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Any idea which steam Locomotive Service loco is on the Hanwell to Bath section of -
1Z31 0557 Rugby to Bath Spa
UID U71026, identity 1Z31
TSC 21708011
TRUST ID 701Z311502
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U71026/2025-12-02/detailed
Thanks
It looks as if dumb software design is leading to drivers triggering a Signal Passed At Danger procedure just because they've acknowledged an End of Authority/Limit of Authority trip, before giving the error message to a signaller.
I'm non railway ex-IT, and it screams software design issue to...
Ah, OK, thanks, it was The Urban Legend UK's video from the previous page. I thought KnobbyGB meant one of trainsurfers video, as it was the most recently posted here.
Not much of a surprise, but a huge amount of checking to be done on other structures -
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/urgent-safety-advice-012024-derailment-on-bridges-with-longitudinal-timber-systems/urgent-safety-advice-012024-derailment-on-bridges-with-longitudinal-timber-systems
Hiya, I'm trying to help someone searching for their lost rucksack (containing something important), left on the train at Farringdon, London and thought that them having as much detail about the train as possible may help. From what they say, they were travelling on this train, carriage 7 -...
Thanks, I was walking the dog near the Berks & Hants and heard the whistle and wondered what it was.
It wasn't identified on RealTimeTrains - is there another place the locos are listed ?
Final RAIB report released, no surprises -
"The level of wheel/rail adhesion was very low due to leaf contamination on the railhead, and had been made worse by a band of drizzle that occurred immediately before the passage of train 1L53. This leaf contamination resulted from the weather...
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