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I have just found out about this 'railway' in Wuppertal, near Dusseldorf (A German colleague told me about it) 8.3 miles of suspended track. dating from 1901 anybody ridden it? pic here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppertal_Suspension_Railway#/media/File:Schwebebahn_G15.jpg

Just been on the 10:15 Dalesbus 881 from Settle to Malham (and walked back!) operated by Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire It goes up the hill out of Langcliffe which the signs say 1:5 but parts are much much steeper IMHO. It went down the road that runs to the east of Malham Cove because the west...

I ended up in hospital last year with acute appendicitis. I spent 9 days in hospital, and it was 2 months before I was back at work full time. When I signed back on to the computer system, the stuff I had being doing had been left even though it was required urgently. Its not safety related -...

I had a west yorks train and bus day ranger but I wanted to get to Settle. I needed to change at Shipley, so I went to the ticket office there and asked for a ticket to complete my journey. A Steeton and Silsden - Settle single Northern ticket machines wont sell that ticket that dont start...

I started the bus number thread and never expected the response. so as a spin off from that, why dont trains show reporting numbers or route numbers? Especially if they were in public timetables and reservation tickets. You could then be sure that you were on the right train. So - thoughts...

I am planning a rail trip across several Eu countries (DE/AT/IT/CZ) I am using bahn.com But I have become aware of LOCO2.com Are Loco2 any good/cheaper? Any other sites i should consider?

I followed a Stagecoach bus between Kirkby Lonsdale and Kendal yesterday. It was route 567 Why do remote areas need such high numbered routes? I know you dont want the same route number on different routes near each other but 567 is daft. Its an old Ribble number, i think, all Cumbrian routes...

I will start with the cafe on Worcester Foregate St. You can sit right next to the track and trans pass a couple of feet from you (other side of a window!). Grandkids loved that when they were smaller. I like Costa at Manchester Victoria. Great for watching the trams going back and forth on...

Quite a few threads have mentioned the operating restrictions at Knaresborough. Train lengths I think. What are they exactly? Are they fixable? How?

What is the oldest track on a running line on NR? Lets ignore loops And is there any bullhead rail on a running line? Ill start the ball rolling with the jointed track at Giggleswick. Its flat bottomed Baseplates dated 1954, but the rail might be later. 20190520_111817 by Ken H posted 4 Jun...

quite a few sub topics here.. Absolute Block Semaphore signals Signal boxes with levers and mechanical interlocking Points worked by rodding, not point motors. ground frames dont count! I walked past Blea Moor box last week, and saw its sprouted colour lights in place of semaphore stop...

is there any station with less than Gilfach Fargoed? I was thinking Denham Golf Club but that has far more Maybe some on the Cambrian Coast Line.

Was out for dinner last night and someone with no interest in railways used the term. 'rivet counting' - actually about a botanist who had a very narrow interest. I was a little surprised - I thought this was a trainspotter thing. But I looked an Wiktionary says:- I first heard it about...

I got a man Vic - Rochdale tram - just for the experience Not very comfortable, lots of stops (Think they put in a few when they converted it from heavy rail) and the journey through Oldham seemed to take yonks. Bit the tram was busy, lots standing. But not sure how many went that far. Of...

So there is a dead sprinter somewhere. batteries as flat as a pancake. Can you bump start it with another unit? Can you jump start it via the couplers? If you have a 2 car unit, and one carriage is dead, can you jump/bump start it with the power of the other carriage? And what is the correct...

On the way into Preston from the north, and again on the way out going South, there are what look like lights on permanent looking poles set in concrete or attached to lineside structures. I say lights. they were about 18 inches long and looked like an array of LED's. The lights look to be about...

Seen on downside of WCML about 4 miles N or lancaster, I think in Bolton le Sands. Think level crossing nearby. Its old, but there is a modern small high viz sticker at the top taken from 1U96 Barrow-Manchester Airport on monday 20th May. Train had come to a dead stop at a signal...

I have just been for a week in Kefalonia Many years ago we went from Warwick to Palermo by train and we thought going to kef by train would be fun. train 1 way, back by squeezy-jet So we thought train to Bari or Brindisi then ferry to Sami on Kef. But its an 18 hr ferry crossing :( or to...

This is brought on by a comment made by Deltic08 in the Capacity Problems at leeds - Assuming straight and level track, what are the acceleration rates of classes (and sub classes) of Multiple Units? Is this data available anywhere? Please include the main classes of modernisation Plan DMU as...

[Mod note - split from this thread] There is no climate emergency Prof Valentina Zharkova, of Northumbria University, alongside an international group of scientists including Prof Simon Shepherd, of Bradford University, Dr E Popova, of Moscow State University, and Dr Sergei Zharkov, of Hull...