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An odd thing happened on the way home the other night. The train I was on got right away, and the driver started to edge forwards very slowly without picking up much speed and then stopped sharply. He then started off more normally. The OFF indicator was on so it was not a "ding ding and...

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Ever fancied driving your car down a railway? Soon you me be able to. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16441094

Methinks I'll be leaving work early tomorrow!

I don't recall there being a level crossing on that line? According to network rail the incident is a Clarkston.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15521669 http://www.scotrail.co.uk/wintertravel

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I noticed this morning that on one of the lines in Prices St Gardens, one section now has big yellow plates with a number that have been fitted to the centre of many of the sleepers. The numbers seem to be consecutive and count down towards the Haymarket Tunnel. Some of them also have another...

The train I get into work in the morning is usually on it's first run in. Something that often surprises me is to see water coming out of the top of the train just above the driver's cab and running down the front of the train as it comes into the platform. Now the weather of late is very...

Just seen the advanced notice for next weeks Take That and Bon Jovi concerts: http://www.scotrail.co.uk/content/major-concerts. I normally leave Edinburgh Waverley (on the Shotts line) on the 1748, which by my reckoning is around the time this might kick off for folks trying to get over to...