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As per the thread title. I, a born and bred Glaswegian never called it anything other than the Subway, even when the trains were orange. However does anyone call it the Clockwork Orange nowadays?

I've been asked in another thread to comment on the above. In short, it's dreadful. The body moulding is inaccurate in a number of areas and this has been commented at length on the "RMWeb" forum. The paint finish is very glossy, although this is of course is fairly easily altered with a bit of...

145 years ago today - 28th December 1879 - the Tay Bridge collapsed in a storm. 75 died and the designer, Sir Thomas Bouch, died in disgrace less than a year later. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/victorian/features_victorian_railways2.shtml

The Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the deaths in the Carmont derailment will commence at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on 29th January Carmont From BBC news

When the above were in use, does anyone know if they carried a crew member?

I'm trying to make up a 4mm scale Fort William sleeper as in the early 1980s. I have a 37/0, ETHEL and two Mk3 sleepers. The Hornby models I have are Eastern Region numbered. Would the actual vehicles been Midland Region allocated? Also, other vehicles in the formation seemed to have varied. TSO...

On at the moment. Not good PR for Northern Rail!

I, along with my wife, was booked on the Push-Pull railtour. When it was cancelled, I decided we were going to recreate the journey using internal ScotRail services. Hence: Saturday. Stirling to Inverness Ist class in an HST. Quiet and comfortable, plenty of legroom. Catering - sandwiches from...

I'm booked on the above together with my wife. We're joining at Glasgow Queen Street. Going to Inverness is via Perth and the HML and is shown as leaving Glasgow at 10.00 and arriving in Inverness at 17.00. Return leg is via Aberdeen, Dundee and the Tay and Forth Bridges. Leaves Inverness at...

Hillfoot, actually. From STV news. Cow

I'm currently making up a rake of 4mm Mk 1 coaches to represent a typical WCR rake. Mk 1 RTR models are in the pipeline from Bachmann (plus Mk 2 from Accurascale) but there is no indication when they will be available, so I'm converting Hornby Mk 1s. The bogies are wrong (should be Commonwealth...

Almost! BBC news story Well done to all concerned.

Can anyone shed light on what class 27s had the recess for the Mansons tablet catcher, or did they all?

Published today Stirling transport proposals The proposals include new stations and a park and ride. Verdicts so far seem to be negative - this is a council who to encourage us to recycle have reduced the collections of the recycling bins fron fortnightly to four weekly...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Driver was lucky! BBC news story RAIB report

A very interesting article about Freightliners only female driver in Scotland. Also covers mental health issues. BBC news story

I've received a "Neighbour Notification". Work commences 30th April to convert the existing AHB crossing to full barriers with object detection. Works will continue to 31st May, with the B832 road closed from 30th April to 10th May.

I recently bought Hugh Longworths book "British Railways pre-nationalisation coaching stock Volume 2 LMS & SR". It contains listings of every LMS & SR coach taken over by BR at nationalisation. I was surprised just how many pre-grouping coaches were included, but the most remarkable fact that I...

From Kingdom FM website. https://www.kingdomfm.co.uk/news/local-news/levenmouth-rail-link-to-reopen-after-half-a-century/

Trains disrupted this morning between Stirling and Dunblane because of a cow on the line. Yesterday was 35 years since the Polmont disaster - caused by a cow on the line.