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careful wit the Dalesbuses - many are deemed by NYCC as scenic and NCTS passes not valid

Have you had to deskew any so the verticals are vertical. What do you use to do that. I use the photo editor that came with Windows 10. But I am editing scans of old documents, not photos.

Yes. But its 81 from Kirkby Lonsdale to Lancaster. Maybe some are 82's, not sure. Long standing route from Pennine/Ribble days. This from 1966. https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer.php?token=b5338875-66e4-4e09-80a5-a7d2f5ff423d

@RELL6L The Clitheroe - Settle bus goes on to horton in Ribblesdale. But there are some extended breaks in Settle 581 Settle - Kirkby Lonsdale. Actually the 580/581/81 all the way from Skipton to Lancaster isnt bad. Keighley Bus 57 from Bradford to Kly over the tops. 75 skipton - Malham-Settle...

Pay cash or they will track you via your bank card. 1750137871 PIty there is not a GB and NI rover...

Does this down starter in the middle distance at Hellifield count? The up starters have a nice gantry too.

Why is 125 the max speed for a line with no in cab signalling? Why not 130? Is it just because BR specified HST as a 125 mph train and thats been cast in stone? Has any one done a cost benefit analysis of the small speed increase?

The ridges round the edges of higher value coins, called milling, was to stop clipping. You could see if the coin had been clipped. Coins of 5p and above still have a milled edge today. And sovreigns and half sovreigns.

United was huge. There were United stage carriage buses in Leeds, albeit on joint services, and in Carlisle and Berwick. Even Edinburgh. But was it bigger than Ribble?

We havent explored whick Mk2s were Vacuum braked, air braked or dual fitted. And were they all fitted for Electric Train Heating, or were there any early ones that had steam or dual heat? Was there any steam haulage of Mk2's

While there are some windy single track roads, some are straight with good visibility. Some should be 30 while other should remain at 60. There is a road near me that is well laid out with a centre white line. But in 2 places there is a narrow bridge and the centre line has a gap. Should just...

Mk 1's had opening windows that split in the middle, but Mk2's had one big sliding window with a catch at one end. . Not sure if that was all Mk 2's. There was a line on the sign above the windows with max opening if you wanted to avoid draughts. Dont know if that was Mk1, Mk2 or both. Was...

The buses went through the garage to get to the bus stand. But when 2 buses were departing at the same time I think one would load inside the garage Wasnt the bus station in 'On the Buses' a dual use building, bus station and garage. But I think the interior shots were a set.

Maybe 40/- was a general thing and not just railways. A village in Ribblesdale has a sign listing byelaws for the village green. Taking wheeled vehicles on the green is still a 40/- fine. (Unless the sign is not legal still)

Worcester. Its under a shopping centre. Some stops outside with bus shelters, but mostly under cover. the old Cheltenham coach station was largely under cover. Many 'through' express services needed a change there, so a busy place.

On Skipton station around dusk. A posse of railwaymen were looking over the main station roof. Thinking they were looking at a structural problem and they said look, and pointed. There was a cloud of starlings doing that swirly cloud thing. A murmaration I think its called. I thought that was a...

Also on an HST the brake hoses were pressurised/de-pressurised from both power cars, to the brakes were more reactive. I assume the drivers brake control movements were sent down the train wires to the rear power car, which then adjusted the brake pipe pressure. I think thats right.

Photos, bad or good, are an important part of our railway historical record.

Mk3 catering cars must have taken a fair bit of ETH output. No probs with a cl 86 or 87 but surely a cl47 would struggle. Loco hauled Mk 3's has motor alternator (MA) sets to convert the ETH power to the leccy needed by the Mk3 lighting, aircon and catering equipment. Later these were replaced...

Youe 'as new' reminded me about some retrofitted with a counter installed at one end. The toilet became a pantry. A catering trolley was brought onto the train and that became part of the counter with the stock ready to sell. It was a modular catering trolley but i think modular catering would...