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Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/collision-and-derailment-near-salisbury-fisherton-tunnel-31-10-21.224217/ If the Salisbury collision was wheel-slide (not entirely certain yet) could this sort of accident be avoided by simply re-configuring the system to allow...

I received a flyer in the post this morning for "Settle to Carlisle & Coastal Statesman" rail tour on 16th October. Starts from High wycombe, then follows Chiltern route to Banbury, finally calls at Leamington Spa - then what? It has to get to Hellifield somehow, and that's the bit that's...

I sometimes look at York station through Railcam's webcam. I have seen several freight movements lately passing through the station. Anybody know why they aren't routed via the avoiding lines?

My transatlantic cousins arrive at Gatwick next week, and they tell me they have tickets for First G.W. Gatwick to Reading. Is this right? Does First G.W. run to and from Gatwick? I can't find out what the route is, one suggestion is Redhill - Guildford - Wokingham. If that is correct, does that...

What are they doing just beyond the level crossing out of Minehead? Can't (I mean "Haven't found yet") find anything on their Website.

Riding Cross-Country's Cardiff to Nottingham this morning, I was surprised to see masts being erected and mast-bases going in on the Lickey bank. I haven't read anything on the forum about this. Is it just a local "Electrics to Bromsgrove" job, or is it the start of a bigger job, linking up...

Does anyone know of any footage of the old Manchester-Bury electrics? That's the ones which operated the line before the 'new' 504s were introduced. Not just footage either, any pictures, drawings, diagrams would be of interest. I understand there aren't any preserved, or even rusting away...

Is the third rail laid inside depot buildings? If so, how do they protect the maintenance staff who will be working in close proximity? If not, how do they move rolling stock in and out of the building?

Last week I needed to go from Banbury, where I live, to Northwood in Greater London. From time to time I have noticed the TfL trains running alongside Chiltern trains, so imagined I could change from Chiltern onto the Metropolitan somewhere in the Ruislip area. But NO! Chiltern, at least from...

Does anyone know if there is any group out there wishing to re-create a Brunel broad-gauge line? I imagine (easy to imagine!) the formation of a derelict line could be utilised, and a single line of some length – say a couple of miles - laid down to 7’-0”. I have seen the little bit of Broad...

Traveling on the tube the other day I noticed (again) all those “pipes” on the tunnel wall. (Yes, I know they’re not actually pipes, but cables. ‘Nothing to see out of the window on the tube except pipes’, my sister says). But I fell to wondering why there are always so many – even out in the...

Thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow (15/09/16) and the day after. Slow moving, could be multiple lightning strikes, says the nice weather girl on the TV. Well, what happens if lightning strikes the overhead? Or the track, perhaps. I never heard of any special measures, but there must be some...

I have been watching the splendid set of educational films made for NR by 'PICTURASCOPE', finding them interesting and informative. However, they all seem to have intrusive music behind the lecturer's voice, and I found that in some cases the music was so loud that I could not hear what was...

I have been reading RAIB reports – they are full of interesting stuff. However, one of them (R242014-141113-ECML-Rail-Breaks.pdf) deals with broken rails, and documents several instances of rail breaks occurring at or around fish-plate joints. I have often wondered about this type of joint, used...

Sunday in north Oxfordshire, wind roaring in the chimney, things banging about outside. I was wondering how things were at Dawlish today, with storm Abygail passing through. And there's another one following, I read.

Coming into Manchester Victoria from Bury recently I thought I saw that Metrolink has a connection to the rail network, a little distance outside the station. I was not sure, it is not easy to keep a tab on just where adjacent tracks have come from and are going to, especially when viewed from a...

Called at Banbury station this morning to pick up my advance tickets, and found the environs of the station swarming with orange suits. Several Railtrack vans parked here and there, and others coming and going. The orange persons seemed to be moving off in fits and starts along the down loop to...

On the diagram posted by MatkyT http://www.townend.me/files/oxford.pdf (v4) on the Oxford Station thread - At the North end we see an array of crossovers proposed (Yes, I know they're there already): Down Loop to Down Main Down Main to Up Main Up main to Up Loop Up Loop to Bicester WHICH -...

I overheard this today at 12-00 (5/09/2014):- "A person has climbed up a signal pole at Banbury Stastion and stabbed himself". Is this true? Anybody heard anything? Has it stopped traffic?

Does anybody know of any pictures or video of the re-railing of 46521 after the accident at Quorn last April? I have found video of the steam crane in transit to the site, more video of hi-viz people assessing the situation, but nothing of the recovery operation itself. Surely somebody took some...