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To the best of my knowledge, there’s been no information from RSTL regarding ongoing developments as these companies are taken back. Whether the individual companies, within a specific owning group, retain reciprocal arrangements until the whole process is completed isn't clear. Then again, the...

BBC News - Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wgjqj4xx4o

Low Ham, Somerset also has a church, without dedication to any saint.

Lincolnshire Gate is the name given to a corner in the road between Holywell, Lincolnshire and Pickworth, Rutland. It describes a point where this small country road crosses the county border between Lincolnshire and Rutland, to pass between Newell Wood and Howitts Gorse. On either side are the...

The pre-Reformation church at Torthorwald belonged to the Trinitarian Friars of Fail in Ayrshire. Knaresborough Priory was a Trinitarian House in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Ilkley also has a lido. A lido is a public outdoor swimming pool.

Thomas Ashe was born in Lispole. He was a senior commander in the Easter Rising of 1916. After release from prison just over a year later he was soon re-arrested on separate charges of sedition. In August 1917, Ashe was arrested and charged with sedition for a speech that he made in Ballinalee...

Cl. 158 to Aberdeen.

As this station is only served by this class of unit, we trek up to Helensburgh Upper. From there we take a Class 153 to Oban.

Welcome. In theory you could attend the nearest signalling school, but in reality you could end up anywhere. It depends on what capacity each location has. There's also a school at Derby.

Waverley Abbey was also the site of a Cistercian abbey. It was located about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Farnham, Surrey

Worth Matravers, Dorset was also the site of a Chain Home radar station during World War II.

Watching Tammy Beaumont score a century in the Women's One-Day Cup cricket match at Trent Bridge. :D

Bladnoch, Wigtownshire was also the location of a Co-op creamery.

Netherfield, on the Nottingham - Grantham line was originally calked Colwick when it opened. Renamed Netherfield and Colwick in 1883, then Netherfield in 1901. The 'and Colwick' part was reinstated in 1925 before being dropped again in 1974. Meanwhile, on the Midland Railway line from...

Henley-on-Thames also opened in 1857

Cl.387 to Hassocks.

Using buses is nothing new to supplement the train service, particularly on summer Saturdays. They've been doing that for a number of years now, or have standby buses at Grantham. It just seems that this year may be more noticeable.

The affix le-Fylde ("in the district called the Fylde") was added in 1842 with the arrival of the Penny Post, to distinguish the town from Poulton-le-Sands, a village that is now part of Morecambe.

On Wednesday the Stansted - Birmingham service I was on called at Platform 7 instead of P6, Nuneaton. It was so it could pass a standing freight service.