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This morning, Bachmann announced their 2023 range for GB modellers. Not much in the way of "all new" stuff in 00, mostly just new liveries for the existing range. One that caught my eye in particular was the 143/144 units in the EFE range (presumably the old RealTrack mouldings) which their...

Something I've wondered for a while (and inspired by previous discussions) is regarding the two curves that reopened in West Yorkshire in the year 2000: these being the Bradley curve, and the double track chord between Greetland junction and Dryclough junction near Halifax. Based on past...

A week or three ago, we had a thread in this section about services which could be combined in order to provide additional journey opportunities. I suggested that merging the Hull to Halifax with the Huddersfield to Bradford, as this would allow the latter to return to an hourly frequency...

Or Mossley because of the houses. I'm not a civil engineer so I've no idea which of the two would be more difficult. Probably depends on the details of each, the spillway looks like it would be difficult, but there might be a simple solution that's obvious to those qualified to make that call...

Currently on 2J67 Huddersfield to Leeds, halted at Bradley Junction for the last 20 minutes due to a report of trespass. The guard has just announced that there is a distressed person on the line, current plan is to get them on board and be met by emergency services at Mirfield. Now on the...

Following on from the threads on Fruity Stations and Stations that could be names, how about Stations with animals in their names? A quick search didn't find anything though I could have missed something. Here's a few to get started: Foxfield Catford (and Catford Bridge) Batley Porthmadog...

Last week ( Saturday 5th Feb) Northern ran this additional service between Huddersfield and Barnsley (via Wakefield Kirkgate) for football supporters from the latter. Previously similar services have run for Sheffield Wednesday supporters, but not for previous fixtures involving Barnsley nor...

Apologies for the Wombles reference, I couldn't resist! Something about railway parlance that has always bugged me, and which I've never been able to find a definitive answer, is which is the correct term to use for bridges over and under the railway: A bridge which carries the railway...

The possible reopening of Wellington (Somerset) is a promising move, but there are a few issues: The railway is right at the edge of town, not particularly accessible to a large section of the population. Wellington is quite insular, with only the younger generations feeling the need to visit...

Something I've been meaning to mention on here for a while, I've noticed that if I buy a ticket at Huddersfield from the machines to seemingly any local station (definitely happens with Batley, Dewsbury, Mirfield and Denby Dale) the display indicates that this ticket is not valid via Southsea...

Couldn't find any mention of this elsewhere, apologies if I missed something. This narrow gauge line on the trackbed of the former Clayton West branch has (with seemingly little publicity) rebranded itself in the last few weeks. Indeed despite living near to one of the intermediate stops the...

Wasn't sure whether to put this here or in infrastructure, but plumped for here. The history of the (old) GWR converting a large portion of the network from broad gauge to standard gauge over a weekend is well documented, but outside of that can anyone think of other railways (either closed...

Having had to let two buses from Huddersfield to Denby Dale go due to being full, I decided the train was a better option... only to find that buses were replacing trains between Huddersfield and Lockwood. After being sent to the wrong stop by staff inside Huddersfield station, I managed to...

Are there many examples of roads in the UK that were previously dual carriageway but have been downgraded? I recall seeing one example in the Wrexham area but I can't imagine such things are commonplace. Note: If it has a central reservation then it is a Dual Carriageway, even if there's only...

Every so often there'll be an online article discussing things like "Europe/The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" which usually brings up the usual suspects (West Highland, Settle-Carlisle, Rhine Valley, Cerdagne line, Brenner Pass, Horseshoe curve at Altoona) and leaves many other...

Just an idle posting due to ongoing lockdown (and one which will hopefully keep me out of trouble with the mods!). Two that immediately spring to mind are Metrocentre and Newark Castle, but there are probably more. EDIT: Just as a point of order, when I say "building" I mean that in the...

In the thread about the Stonehaven tragedy, there was a discussion of members' involvement in accidents in different modes of transport. Rather than cluttering that thread up, I thought it might make an interesting separate thread and perhaps give an interesting discussion regarding real safety...

Apologies to Paul Simon. Due to a potential family emergency, I had a need to find out how easy it would be to use public transport to get between two neighbouring villages in a rural area of West Yorkshire... First of all I tried to view the .pdfs of the emergency timetables for the services...

As my post in another thread (above) states, a compound has been set up in the Yorkshire Tiger site at Honley station for the platform extensions on the Huddersfield to Sheffield line, with work underway at least at Berry Brow. I decided to start this thread to monitor progress so feel free to...

Just witnessed a Northern service call at this seldom-used platform for the second time in as many weeks. On both occasions, both passengers and the guard were surprised to arrive, with both expecting to be at platform three which is on the opposite side. There doesn't appear to be any reason...