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I posess an EMT era smartcard on which I purchase weekly season tickets between Leicester and Loughborough, which works just fine for me at both EMR gatelines, and increasingly the TMs and RPOs have been able to check it on their smartphones. My overall commute, however, includes lengthy walks...

As a child, I must have watched my VHS copy of "Return of the Trams" from circa 1996 many times over, and after some searching have rediscovered it. There are only a few pieces of distinct music in this film, and I'm wondering if anybody can figure out what they all are, such that I can listen...

This morning at Leicester I observed two Permanent Way vehicles (perhaps Plasser and Theurer tampers or rail grinders, or other such styled machines) coupled together working a move around the avoiding line. It sounded as if both vehicles had their engines running, and I can't imagine one would...

The (now defunct) New Opportunities Fund sponsored website at http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/ is up for renewal after 13 years. Many of the old links will become temporarily or permamnently broken in the changeover, and others will redirect to their respective new pages. The Aviation and...

I am planning a weekend trip to Lime Street in the coming months, and will likely be able to take advantage of advance tickets. I have made this journey before, utilizing the very cheap advances from Stafford and going via Nuneaton but the journey itself is an unpleasant one as far as Stafford...

I have heard it said on this forum that the predominant path for embedded software developers to get into embedded rail systems (both vehicles and signals) is from an existing embedded systems job. Can anyone with a related career confirm or deny this? I would very much like to get into software...

I just saw a pair of class 67s on what appeared to be a RHTT on the Leicester freight path. I can understand that DBC are eager to get these locos earning revenue, but the rear loco was 67002 - shouldn't it still be on ATW duties? Working is here...