the down loop at Spean Bridge, I noticed an old-style cut-out sign suggesting that the line speed was 60mph for the...

Are there any Caledonian Sleeper staff on here (or those with an understanding of its fare structure) who can answer this: I have a berth supplement for a standard class berth (or ‘classic’ as the current sleeper operator calls it) on the 21:15 Euston to Inverness departing Wednesday 22 January...

Mod - split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/caledonian-sleeper.176365 Not really, but a point which has been raised earlier is that the sleeper hosts are essential for the running of the train (they’re not like catering hosts on other services) - if they have to self-isolate and no...

I’ve been thinking about this today- what advantages do oval buffers on locomotives have over round ones, or vice versa? All the Class 37s were originally fitted with round buffers but we’re progressively retro-fitted with oval ones in the 70s and 80s (all the refurbished 37s had oval buffers...

I am aware that a number of BR mainline diesel locos (which had only vacuum train brakes) were fitted with EQ brakes in the late 1960s. From memory, I seem to recall that some Class 20s, 24s, 25s, 27s and 40s (and probably other classes) were fitted with these, and had the distinctive Gresham...

Perhaps a blast from the past, but I’ve always been curious to know what the cab interiors of these two classes looked like. Am I right in thinking that a Class 23 (Baby Deltic) cab looked similar to that of a Class 40, or any other vacuum-braked English Electric Class with a bonnet (I.e...

I’ve read somewhere that the first ten Class 91s (001-010) had a slightly different cab layout (as built) to the last 21 (011-031). Is this true? I’m afraid I’ve not been in enough class 91 cabs to notice the subtleties. Was this the case at both no.1 and no.2 ends? I presume that some of these...

Seeing the thread about the potential alcohol ban on Scotrail services made me wonder about this. At present, no catering services (other than a basic breakfast in a bag on the sleeper) are offered on these trains (understandably) due to the Coronavirus, but when (if ever) are we likely to see...

Hi everyone, I’ve just purchased a ticket online (via CS’ website) for the northbound Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Spean Bridge for the night of Wednesday 22nd January 2019. From the accommodation options, I selected a club solo room (I.e. a first class en-suite berth) for a fare of...