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I was out walking near Settle today and passed under this small bridge near Close House just north of Giggleswick station. The end beam is marked 'Ro. Middleton & Co - Pheonix Foundry - Lancaster 1847' An original relic of the line, it has lasted well for 175 years but now could do with some...

I purchased two returns using the Northern App from York to Bridlington. The section York to Seamer is TPE, the remaining part to Bridlington is Northern. The outward journey was fine. On the return journey the Northern train was on time but the TPE train from Seamer to York was cancelled...

Rossendale Council has put forward a proposal to create a rail link from Rawtenstall in Rossendale through Bury to Heywood and Manchester. The proposal is described in this document : "THE CASE FOR THE CITY VALLEY RAIL LINK" There is discussion of this proposal on Skyscraper City - Manchester's...

I was passing Blea Moor Signal Box yesterday and noticed the poor condition of the external woodwork. Bearing in mind that most of the other signal boxes on the Settle and Carlisle have been renovated, are the any plans to do the same for Blea Moor? There was some work going on below ground level.

It struck me that rail jouneys are becoming increasingly boring., especially in the summer. The problem with summer is the trees. Too many of them, with leaves. On some journeys you can see nothing of the countryside. Boring. Then there is too much tidying up and simplification of the network...

An interesting article in the Guardian today about station buildings: "Station to station: a spotter’s guide to prefab design on the railways" Perhaps bus shelters are not classed as prefabs so therefore not included.

I purchase my rail tickkets through the Northern App (Android) as I travel mainly by Northen Rail. In mid December I returned from Filey to York. The Northern train from Filey to Seamer was on time. However, continuing the journey to York was impossible as the next two services from Seamer to...

Having recently watched and enjoyed Don Coffey's video of a journey from Hindlow to Crewe, I just wondered if there are other freight journeys which have rather rambling routes to their destination - in this case around east Manchester. Is there any possibility that changes to infrastructure...

Northern have decided to stop the service of trains from Church Fenton to Leeds. Passengers are advised to travel via York, an extra 20 miles with an increase in fare of about £10, or to travel to other stations such as South Milford, Micklefield or Garforth. There is not an effective bus...

Moderator note: Split from Heritage railways that will probably be still running in 25 - 30 years time If the current covid-19 epidemic does serious damage to heritage railway finances, I think the railways that could contribute to an extension of the national railway network would probably be...

Can anyone explain why the connections between York - Scarborough trains and the Scarborough - Bridlington trains at Seamer are often so poor ?. Waiting 40 minutes for a connection on an almost bare platform seems a very poor service. Nine minutes is the best connection, why isn't this possible...

Yesterday I was walking on the Greenway from Low Moor to Ossett. Quite an interesting walk if you take some old maps with you and try to work out where features of the railway once were. In Saville Town, Dewsbury, the path joins the remains of the Headfield Junction branch linking the L&Y with...

A strange thing happened at Leeds this morning. I purchased a cheap day return to Manchester. The tickets were printed such that the outward Leeds - Manchester part was a RETURN part and the Manchester - Leeds return part an OUTWARD part. In theory you can't use a return part before you have...

Has anyone given thought to re-opening lines in Central England ?. In particular I was thinking of the line from Market Harborough to Northampton. Although this line has virtually no centres of population to generate traffic, its usefulness would be linking towns and cities such as Derby...

TPE ran a train from Newcastle to Windermere and Blackpool today, the train splitting at Preston. Is this to be a regular service ?. I caught it at Leeds after finding it due in on the TPE platforms and going via Manchester Victoria where I was heading. Is this to be a regular service ?.

Whilst travelling from Lille to Angouleme on a TGV, I noticed 3 diesel locos heading freight trains in a freight yard near Villeneuve St Georges. These locos had a distinctly UK look, being built to what looked like a much smaller body profile that French locos usually have. Were they UK locos ?.

As something of a joke I suggested the re-opening of the Rochdale - Bury - Bolton line in contrast to re-opening Colne to Skipton. Now I wonder if there isn't some justification in the idea, but at the same time time realising there are some practical difficulties such as residential housing at...

Does any one know of any sources of information and/or photographs of railway horse boxes used to carry race horses and polo ponies around the country prior to the 2nd World War ?. I am particularly interested in LNER services, but any information would be useful as I have not been able to...

http://youtu.be/4sL4LcYXdoo Well I like it.

Does anyone know why this site is being blocked by Google Malware detection - Google states it has detected this site as a source of Malware in recent days.