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IIRC the use of Indian gauge in South America resulted from the involvement of British engineers and investors. Independent South American countries had no reason to worry about compatibility with Spain.

That's not entirely true.

The SRT Red Lines will be electrified metre gauge lines separate from the standard gauge Airport Rail Link. The trains for the Dark Red Line are being built by Hitachi in Japan.

IIRC, the original 458s had pantograph wells and some buttons in the cab that didn't connect to anything. The 460s had absolutely nothing. The buttons were removed in the 458/5 conversion work, as part of modifications to make make the ex-458 and ex-460 cabs identical.

Buses in London are now effectively free until the end of lockdown measures, as TfL have introduced middle door boarding with no need to touch in, to keep passengers distanced from drivers.

This is the film. The first scene is indeed in a prison, but if you keep watching all the way to 6 minutes 20 seconds you will be rewarded with a train.

The first D-Train used the original DC motors, so yes, they do understand the original traction equipment. Vivarail have converted D78s to two car operation. They just did it as an integral part of the D-Train rebuilding process. For what it's worth, here's the battery prototype operating as a...

You should look in the Railway Jobs & Careers forum.

If the book was translated into English, perhaps it was a misunderstanding by the translator.

IIRC South Western Railway is meant to be a permanent brand that will be passed on to the next franchisee. The logo, incidentally, is not very original.

Some German stock has found a new home in the Czech Republic.

The Starter LE was a rebadged MCV Evolution.

The Acela passenger cars are based on the Canadian LRC cars developed in the 1970s.

Is that to avoid arguments over language (i.e. whether to write SNCB or NMBS)?

Transphoto.org has tables for each make and model of trolleybus, showing the cities where they operate and the numbers in the fleet. The first number for each city is the total in the fleet and the second is the number in operation. (In the former USSR it is common for large numbers of trams and...

Unite seeks reassurance about future of Bombardier’s Derby factory The article doesn't say anything about Unite wanting assurances about Widnes, although smaller sites would usually be first for the chop in a merger. Perhaps they just assume that Alstom see everything Bombardier as disposable.

Alstom are taking care to keep Quebec interests happy. CDPQ, which owns 32.5% of Bombardier Transportation, will get an 18% stake in Alstom. Alstom also promise to make Montreal the "Alstom of the Americas" headquarters and develop new R&D facilities in Quebec.

CAF have a factory in Bagnères de Bigorre.

Would it even be possible to build EMUs with 100 per cent British parts? Assuming that the answer is no, the cost of UK-built trains would be affected by price rises on parts imported from the EU and other countries with which the EU has preferential trade agreements, including Japan.