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I just watched this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMSSdL2yeo I always wondered what that little square window on the APT driver's desk did -- apparently it's "CAPT", some sort of in-cab line speed indicator. (First mentioned at 3:12) Anyone know anything about this? And what happened...

I (finally) saw Spiderman 2 last night, and the film depicted a runaway Chicago 'L' train (but not in Chicago) with a clueless driver who didn't know what to do after the controls were smashed up (by the bad guy) and the train decided to accelerate out of control (as they do). A UK driver...

Would anyone happen to know the details of a southbound Freightliner working that would have passed through St Albans around 18:20 today? Looked to be around 20 tanks. From the distance, all the yellow around the cabs made me think of a class 70, but it looked more like a 90 – too far away...

Just a thought – does the Thameslink service not require end doors for 4- and 8-car trains and full end gangways for 12-car trains? The Desiro City is depicted without even evacuation doors, let alone gangways. Maybe they'll end up just putting normal Desiro cabs on them instead of those...

I don't know whether this is the sad state of the industry, or whether someone at Bombardier has a sick sense of humour. One of the photos of MITRAC shown in an RAIB report (R072012, page 30), presumed to be on a 377/5, clearly displays Windows 3-style buttons complete with focus ring (which you...

westcoaster's sig pic reminded me of First Capital Connect's Twitter page – it still has, as its background, a somewhat odd train. There's no motive power source so far as I can tell, and I don't recognise it. It looks like Picasso's attempt at a 185, but it's in FCC livery, not FTPE.

I don't know what EMT have done, but many class 222s have suddenly developed very audible motor noise in the last week or two. Walking home tonight, one passed by screaming enough to make a Class 319 proud. In the past I've only ever heard the sound of the diesel engines; now and then one engine...