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Anyone know what this lot of metalwork in the picture is supposed to be when assembled? Its been dumped there for quite a few years now and is on the south end side of the station in the Network Rail yard along with a lot more junk.

Any Brute Trucks still in use on the railway system anywhere then? I did find two the other week trying to go on there holidays at Gatwick Airport South Terminal. They didn,t manage to get away as they where filled with barrier tapes stands for creating queueing lines for passengers. So...

Went to London last night and arrived at approx 18-00 no problems going but coming back and arriving at Kings Cross at 21-00 to find big delays. The 20-35 to leeds was delayed and others delayed due to an incident, never seen Kings Cross station so empty, was down to one train heading Cambridge...

After passing a station in an average sized town the other night in me car I was wondering who would liable if there was an accident due to there been no lighting. Quite a few stations the platform lights go out after the last train has passed, so if you went to find out train times from the...

It looks like it will be end of December 2015 before the job will be completed now, its running behind schedule for its completion date as planned. Another grand Network Rail plan gone wrong again, I bet they wished that they had never started this electrification thing.

Just been to Bournemouth Station just looked at the railway clock with to faces on the London side and I see it says Bournemouth Railtrack 2000 AD, I bet there,s some in Network Rail wish they could get the ladder out and prize off them words from the past. Bad for the image them Railtrack lot...

After seeing a previous post on here about Birmingham New Street station escalators not working I was changing trains there on Tuesday and in the time while I was there I counted 14 escalators out of use. Two out the four as you enter used to get to the over bridge, and some platforms with both...

The question is if anyone can help, what will next tuesdays 6-45 am Newcastle to Bristol train consist of a Voyager or a Hst set? As only ever see Voyages at Doncaster and as this misses Doncaster and goes Wakefield / Sheffield I never seem to see any Hst sets of XC. Thanks for the help if...

Anyone have anything to report on progress of Selby Swing Bridge as its now a week since it started?

Visiting Brighton the other day and looking at all there buses, are all the buses named just after men? as upto now thats all I have ever seen. Anyone seen any buses named after women then?

Looking at the loco the other day at Kings Cross Station, who provides the driver for it if required?, where does he spend his shift then and how often do they test it to see if its ok and ready to roll. Is there one a Doncaster as well then? as seeing two stood there in same spot for 15 hours...

At Stratford station you can travel by National Rail, London Overground, London Underground & Docklands Light Railway and see them all from the train, is there another station like this or is it a one off?

Tonights inside out on Yorkshire / Lincolnshire area tonight at 7-30 pm, is reporting on a report into the death of a trackworker who was hit by a train at Saxilby in 2012.

Hull Trains are having a second day of a train shortage according to local television and radio again this morning. I wonder how many days this will last?

Does anyone know what the former European Passenger Night Stock coach is going to be used for at Wabtec at Doncaster? It must be a few years old now and if it was a car a very low mileage vehicle indeed with just one previous owner. How much more stock is left over then from this failed...

What the maximum time that crossing barriers should be down for trains on a CCTV Crossing? A workmate was waiting at Armthorpe CCTV crossing on East Coast mainline in excess of 17 minutes for trains to pass. Who can beat that then? Also who in law has right of way at road crossings? As...

This morning observed the Hull trains set on hire from Grand Central running via Goole this morning, noticed it passing over Goole Swing Bridge on its way to Doncaster, problems on selby route / ECML north of Doncaster?

Just been watching Look North from Belmont trasmitter and there was a storey of the Northern Belle been in Hull for the first time today. It is going to Edingburgh and the trip is a fundraiser for the Hospice, as it pulled away from Hull Pargaon in the background was a Grand Central 180 set...