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Had a look at my 1972 Freight trains loads book. The Class 40 had around the same brake force as a Class 37. The Class 40 had no brakes on the pony trucks and smaller than optimal brake cylinders on the motored axles. The Class 42 warships worked very well on fitted freights. I had several...

Travelled a few times in a MK1 second class sleeper on the WCML in the late 1970's Most were dual heated with commonwealth bogies. A unique feature was the toilet facility, a chamber pot that emptied itself when put back into its holder. I later bought one of the chamber pots from collectors...

'Ee-lye' would be roughly correct if you were from East Sussex.

That is correct, in the late 1970's the 4SUB units and the majority of the 2EPB and 4EPB units were not fitted with speedometers or AWS.

Sounds like an application for the Class 755 bi-mode with electrification from Marylebone to Wembley Hill. Then later extend electrification towards High Wycombe.

Automatic brakes ( Vacuum or Westinghouse ) were mandated in the UK in 1889. Not sure of the exact date on the continent but there was a runaway of a heavy passenger train in France in 1917 that only had the Westinghouse brake on the first 3 coaches.

Panic seems to be subsiding, filled up at Morrisons Sunday evening and I was the only customer.

Wifi has been working fine on all the Anglia 745 / 755's that I have travelled on recently. Laptop has picked up a full strength signal.

In europe ( UIC countries ) there are 4 ETH voltages, most coaches can use any of them. 1500V DC ( France DC lines and the Netherlands ) 3000V DC ( Belgium and Italy ) 1000V AC ( German and other 16.67hz Lines ) 1500V AC ( mainly 25kv lines e.g Romania )

In Toronto (TTC) when buying a $12 day pass ( valid on Tube / Trams / Buses ) was given a very good map of the system.

The mechanical radiator shutters on GM locos was only on the FT model from 1939 to 1946. They later went to AC motor driven fans from 1947 onwards. The early 567 engines did have water leaks that were eliminated on the 567C model engine.

In Switzerland hydro power on the Gotthard was generated at 16.6hz. Long before any national grid at 50hz existed. 50hz generators did not exist in 1910 On the LBSC 25hz was used and was the frequency generated by Greenwich power station. The input at LSWR substations was at 25hz 25hz was a...

The things people will do to get on the front page of Private Eye

Another one for a long production run was the Porsche 911. Air-cooled from 1965 to 1996 then water-cooled.

There is an A4 ( Dwight D. Eisenhower ) in the museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin also an A4 ( Dominion of Canada ) at the railway museum in St Constant, Montreal, Canada Both of these are static exhibits.

There is a master timetable at Network Rail

Exactly what happened on BR in the 60's/70's Locos would sit for weeks awaiting spares

On BR Southern in the 1970's most EPB units were not fitted with speedo's

A few notes on Class 47 braking performance. In the 1970's Class 47's loco brakes were quite good on freight trains with a vacuum braked fitted head. The main hazard was underframe fires from brake block sparks on long downgrades. WR Class 47's in particular were usually poorly maintained and...

Cars vary a lot. If well maintained they can attain a high mileage. My Toyota on 130,000 is fine. Citroens and Renaults usually die from rust or electrical failures. Although older ones were very good, newer BMW's have a lot of poor quality plastic parts that fail in the engine bay. Also...