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No mention yet, I think, of the British 1999 TV mini series "The Last Train". A pretty dodgy set-up sees our heroes on the point of arriving into Sheffield when their train crashes in a tunnel, at which point they're all cryogenically frozen for 50 years (don't ask). After coming round, they...

Spent 5 years in the noughties regularly using CG on my way to and from our offices on Strand. Generally OK to use except when one or more lifts were U/S when it could be really difficult as the circulating areas upstairs and downstairs got packed. I seem to remember counting 211 steps up the...

Pretty sure you're right, Harsig. Back in the early 80s I was part of the drawing office design team that implemented the TETS programme after Moorgate (Trains Entering Terminal Stations). A train entering the terminus would meet a series of 2 aspect approach controlled signals, each designed...

And there's the rub, 3141. I was part of ORR's consultancy support team WAY back in 2000 working on the RP2 regulatory cost review. I remember that Railtrack's management had essentially concluded that signalling renewals were not financially justifiable, and we were underwhelmed at...

Any chance Gianni Infantino might ask DJT to hand back that FIFA Peace Prize ? Answers on a postcard....

Just two points. A generation ago I provided the Secretariat service to a UITP working committee on Metro Financial and Commercial affairs. Its members were typically Finance Directors of some big urban transport operators around the world and fare evasion was a regular topic. I remember one...

Quite right, Chilli. I live 4 miles from Wellingborough and 8 miles from Kettering and now prefer to use the latter on a cheap advance 1st ticket if I'm heading for London. And it's now quite impractical to travel to Yorkshire from Wellingborough up the MML as you need to change at Kettering...

NWOBHM - just been thrown back to the early 80's ! First saw Maiden at the Camden Music Machine in late 1979 supporting Motorhead on a tour warm up - a bonkers night. Subsequently saw them at the Hammersmith White Swan, The Nashville in Kensington, the Marquee on Wardour Street, the legendary...

I have a gizmo with a bottle opener on one end and a gas meter key on the other. You can't deny the brilliance of the inventive spirit that went into it, but what bright spark thought that combining a few quaffed bottles of Tim Taylors with a poke around in the gas meter cupboard was a...

First colour TV prog I saw was the 1974 FA Cup Final at my mate's house. Ironically, Newcastle wore Black and White....

My Christmas stocking filler prezzie was the book "Who will defend Europe" by Keir Giles, exploring the twin threats of an aggressive Russia and an isolationist USA. Worth a read. And scared me silly.

Well the last time I re-terminated a dodgy plug on a hoover at the gliding club, I found a nail in the fuse bay....

Brian Finnegan - Hunger of the Skin But a nod of respect to Cambus. Camel's Raindances and Moonmadness have been on my playlist for nearly half a century. First gig I ever went to was Camel in Canterbury in 1978

We established a relationship with an FA 3 years ago to help manage a relative's financial affairs. He has dementia and is in a home and we have been appointed legal guardians, subject to the strong advice from OPG that we seek financial advice. The advice imparted has been sound common sense...

Household electrical appliances provided without plugs, meaning we all had to wire them ourselves. Such a senseless waste of human life !

Yes, it's a double 222. 022 was leading and 007 (I think) was at the back. Looks like it's on the move at last.

Jeez. And not the best of places to detrain from - maybe that's why I saw two trains alongside each other. Cross-decking pax, perhaps ?

Anyone know what's going on with the MML this afternoon ? My afternoon walk took me along the footpath adjacent to Souldrop cutting and at 2pm there was a stopped NB 360 sat next to a stopped SB 10-car Meridian. 2 hours later I see the 360 has moved but the SB 1C94 still seems to be stuck...

Hmmmm UK - Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Stansted, Luton, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Sumburgh, Belfast, Manchester, Jersey Europe - Paris Orly, Paris CDG, Montpellier, Toulouse, Lyons, Brussels, Luxembourg, Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, FRankfurt, Frankfurt...

What's the state of the route between Kemi and Kolari these days ? Double track ? Electrified ? I had dealings with a mining company a few years back that was considering the line for transport of significant quantities of iron ore (millions of tonnes per annum), but the line would have needed...