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It reminds me of the 4-Pep prototype. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4-PEP-4002.jpg

I wish South West Trains would make their press releases mobile/iPhone compatible!

Just a point about the technology side. Last night on Twitter I stumbled across the Flickr-hosted photo of the new 458/5. Shortly afterwards someone linked the picture on here. Perhaps this week, next week or sometime this month a similar photo will appear in the railway mags. I know some of the...

Am I right in thinking the direction of the couloured swoops on the 458s were different in style to the later 444s and 450s and continued along the roof of the unit? The 460s also had a coloured roof if memory serves with the Gatwick Express logo on the roof so it could be spotted by plane...

Sorry to bring up an old thread but NSE branding has reappeared at Beckenham Junction. Sometime in the 1980s or 1990s a triangular BR totem was installed at the corner of Rectory Road on the station approach. It featured a three sided BR symbol, the station name and the NSE flashes. After...

I forgot about that one. Quite liked it!

The awful Intalink livery. Wagn started with a really slick livery (but awful logo) and then it all went downhill: Interlink, all-over, dirty white and all-over purple. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/steam60163/6633773093/ I agree with previous posts that too often liveries are designed for...

A few weeks ago engineering works meant Hayes to Charing Cross trains ran Hayes to New Beckenham and then 'reversed' via the curve into platform 4 at Beckenham Junction from where passengers could change for a Victoria service or catch a rail replacement bus which stopped at New Beckenham and...

When the 376s were first introduced prior to regular diagraming the old Southeastern ran off-peak services from Bromley North - Canon Street.

I love seeing the 91 running blunt end first. It looked quite special when the class was first released. When the 91s were refurbished did they do anything to the inside of the No 2 cab? I can't imagine it got much wear and tear.

ITV News London's website reported the incident as happening on THE Underground rather than underground. It's been a while since LU ran the Northern City line.

An interesting piece on London's postcode by Diamond Geezer http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/londons-postcodes.html Back to the thread and I remember the BBC's Railwatch in the 80s, a week of live broadcasts from the BR network. I'm sure they lined up logos in Intercity swallow...

My point is that a 10-car service is formed of two four-carriage and one two-carriage Networkers. If you need the loo and a toilet is out of order you have to get off the train and walk to the next unit. The likelihood of two loos being out of order is slim. If the Networkers had inter-unit...

I remember Networkers being pulled out of service in the mid-90s, some fair time after their introduction. I think there were issues with the corridor connections. The corridor connection was certainly an improvement over the EPBs. I travel on them daily. However Southeastern cancels and...

London Overground worked because it invested in building a brand. It tidied and equipped stations, cleaned stock it inherited and, in the case of the 378s introduced new stock laid out for the network it runs on. Frequencies are good throughout the day and into the night, on par with tubes on...

There's often a 465/9 on the Orpington-Victoria route in the mornings. You can see the look of fear on some passengers as they choose to sit in first class but not knowing if they are allowed to or not.

In theory and if there was demand could the NoL sets be used to supplement SouthEastern High Speed services? I assume they're cleared for HS1 and have third rail capabilities, even if the shoes are currently removed.

IMHO the 319/1s always looked better than the 319/0s due to the revised whiter NSE livery which extended around the skirt. Aren't the 325s essentially 319s with Networker cabs?

The last time I went to Stratford the Overground signs were in the conventional National Rail style rather than the larger, LU-style enamel plates with station name inside the roundel crossbar that has become more associated with LO. I'm sure for many years Streatham was a Southern station...

The global architecture forum features many threads on Iran with photos posted by locals. Included are threads on railways and urban transport (metro) which make fascinating reading. It's not a competitor site so I hope the mods won't mind me posting links. Unfortunately I can't remember if the...