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Thought just entered my head entirely randomly. Consider a new tube stock which you can walk through (like the NTfL is going to be aiui). What happens if... 1. You are resignalling the tube line anyway 2. You make it twice the length of any existing platform 3. You give it foolproof selective...

I currently have a booked itinerary for today: 15:59 Durham - Northallerton 16:33 Northallerton- Kings Cross With tickets both first class off peak singles, splitting at Northallerton, routed Trans Pennine Express and Grand Central only respectively. Unfortunately for me the 15:59 has been...

In common with other railforum-ers I enjoy playing simulators when I have time and one of the techniques I have adopted for driving medium length consists c. the early 80s is using the straight air brake to hold the speed of the consist when descending a gradient, and potentially even to...

I gave Dall-E a prompt of "A locomotive that is a cross between an A4 and Class 91" in the hope that the super brain may design something better than any mortal man. Unfortunately, at best it did a cross of a class 91 and a class 253 but I attach the results to see if others can prompt it to do...

I *think* these are all true (correct me if wrong): You don't have to tell your employer if you're in a union If you are in the union, you don't have to strike if you don't want to If you are not in the union, you can strike anyway with full protection Regardless of 3/4, if you come across the...

Suppose a multi-millionaire rail enthusiast wants to take their train simulator enthusiasm to a next level and start driving real trains on the real railway (preserved lines are out because 25mph just doesn't cut it and besides said enthusiast wants the thrill of flying through stations at...

How about the converse - compliments? I ask because about six-eight weeks ago a TfL station attendant, at some risk to himself, stopped my £2k e-bike from being stolen the first and last time I left it at that station. Within hours I had emailed TfL to pass on my thanks. There is a dedicated...

This evening, amongst many other journies I did Paddington to Heathrow Central on either TFL Rail or Elizabeth Line depending upon when the label changes, and then Heathrow Terminal 2/3 to Hatton Cross on Picadilly. It is my belief that because there is no OSI between Heathrow Central and...

Have a 19 minute change at Doncaster this Friday evening; am planning on this being where will get supper to eat on the next train. Although I’ve been in the distant past, I don’t know the station. All I can see online is vague statements about there being plenty of food which isn’t specific...

To my untrained eye (and an eye that has been watching in train sim world rather than IRL at that) the starter signal at Cathcart when heading in the Langside/Muirend direction looks unusually dangerous if it were passed at danger given the proximity of the other line. Is my assessment correct...

I was amused to see this photo in Waterloo an hour ago. For those using screenreaders, the caption says (decorated with the greatness of Network Rail and South Western Railway) that 700 000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with autism… and 750 million people worldwide. Anyone with a vague...

I went to check a journey I made last night as I thought there may have been an issue with one of the taps and I may have had to apply for a refund. But then I noticed there is no history for the card at all (and there certainly used to be - it's the card I usually use) - that is to say it's...

I have asked this question in a few places without success - is Lenin known to have flown in an aircraft? Alternatively, is Lenin known never to have flown in an aircraft?

There's no "clever" way of doing Watford High Street to Great Yarmouth travelling out this afternoon (Friday 11th) and back on Monday morning is there? Two people with 2 together railcard. I don't see any way of doing this for less than about £90 and taking about 4 hours each way. So seems that...

Was looking up a family member's train and came across the oddity of 5Y10, an ECS service running this week from Edinburgh - Dunbar and back again in the middle of the afternoon. Is this route learning, and if not what on earth is it doing?

In (most of) the train simulators I have used, you have instrument lights and cab lights and by default neither are on. When you get to a tunnel (or it’s after bedtime) instrument lighting alone is sufficient to give eg your speed, but cab lighting is absolutely necessary to give your instrument...

Presumably (given this is the railway) if a banner repeater fails then it fails safe and so shows a horizontal line on a white background. Is there a procedure to take a repeater out of action and essentially say to drivers to (should they be travelling under a single yellow) to be driving slow...

It is my understanding that it was technically possible for 1st gen DMUs of the same multiple working code to inter operate, even if one was hydraulic transmission and one was mechanical, and indeed this was done for a while. Unfortunately several drivers “forgot”, didn’t change gear, seized the...

Is there anywhere in the world (preferably close to home) that offers stagecoach travel, or something like it? I wouldn't count the tourist horses and carriages at places like Blackpool or Central Park in this - I want to travel in a proper enclosed coach at high speed for an entire day and make...

Noticed that Met is shut south of Northwood. Does this mean the north curve is in use? 1634481715 Hmm to answer my own question I just realised I could use the journey planner, answer is yes!