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Lviv is still functioning as a city. We have outsourced IT staff there who are working normally. There is electric, internet, and the shops are open. VERY different to E Ukraine I think.

Was platform 9 7/8 the york road platform at King's Cross

With an end to free testing and removal of the need to self isolate i would hope sickness rates would drop.

Shunting hauled stock with passengers. Still remember the carriages rattling when joining portions. We did a journey to torquay from leeds in the 60's. There was a portion on the platform in leeds city station. A portion came in from Bradford and was shunted on the back. Off we went but at...

Rolt in his book Red For danger discusses long trains when describing some accident. most in the 19th century.

Motorail services were long. The package was car, a reserved compartment for the passengers and tray meals. So lots of corridor coaches. And some long slow journies. Then they changed it. The peopll went on normal inter city trains and the cars went on a separate train. Or dragged behind the IC...

That used to happen at settle. The station man would manage it with hand signals. Revolving arm for draw forward, both arms raised to stop. But he would tell the guard when station work done and he would self despatch with his green flag or bardic lamp.

I am interested if the following things are still used today. If not what replaced them? National fares manual. Excess fare pads Form to take credit card details if no functioning card machine Green flag carried by guards Guards whistle Bardic lamps Drivers carrying control handles (classic...

What about the motorail service when they pit the car cariers on the back of a normal train? Towards the end of motorail. West coast. Was in the days of DVTs and cl 86/87

Some very long platforms in the west country. Look at Lawrence Hill and Stapleton Rd. What stopped there?

Didnt the 123's and 124's both have Albion engines?

The 110's were needed on Calder Valley. Bigger engines for the gradoents.

There was also an issue with cl155 with the doors. And an issue with cl158 not neing detected by track circuits. So the was some de-sprinterisaton because of that.

Such was the panic for regional railways to get out of loco hauled services that they used 150's to achieve that. Only when 155/6 and later 158's were the 150's cascaded to more suitable work. So 150's on long 'express' runs were quite common in the early Sprinter days.

City AM saying its DWS on facebook.

Wasnt it the boundary between 2 southern region divisions?

Wakefield westgate used to be pick up and set down for the most popular trains. Dont think ot is now.

What about point motors and stuff like that?

Tons of groups on facebook. I follow a few. And bus stuff.

The class 124's were nice. Compartments and a buffet. And a nice flatulent exhaust!. Based at botanic gardens in hull. The L&Y route had its own DMUs, Cl 110 from BRCWC. Bigger engines. But the LNW route was basically hourly. But there was a late evening TPO with passenger coaches.