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Parking. The City Airport makes a mint out of its carpark and so was actively hostile to developing a rail halt. However at a meeting given by a senior Translink official he believes that the carpark capacity is now so saturated that it's impinging the development of the airport and they...

I'll take these in reverse order... Not quite getting the history here. There was no British Rail prior to 1948, but rather the Big Four in Great Britain and other independent companies in Ireland. Ireland's secession from the UK was a messy affair, resulting in partition. This resulted in the...

Looks like it's out of stock already!! What was the price?

True, but isn't there some sort of planning policy in place to protect routes? Here in Northern Ireland we have PPS3, which at least offers some protection for alignments, though largely for road use!

Always thought it was a shame the local planner allowed so much development, demolition of viaducts, etc., it essentially rules out saving what's left of Leicester Central Station :(

So at one end they're going lower and at the other they're going higher?? I was at Imberhorne actually this time last week and didn't see much going on at the Imberhorne Lane end, the machines weren't working. The pics of yours showing the cutting from the north end do tend to suggest that...

The obvious answer would've been not only to use the Mk3 Genny Vans, but also the Mk3's themselves to boost the rolling stock fleet. The genny vans look well in Enterprise livery. In regards line speed, it does tend to slow remarkably down when approaching Dublin. As far as I can tell this is...

Yes, it's possible to do the NIR network in a day, with the obvious exception of the Lisburn-Antrim branch (unless you are lucky and can time the trip to coincide with a service diversion!) but you'd be better taking two or three to actually see Northern Ireland. Plus you'd miss out on our...

Well, that's good to hear, but this is what was posted on the Bluebell's facebook page: Personally I think it would be great to run on the Ardingly branch long term, since the mood-music for this extension post-East Grinstead is pretty positive, it'd be something different to the Mk1 and...

Absolutely, if it was a docu-drama, it's not - it's meant to be a fun day out for the family. You have to balance out the historical "re-enactment" with an eye one what is or is not likely to be offensive. You have a duty of care to ensure that people have a good fun time, and don't go away...

Must try one, I have a number of bardics of this type, and some unreconditioned ones. Have also converted most of mine to three-cells, but it doesn't seem to last! Let me know how it works.

Hmmmm... a lot of dismissing the story going on here. Just because it's in the Daily Mail doesn't take away from the fact that members of the public were (rightly in my view) offended by what happened. I organised our Railways at War event and I would not have ANYONE in any German uniform other...

Thanks PFX, fingers crossed for an excellent day! Last WW2 event was really popular, and I can't believe it was 2007! Audio package about that event can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMWzsBaO6U

On their Facebook page it claims they're not going to keep the class 423 "Gordon Petit" So why get it in the first place??

Pictures of the Class 80s being transferred from Portadown, presumably to York Road, have been posted to the Downpatrick & County Down Railway's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/downrail If you haven't already, do "like" the page.

I remember WSR claiming in the railway press that their triangle would be the "first" for a UK heritage line. I had fun pointing out to them we'd pipped them to the post! A first in Great Britain perhaps, LOL... ;)

It's suggested that NIR are keeping spares for the Class 450s to keep them operational for around another 5 years, for Sandite duties and as a strategic reserve for major events. I suppose we could still change the subject header of this thread to "Ask the RPSI to preserve a Class 450?" LOL...

Nice to see Belfast-Dublin poo-pooed! Wondering if the Stormont and Dail wans will notice? Maybe that's the "wider policies" bit...? And also very rich from Irish Rail, given that the slow line speeds on the line are usually due to their local services taking up room! Especially since...

As far as I recall, the then DOE baulked at a double track line, believing that a single line viaduct would be cheaper, cos it only had one line. If they had brains they would've been dangerous!!

Did I hear as well that it is possible to dual the viaduct? Expensive but possible?