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:roll: An interesting story in today's London Evening Standard, regarding an incident on a FCC service in May. According to the article, on May 26th an eight car train working an evening peak Brighton - Bedford service came to a stand with the rearmost two cars within a tunnel (Kings Cross area...

Hi All, Can anybody come up with a definitive purpose for the aerial-like equipment which often hangs from the top of tunnel portals, or sometimes within the tunnel bore itself? These things are generally on a mounting bracket bolted just above the centre of the portal arch, with the device...

Hi All Does anybody have any info on the current progress on this project? Last I heard there were continued rumblings from the locals about trying to find ways of stopping it, the latest being a bizarre attempt to get part of it's route designated as a 'village green' to prevent contruction...

Hello all, Does anybody fancy taking an informed guess as to what this is, found in the cab of an Arriva 150? I thought perhaps ERTMS, but there's no mount for the large screen which I believe is needed, as on the 158's. Curious...

Here are a few interesting links from an 'Urbex' (Urban Exploration) forum, of abandoned and derelict railway locations. These pics have been taken by members of this mysterious Urbex community, who like to explore places which are locked up and abandoned etc. Must point out that there is much...

Hi all, Had a rare glimpse at the inside of the NMR HST set at Bristol this evening, sat on the Up Through with all the interior lighting on. A couple of lounge/kitchen/accomodation cars, some bizarre-looking replacement coach seating in what looked like dirt proof vinyl, plus the business...

I notice that Barton Hill Depot has had it's EWS signage removed recently, and replaced by LNWR logos. Obviously the place has changed hands, does anybody know the situation behind this? It always appeared a bit of an unusual EWS facility, as there was often none of their stock anywhere in sight...

Evening all :), Did any other members have the pleasure of being around Temple Meads this afternoon to see the 'Special? I was fortunate enough to be working and in the area, and stood over on platform 5 it was something of a 'timewarp' moment (although not historically accurate of course...

Evening All, I wonder does anybody have any info on the supposed 'spare' vehicles which I have heard were constructed as part of the Class 158 build programme? I recall seeing a photograph of one of these supposedly additional coaches at a rail show somewhere, presumably shortly after the...

Hi All, I've wondered this for ages, can anybody tell me what the extra numbers are that you can sometimes see on the front end of SWT 158/159 stock? I've noticed a 158 with a single digit - I think it was a 7 - in white font applied low down on the front end, which looked as if it was some...

Hello All... :-) Am off to rainy Blackpool at the end of March, anybody know whether I'm likely to get any tram bashing in? I'm not sure whether the system is in total shutdown at the moment or just a decimated winter service? Also, while we're here, how do other tramfans feel about the...

Hi all, For those who are into the finer details, and following on from posts elsewhere about the missing seatback tables, here's a list of all current or planned modifications to the FGW DMU fleet: 158's - all 'currently ongoing': Refitting of seatback tables where needed; mods to cycle...

Hi All, I was over at Canton t'other day and came across ATW's Class 121 'Bubble' sat in the sheds. It got me wondering, how many of these little gems are there still in use/existence on the NR network, anybody know? They seemed to remain popular for odd workings - like the ATW Cardiff...

Hi All, I noticed last week that the long-dumped 57 at Cardiff Central has finally disappeared, can anybody shed any light on it's fate? I've not been near Gloucester in a short while, has it's resident 47 gone also?! Any thoughts or info would be gratefully appreciated, Ta.