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Mine was an AEC Swift with Metro Cammell Weymann bodywork, operated by Leeds City Transport. To a kid in the late 60's it was the height of modernity. New in 1968 when I was 12.

I enjoy going on round trips by train - out one way, back another. But wbat ticket? So for Harrogate - York - Leeds I would buy a day return to Church Fenton. But I am unsure if I can exit the stations at Leeds or York. and does the train I catch between York and Leeds have to stop at Church...

I am aware of the war memorial at Kings Cross. But I was wondering if there was a separate LNER one at Liverpool St or elsehere I ask Because by my great aunts husband, an LNER Railwayman,(Percy George Morgan) was killed in an air raid in Ilford in Jan 29th 1944. Also killed were his wife (my...

This cropped up on a Bus facebook group Its a Leeds City Transport bus going over a level crossing. Its from an era when there were no electrified lines in Leeds but its probably a private hire widening the area where it could be But of interest to the rail section of this site are the rows of...

As many will know the first digital computer was the 'difference engine' developed by Babbage in the 1840's It was a mass of sliding bars running 'programs' that were programmed. It seems to me there are quite large similarities between the interlocking under mechanical signal boxes, and the...

I had reason to go to Airedale Hospital yesterday early afternoon (All OK) But Kildwick level crossing was closed to road traffic and police were in attendance Bit of a snarlup in Crosshills but not too bad. Anyone know what the issue was? And did it affect the trains or just road traffic? I...

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Yes, I know its a tram, but I am interested in the colour light signal on the rail bridge Looks like an LNER one but I am unsure Pic is lower end of Briggate and the bridge is the western approach to what is now Leeds station. I am not sure of the signalling arrangments at Leeds before the...

As far as I understand it, it's not allowed for owners of preserved buses to charge for bus rides at veteran vehicle events. It costs a shedload of cash to run a bus to and from the venue, and to the rides. Many events buses carry a bucket for people to contribute, but many riders just ignore...

Came across this today 'Boche-Buster', a 250-ton 18-inch railway gun, Catterick, 12th December 1940. The gun later travelled down to Kent to take up position at Bishopsbourne on the Elham to Canterbury Line, taken over by the Army for the duration." The gun was in fact an 18 inch howitzer...

Take the Leeds Lancaster service Leeds platforms pointing west are up. Trains to London go from them As Leeds West Junction I assume the line towards Skipton becomes a down I assume its down all the way to Carnforth North Junction where it becomes an up to Lancaster The once a week train to...

Any other info about them Pic taken at Kirkham and Wesham today

Anyone know what LT station is in the opening credits for the TV show Bottom? Hammersmith is my guess. Bottom was a 1990s sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Ade Edmindson.

A number of questions 1. Was the UK supply industry 1960-1985 really rubbish? 2. Did BR really think so? 3 if the supply chain wasnt rubbish and BR didnt think so, then why were so many tenders put to foreign suppliers, unlike European railways who bought locally. And does todays railway still...

I guess everyone knows that Easter falls at a different time each year. So we hear talk of late and early easters, and how it mat affect retail. Does Easter moving around affect rail. Does an early Easter affect ticket sales less than a late one when the weather may be better Can Easter get in...

This is coming up on website adverts quite a lot Is there a general problem with recruitment?

Does anyone know where i could get a copy. Electronic is fine. Sectional index??? I know there is one in the cafe at Hellifield Station but thats just Hellifield. And I dont know if its up to date. Thanks

Long shot this... The first municipal bus station was opened in Leeds in 1938 on the same site Leeds Bus Station occupies today. Leeds City Transport buses used the newly constructed Eastgate as their terminus until then. I know the red buses that replaced the Leeds Wakefield tramway terminated...

There is this thread on the rail section https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/what-kind-of-a-rail-enthusiast-are-you.243564/ So why not ask the same question here re buses. I like buses from the 60's when I was a kid and rode them often. Not only to get about the city I grew up in (Leeds)...

The question has been asked on the rail section as to why rail replacement buses don't display where they are going. I am not sure these displays can be set up by the driver but need a computer to do it and the data delivered to the bus somehow. So how does it work and could they be made to...