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Me and 2 mates travelled in a Mk corridor coach from Crewe to Bangor overnight. The reading light were off and the dim/bright switch was on dim. But we wanted less light. so we took a bulb out. But the other one became brighter. So I assume the 2 bulbs were in parallel. And each compartment...

BR bought Cl 323 with Dutch HOLEC electrics. Might be wrong but weren't ASEA/ ABB involved with the Advanced Passenger Trains (ASEA was a swedish electrical manufacturer. They merged with Brown Boveri to form ABB)

Cl 47 had engines from Sulzer which are Swiss.

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 remember reading about the 6 wheeled milk tankers. I believe they could work in passenger train consists. Were they a factor on the Waterloo - Exeter line, or were they a GW thing? When did they go?

I just wish they would turn some of them off when its bright outside. Daylight is so much better than artificial.

Who will want it? Will it be sold as one lot, or broken up into manageable units?

For a variety of reasons, many EU workers dont want to work in the UK any more. The increasing wages available nearer home, and a better tax code in the EU (no IR35) mean many can work close to home, without the costs of running another home in the UK. That led to HGV driver shortage, so they...

Surely Network Rail should source the buses. They would be for passengers of any TOC on that line. NR know when they are doing a possession, so would know they have to book buses, and to book them early. At the same time they book cranes and track workers. And like any input into a piece of...

I would look at smaller places. Most are interesting for a few hours. Vlissingen and Roosendaal in NL. Niewpoort and Namur in BE. Brandenburg and Wuppertal in DE. Lucca in IT. Chalons sur Champagne in FR. Must be loads more...

No cruise control?

BR was firmly wedded to the idea of cascading. So they would have found a use for the Cl91 + Mk 4 trains long before they were life expired. Maybe even ordered new Mk 5 coaches but kept the Cl 91 a little longer, and given the Mk4's to Trans Pennine or Scotrail. I know Inter City sector...

Speed camera is cheaper than road improvements.

Which is how they made 3 car 150's by sandwiching a 150/2 between two 150/1 vehicles. And how, when the 158's came in, they were able to make 'tadpole' 158/156 two car units. The tread brakes on the 156 meant the wheel treads on that vehicle were kept clean so operated track circuits reliably...

87/1? But i voted cl 86

Looks like some sort of surge protector is needed.

Do the buses' PIS match the names on Bustimes and Google Maps. ?

The fun ones are the ones at announce the bus stop before the one you are approaching. Unless the system is reliable then its worse than nothing. And pronunciation. There is a Coutances Way in Ilkley. Its pronounced coo-tonce as its French. - Ilkley is twinned with Coutances. But First buses...

How is it a good idea to add this cost onto bus operators when they are shedding more and more routes as costs increase?

Ghent trams are metre gague. No plans to change.