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Anyone interested in a reminder of the early days of privatisation Silcox of Pembroke Dock are still running this UVG bodied Dennis Javelin between Haverfordwest and Carmarthen. It was raining and I couldn't be bothered to walk to Narberth train:lol: station. Photo was taken at Carmarthen...

On my First Day South and West trip I used the 184 Frome - Bath. (Quicker services are available). At one of stops within Frome an elderly lady boarded. She walked very slowly with a limp past the inward facing seats up a steep step in front of the front wheel arch. Past the wheelchair/buggy...

After my previous unplanned trip to Watford I had a little look at how far out of central London my Oyster card would take me and decided to combine it with a trip on the Chiltern Paddington service. I also had received my new staff travel card and last year I had discovered on the 1st July...

On my Penzance trip I realised that I had could not recall visiting Totnes. The current lack of railway appealed too as I am familiar with the M5 but there is so much you miss whilst driving so it was to be a coach ride west. I would have been willing to pay but I was interested to see the...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26534175 Plans to open The London Post Office Railway - known to many as Mail Rail - as a tourist ride have been approved by Islington Council.

Part 1 Having spent the past weeks dealing with the chaos on the railways of Wales and somehow agreeing to an extra Sunday shift that turned out to be quiet I found myself looking at what had been going on elsewhere. I had the Monday and Tuesday off so was contemplating popping over to...

Going through the loft I have found a Supabus brochure from 1983. Supabus was the forerunner to Eurolines. Thought it would be interesting to compare times and fares. As an example I looked at London Victoria to Amsterdam. Supabus daily service using Dover - Zeebrugge ferry. Dep...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9v8_e2TKsw From 5'40.

Lurking in my archives I have found a fact sheet about working in British Rail's Retail Outlets in the Bristol/Swindon area. Undated but I would guess dates from about 1987 when I went to see the careers officer at school. I had no interest in rail travel but he didn't have any leaflets about...

Having a bit of a sort out and found the emergency timetable for FGW services from Ealing Broadway to the South West and South Wales + Bristol TM -Oxford for 11 - 15 October 1999. There are a lot of extra services running on Thursday 14 Oct only. Anyone got any idea why?

Part 1. The aim of the day was to catch the Poppit Rocket, an infrequent bus service along the coast between Cardigan and Fishguard. To get decent use out of the ticket and explore a bit more I had worked out timings departing Bridgend at 0702 but as I was awake at 0500 I decided to catch...

What I am thinking of are those changes made to deal with one issue that just create a different problem. 2 examples I can think of are :- FGW HST refurbishment. Complaints about the chronic overcrowding so to enable more seats to be fitted most of the tables and the mid carriage bulkheads...

As a fan of New Towns I decided on an awayday to Thamesmead estate via the Croydon Tramlink. Plan A was to change at Reading and have a quick look at the building site before continuing to Clapham Jct thence on to Wimbledon to have a quick look at the building site. When I actually check the...

Looking through some station pics I found this one claiming to be Bridgend. It isn't. Any suggestions? http://www.flickr.com/photos/10163027@N05/5696649563/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/sets/ Highly recommended. Several hours have been lost on these pictures primarily from late 1970s with their most entertaining and informative descriptions. Rail sets are Westerns, Last days of steam, Classic British Diesels and foreign railways...

The ramp for cars to be taken through the Severn Tunnel between 1928 and 1966 when the Severn Bridge opened. I was very tempted to use the "help point" due to the rather restricted service. One train each way Saturday only. In my previous life on NRES I did have some people ring in who had...

At some point in the between 1995 and 2002 Virgin Cross Country offered a ticket on the long distance services eg Plymouth - Aberdeen, Dundee - Penzance which included meals. Can anyone remember what it was called? Thanks.

Travelling from Victoria to Crystal Palace this sign is on a couple of platforms. Some reminders such as "Check AWS" I am quite comfortable with but a sign to check the signal aspect as a passenger does not fill me with confidence.

The auction has gone but still interesting to look at. http://www.morphets.co.uk/BidCat/Catalogues.asp?F1=3072&F2=4169&status=C&F4=1054&select=210710&offset=0

The "Music Train" thread with the mention of music from every seat via MP3 players/phone brought this to mind. There are things people do that annoy us on trains and I now find myself looking out for them. Here are a few of mine for starters MP3 player/phone listened to through speakers...