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My understanding over the GWR zero/datum point is that was the property line (so actually the GWR frontage on Praed Street), not the actual end (start) of track, which I think used to be at 0m 3ch, beyond the Lawn (and is now a bit further). Not sure how the SRS datum comes about - by my...

My understanding is Full Network Challenge, i.e. all 272 stations. As distinct from lesser challenges, e.g. just Zone 1.

If you haven't already seen it, this thread has links to specific fora for tube and similar challenges.

Following on, the forum for people doing the Tube challenge is http://tubechallenge.com/ . Guinness World Record Rules are quoted (not necessarily up to to date or completely) at http://www.tubechallenge.com/viewtopic.php?t=3417 . 'Zone 4' is about non LU challenges, including National Rail -...

There are rules for the 'London Tube Challenge' (doing the Underground in a day), laid down by the Guinness World Records people - I would suggest worth reading for inspiration rather than following (unless you want to include doing the challenge as part of your project!). Then - it's a personal...

I'm not sure I would describe 100s as being a large collection myself - but there speaks someone who does have tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of photos! I would hesitate to recommend any particular scanner myself - the VueScan/Hamrick Blog page has some 'Best Scanner' type pages, giving...

The UIC numbering system for wagons and coaches was based around a relatively standardised set of types, widely interchanged across continental Europe (which is where it was used) - beyond that area (into Britain, or the Soviet Union), where very little was interchanged with, and pretty well...

Only fairly simple - if you look at the detail, it (1948 renumbering) was more complex than it first appears... The advantage would have been a (relatively) simple system of knowing what was what. And renumberings (of differing scopes) were not uncommon - the effort was manageble. While BR's...

The LNWR - somewhat infamous for its higgledy piggledy numbering system, although it's probably fair to say its was no worse than many other railways', it was just larger - did have a duplicate list, formed by adding 3000 to the former number. After the grouping, and it became part of the LMS...

I would expect that - at least to some extent - not too dissimilar classes (same power class, wheel arrangement, origin,...) would have been grouped as sub-classes to one main class. To some extent dependant on operators and engineers agreeing on 'similar'. And whether the individual loco parts...

As per title, had BR adopted a TOPS/Austrian/German style numbering system, formed class+subclass+individual loco numbers system in 1948, what might it have looked like? What thoughts do people have? Could BR have got away with two digit class numbers to cover all types? Or would three have...

I have come across (on line) a locomotive number 0 - an 0-4-0ST of the Tangxu Railway in China, preserved at the Datong Railway Museum, see https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=27924 or https://www.flickr.com/photos/lhoon/191839921 . But in general, when things (not just...

The 1940 withdrawal was on and from 1st February, and applied to LPTB only services. First class remained for services over the Met & GC/LNER Joint lines beyond Harrow (which were not LPTB (only) services). Later, by decision of the Minister of War Transport (responsible for the Railway...

Coming a bit late to this... I would agree with everything that Beebox and Harpers Tate have said: think about what you want to do (and why), then essentially scan at the highest resolution, negatives rather then prints if you have choice, and to a non-compressed format, e.g. TIFF. This gives...

Wondering what the furthest distant station you can see from the previous/next, while looking down the line. Any cases of being able to the next but one (or more)?

Wondering about the Alaska RR - some of their coaches seem to go back to 1950 (see https://alaskarails.org/fp/passenger/passenger-roster.html ) Amtrak appear to still have some Amfleet I (early 1970s) and converted Metroliner (late 1960s) cars, also some N Carolina DOT cars from the mid 1960s...

Railway codes ELR milege file gives BSJ to BDM as 50 chains, as does Quail map. So it would seem to be a question of where RTT gets its mileages from (and can you trust them).

A report on IanVisits confirms equipment was loaded onto train at Ruislip

There is a web site Distant Writing regarding the early years of Electric Telegraphy in Britain (until the GPO takeover in 1868), which is probably worth a study if you're interested. In the early days there were various systems, of which Morse's ('American') was one of later ones. 'Standard...

If we're including closed stations/lines, what about St Pauls (later Blackfriars - which Thameslink moved a bit to the south) to Ludgate Hill on the LCDR City Extension, I think only 8 chains (160 m - according to the RCH 1915 Junction Diagrams)? (Unlike Manchester Victoria/Exchange, very...