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I saw a litter picker at my local station, and as well as the standard litter picking gear she was also using one of those wheels on a stick you use to measure distance, or at least I assume that's what it was. But of course correct me if I am wrong! I am assuming - but of course correct me...

Tomorrow I'll be travelling on the Tyne Valley line; I made the decision to use it as part of my journey entirely because I've not been on it (apart from at its extremities). I expected that I'd be able to find a nice guide to it online but haven't found anything paticularly helpful apart...

Is there anywhere on the network (I'm thinking ECML around Thirsk maybe?) where a driver can be travelling at 125mph on green signals but still be able to see the train in front (on the same line)? If not, where could be the fastest a driver is safely going and be seeing the train in front? If...

I don't lurk enough to know whether our own DaveNewcastle is one, or just happens to be a solicitor with an interest on railways, but in any case the general advice given out to miscreants here is that it's very rarely worth getting a specialist solicitor involved for fare evasion. This makes me...

I have just got a new job and it is at a cool company with lots of "perks", however I'm concerned (for them) that one of the perks they're offering might be against the rules, was looking for input here and if it is then I will decide whether I should tell them or not. Basically there are...

And if so how reliable is it? My last week working in Scotland. Looking to do a day of it on one of the above, should be vageuly feasible if the wifi is ok alnog vast majority of it (also I need at a minimum to be able to use ssh and rdp). How is it, if it even exists?

Are there any examples of preserved railways prosecuting for fare evasion? I see no reason why RORA or the railway bylaw section 18s wouldn't apply to them, after all the legislation well predates British Rail.

If you made the "pollutant" engine right at the starter signal (or perhaps would have to overhang like in the old days of that huge charter that used to leave st pancras?) could you get around the electric only restriction in plafrom 0 at kings cross? Oh and merry new year.

I gather no passenger service that is loco hauled or otherwise interesting / unusual is running over forth bridge on weekends (I should really have checked before deciding that was what I was going to do this afternoon :roll:) during this disruption - have I interpreted right? The general Forth...

Christmas is coming up, so I thought I would post this little idea. Well known teachers of memory techniques basically teach that for things like learning a sequence of shuffled playing cards, what you do is remember your walk from work to home, and associate a card with each location. The...

I would like to travel Ayr*-Cambridge this Saturday Cambridge - Elstree & Borehamwood this Monday Elstree & Borehamwood - Ayr* this Monday Times to be Confirmed for the Monday but arrival will certainly be after 12. Saturday I can be very flexible (including travelling on Friday late...

One of the annoying things about major travel disruption is that by definition it affects many people and consequently mobile network usage hugely increases. Just wondering if there is any "priority" given to staff mobile phones in trying to connect to the mobile networks, I believe that this...

Generally speaking, when you start up a DMU or diesel locomotive can you drive it immediately, or do you have to wait for it to get up to operating temperature? Or maybe there are operating restrictions for a while? How long? Differences between traction (which I am anticipating - my hunch is...

Kilkerran level crossing has automatic barriers (which I assume to be controlled by the adjacent signal box) but no lights. Google Streetview here. Is this unique? If so, what is the history behind it? If not then what is this kind of level crossing called?

I know that's what the legislation (?term?) says. But was that really the historical intent behind them or was that basically weasel wording so that BR could avoid all the implications arising from them essentially issuing fines / insinuating that Mr B. Ball Cap was anything other than an...

Edit: Quick answer is that experimentation proves that you can use a CPAP on the Caledonian Sleeper, so long as you use an adaptor for a shaver socket - but it isn't particularly advisable The internet is pretty ambiguous on whether you can use a CPAP (a device that keeps your airway at a...

I have been leafing through the magistrate sentencing guidelines (nothing to do with a railway offence - a neighbour did something to a member of my family and I have been trying to figure out likely sentence) and I happened to notice that penalty fares are listed under "Annex B: Offences for...

Would Virgin Drivers sign the relief lines as Willesden and would they plausibly ever be routed this way? I have this rather specific sounding question because of a Simsig game. Also, where, if anywhere, would I go for finding the answer to this question in general (i.e. who has route...

Have there been any level crossings created in the last 50 years where the railway was there first?

1. Can ticketless travel be authorised retrospectively? 2. Theoretically, can Richard Branson, as a member of railway staff, authorise himself to travel for free on e.g. Scotrail services?