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With the departure of the last HSTs and Class 365s from London over the weekend, I've been wondering what the final BR era class to serve London will be. I have the following remaining: Chiltern 165 GWR 165 SWR 455/456 (replacement announced) SWR 158/9 Southern 455 SE 465/466 GA 317/321...

Over the last year I've been resurrecting/rebuilding a 30 year old layout. It's been moved from my mum's loft to my garage. Thought at this point I'd share a few photos. Still very much a work in progress. The lift out viaduct I'm pleased with, but can anyone recommend a pmug/socket system for...

A bit random, does anyone know the voltage that feeds the 1st class reading lights on a HST Mk 3? Just working on a desk light project using a salvaged one.

Back in the 90s when I used to commute to Wimbledon, there were a handful of services booked in to platforms 6 and 7 in the early morning and early evening peaks respectively. In recent years these platforms have been fenced off for safety reasons. When did the regular use of these platforms cease?

We've had an incident on our local Facebook page today where someone who has tested positive has been identified and named. And this was done by the page admin! Needless to say the response was extremely negative, including from me. The stupid woman took it down after a couple of hours, but not...

Some background: I live opposite a sheltered accommodation complex for the elderly. One of the residents is always outside tinkering about with his car. This has never before been a problem, but he has now taken to revving the engine for half an hour at a time, creating an almighty noise, and...

Platform 7 at Guildford has just a single track between it and platform 6. These days it's not used as doors are only released on the platform 6 side. However in the days of the slammers I presume it was possible to exit from both sides of the train. How was dispatch safely done from both...

There has been a lot of stock scrapped this year. I can think of the following classes that have lost units to the scrappers torch. Class 142s Mk 3 LHCS Mk 3 HST carriages Mk 4 carriages Class 313s Class 315s Class 317s Class 442s Class 508s Class 332s Correction edit: (thanks @fgwrich) 313s...

The scenario: I tested positive on 9th November. Symptoms started on 2nd. My wife tested positive on 16th November. Symptoms started on 12th. NHS Track and Trace told me that I had to isolate until 14th, which I did. I've now been told by track and trace that I have to isolate again until...

When I commuted to school on the SWML in the early 90s, I distinctly remember some down trains mid afternoon that really did stop at all shacks after Woking, including places like Swaythling, Millbrook and Holton Heath. They were extensions of the Basingstoke stoppers. I think one was final stop...

Is there a tally anywhere of how many companies have announced mass redundacies since March? Today it's been HSS Hire (800), earlier in the week it was Greene King. It's difficult to keep up with it. In the grand tradition of @Bletchleyite the rights and wrongs of Covid restrictions are being...

As a break from the doom and gloom, let's look at possible ways out of this. There are more than you think. 1. A vaccine. The big problem with this is that it may or may not happen. It looks promising, but not guaranteed. It may end up being partially successful like the flu jab, but enough to...

I've just rewatched that YouTube video where someone outran the tube between two stations. It got me thinking- is there anywhere on the NR network where you can leave a service and then reasonably join the same one further along the same journey? Either by walking, running, or cycling. Prior...

(mods please move/merge as necessary- can't think of an existing thread to put this in) This has appeared on Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-household-gathering-limit-set-to-be-cut-to-battle-covid-19-spike-12066423 This may be the first sensible thing I've seen the...

Interesting article on France 24. Could the saliva test really change everything? I'm in favour of saliva testing for all care home residents and staff on a daily basis, all NHS hospital patients, and as a way of allowing cultural and sporting events to restart...

Surbiton has two platform faces on the up lines, one on the slow one on the fast, but in the down direction it has one on the slow and one for Hampton Court, with no platform on the down fast. (and IIRC until the mid 90s Hampton Court down trains had to rejoin the down slow for a small distance...

Many years ago, travelling on the SWML I remember on hot sunny days trains running with the saloon lights switched off. Was this a specific policy, or just something done by individual guards?

This is interesting https://www.france24.com/en/video/20200821-coronavirus-on-the-rise-across-europe alongside this from the WHO: https://www.france24.com/en/20200820-covid-19-who-says-europe-can-combat-spike-in-infections-without-full-lockdown and this from Spain...

As an antidote to the most over the top restrictions thread, how about some new restrictions added in the name of Covid, but which are actually beneficial long term? Like this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-53805294

A bit of fun. Every year, the Oxford English Dictionary release a list of "words of the year". They don't have to be new words, just ones that have come to the forefront of the public psyche. What do you think they'll be this year? I'll suggest a few : Covid Spike Stay home Barnard Castle...