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Elstree and Borehamwood Museum (Top floor of the Borehamwood Library at 96 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, WD6 1EB) has an exhibition running until the 20th August 2022 on the proposed extension of the Northern Line from Edgeware to Bushey Heath. Work started on this extension but was halted by WW2...

The 1892 preserved Midland Railway signal box near St Albans City station will be open to the public from 2pm-5pm on: Sunday 9th January Sunday 13th February Sunday 13th March There is no need to book in advance. Entry is FREE - donations are always welcomed! All visitors receive a souvenir...

RAIB have published a Safety Digest today on the above incident - see the Digest here - in summary: The primary cause is described as:

There are two groups of people that I regularly send messages to; there are 6 in one group and 8 in the other. They have a variety of internet addresses, but in the past week, in both groups, when I've sent a message out those with BTinternet.com have had their e-mails bounced back by BT...

Explanation - in the posts on the work at Kings Cross I asked: As a slight aside, the wide range of photos and videos of these interesting works show in the background an enormous building going up on the West side of the station throat - what is it, please? The Moderators have set up this...

The Rail Accident Inspection Branch published their Annual Report for 2020 today. See This Link for the PDF version of the report.

The preserved 1892 Midland Railway signal box at St Albans City station will not be able to open this month for the Heritage Open Days as we normally would. The narrowness of the box and our garden paths mean that we cannot safely maintain 'social distancing' both for our visitors and our...

See this link to the RAIB website. Closing date of 5th June 2020.

The Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB) has published the above report on the 12th May 2020 - available through this link. Some 55 pages long it is rather complex to try and make a summary of it here. I quote part of the RAIB's own Summary:

Just Opened, and running until 21st July this year: This exhibition commemorates the opening of the Midland Railway's 'London Extension' in 1868 and the effect it had on the local area, including the formation of Britain's 'Hollywood'.

This preserved 1892 Midland Railway signal box will be open to the public on the following dates in 2018: Sundays, 2-5pm: January 14th February 11th March 11th “The Big Weekend” (English Tourism Week conclusion) Extended opening 10am-5pm March 24th (Saturday) March 25th (Sunday) Sundays...

Inspired by Busaholic's recent thread on the Hither Green crash 50 years ago, I though it would be appropriate to mention this incident, particularly as Channel 5 are showing a documentary about it at 9pm on Thursday 16th November.

While at St Albans South signal box last night, we became very aware of numerous emergency vehicles attending the City station and no train movements for around half an hour. We gathered something had happened at or beyond the north end of the station on the fast lines. Has anyone any...

I regret that it's some 4 years since posting anything about the preserved St Albans South Signal box on this Forum, due to family and my own ill-health in recent years. Anyway, come and visit our 1892 Midland Railway signal box - currently the largest preserved MR box and one of the few...

Returning from central London around 3.30pm today from Blackfriars to St Albans, there were delays and problems with several trains. One train, I think for south of the river, had been cancelled due to a fault, other trains were delayed due to 'a trespass incident' at or near London Bridge...

A derelict Bingo Hall in Shipley caught fire last night. Road closures due to the unsafe building also resulted in Shipley railway station being closed 'until sometime today'. Story at...

The RAIB published its report today into the collapse of Overhead Line Equipment on the Midland Metro near the Jewellery Quarter in April 2011 - see: http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120927_R212012_Jewellery_Quarter.pdf

The RAIB report into the accident at Llanboidy Level Crossing in December 2011 has been released today - see: http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/120927_R202012_Llanboidy.pdf Original thread: Whitland level crossing crash

While several of us were working on St Albans South box this afternoon, we were aware that there was a problem on the Down Fast line, apparently at the north end of the station. At various times several electric units were held for long periods in the down fast platform - to the extent that at...

Website Updated: The website of the St Albans Signal Box Preservation Trust has recently undergone a major revision - do have a look at: http://www.sigbox.co.uk - no change to the URL, by the way, but you will be transfered to the new site. 2011 got off to a flying start with some 700...