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I've just got my first ENCTS pass. There is no start date on it but my 66th birthday is in June 2022. Will it bounce were I to present it now or is this a flaw in the system? What about operators who allow just a visual check and not a scan?

So they are doing Victoria/Guide Bridge - Stalybridge and Church Fenton - Colton Jct Huddersfield - Dewsbury is a big project which I assume is starting up. But where will be the next 'simple' bit of electrification be? One or more of these bits? Stalybridge - Standedge West portal Standedge...

Hope this is the right place for this If I were to get a signaller job (I wont be, I am over 60!), are there separate career paths for old technology* jobs and 'modern' technology jobs. Or are signalling staff expected to be able to work on all types of kit. I am thinking of the people...

Following on from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/longest-dmu-consists-ever-in-regular-service.231560/#post-5653555 On the wall between the windscreen and the drivers door on the left there was a panel of lights 3 across, 8 or 9 down (cant remember) Originally with blue lenses but then...

This, I think, was on the up side between the station building and the Stoney Rd overbridge. I think it was built as part of the postwar reconstruction. Any pix anywhere? Did it have tracks into it or did it use the main platform? And when was it demolished? There is a multi storey car park...

The other week I caught a train from Bingley to Leeds. It was a 158. At leeds it went to an empty low numbered bay. As we got off (it was very full) the engines stopped, i assume by the driver. We know that air braked trains can slowly lose braking power when the compressors are not working...

Lets take Ripon. Its off the Network but is connected to the network by a decent bus service from Harrogate, and Harrogate Bus Stn is next to the train stn. So a passenger from Kings cross could buy a ticket to Ripon, valid on the bus from Harrogate. You would have to work out a way of...

When I was taught to drive long ago, I was taught to use the whole road. Including cutting corners on bends when you can see clearly its safe to do so. And is legal (not crossing solid white lines) So why do so many carefully stick to the left, never going over the centre line? It is slower...

I am not thinking about changing train/bus provision. more marketing efforts to get more bums on seats. Poster campaigns like the old LNER ones with their excellent posters. Websites like Northerns that offer ideas for days out. Combined rail and attraction ticketing. Better marketing of ranger...

In the past I used to love watching the shunter doing his stuff between rail vehicles. But he seemed to be quite methodical. Was the order of doing things laid down? Things I saw them do Adjust the side buffers. Out for screw coupling, in for buckeye Lift/drop the buckeye Remove tail lamps and...

Following on from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trains-suspended-between-hellifield-and-kirkby-stephen-due-to-staff-illness-16-04.230507/#post-5619177 about a line closed because no signaller avaliable What are the rules re switching out a signal box. Are there some that must be manned...

Does anyone have a layout diagram of Leeds central Station Not only a track plan but also the station buildings and its situation to the local streets. Pref between Nationalisation and closure. I am especially interested if there was a pedestrian entry about opposite britannia St as I am sure...

With some massive increases in energy proces, what measures can public transport concerns do to cut energy use? Went onto Hellifield station at 18:00 on Monday. Sun out, birds singing. But all the lights on. And trains run round with their lights on all day even when its bright weather...

With 50 years since the last trolleybuses in Uk last week i wondered if anyone had modeled trolleybuses with live overhead and working motors. I have seen trams, why not trolleybuses?

This is the bridge over the Settle-Carlosle line where the Settle - Horton road crosses the line just north of Langcliffe Great big tree sticking out of the parapet I reported this to network rail last year and they said it wasnt a problem but surely a tree in masonry will eventually cause a...

Some mk1 loco hauled coaches had large opening windows. They had hinges below the opening lights and a rudimentary catch at the bottom sill. They opened outwards. I heard they were for stretcher cases. War injured or people going on pilgrimages to get cured? Anybody remember them in use?

I am interested if the following things are still used today. If not what replaced them? National fares manual. Excess fare pads Form to take credit card details if no functioning card machine Green flag carried by guards Guards whistle Bardic lamps Drivers carrying control handles (classic...

Post in Leyland National facebook group about a prototype coach where they put a national bus body on a mk1 underframe. It was loco hauled stock, not a pacer. Wasnt developed further because of adverse press reaction and the need for loco hauled stock was going with sprinterisation. There was...

Do you take time to claim delay repay? Is there a threshold between 'cant be bothered' and making the claim? One wonders how much delay is never reclaimed.

In the area that interests me (round Leeds) West Yorkshire Road Car Co (WYRCC) and Leeds City Transport started with route numbers for buses in the mid 1930's. WYRCC has route numbers for most routes in their 1936 timetable. But who were the first to display route numbers on buses? UK and...