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My memory is very hazy on this, but my question relates to how a red and yellow lever in a signal box operates a semaphore outer home and distant signal mounted on the same post. If the outer home is pulled off, how does the distant signal operate? I get that it does not operate/clear if the...

Had a look in today to see 20.087 and D9504 in operation along with A1X Terrier "Knowle" hosting £10 "Drive an engine rides". I believe John Scott-Morgan was also there signing his new book

My daughter is currently at London Victoria trying to get to Gatwick and Southern are showing delays or cancellations "due to another vehicle striking a bridge in the Purley area" What is her best course of action? A message on the boards at Victoria is advising passengers to board alternative...

I wish to buy a Southern Daysave. How do I select a station other than London Victoria? The Southern website doesn't allow me to select an alternative station. I'm booking for the weekend

There used to be a thread on questions you were afraid to ask - but did - but that thread has been shut down Serious question: does anyone know the average amperage/current draw on a non-DCC locomotive hauling a load, say 10 coaches?

My main interest is signalling and I had a lovely day out on Saturday to the K&ESR. I'm looking into its (fascinating) history and wondered where the delightful lattice-post semaphore signals at Northiam came from - if anyone knows? I've been unable to find anything so far. All the signals...

I might be visiting the Kent & East Sussex Railway this weekend. Does anyone know if the thumper (on loan from the Lavender line) is operational? TIA

I wondered if someone could remind me what a red semaphore arm with the end shaded black means on a signal box diagram. My memory tells me it is electrically operated (by the corresponding lever in the signal box) but the memory does play tricks on you as you get older. Is there an on-line...

This train is cancelled due to "the signal box not being open". My wife was expected to board this at Marden - now she has an hour wait until the next train in an unfamiliar remote station (to her) with no facilities and it's now dark. What signal box isn't open? I thought the area was...

I hadn't realised that the manufacturing side of this company went bust many years ago. Is this company now dead or has another company taken over? I was interested to see what the current range was but there doesn't seem to be anything new

I don't normally subscribe to Rail but this came up on my feed... Old news now but what happens in such a situation?

I can't find a recent thread for this but wondered how long Farncombe, Haslemere and Petersfield signal boxes have got left before Basingstoke ASC takes over Many thanks

How does one value a large collection of rolling stock and locomotives for insurance purposes? Most are in mint condition, not taken out of their boxes I'm asking for a friend as I have absolutely no idea :)

There are lots of engineering works on Greater Anglia this weekend 12/13th April, including the Sudbury branch. Will the car park at Marks Tey be open for parking, or will this be closed and taken up with rail replacement buses?

The service on the West Coast way was decimated for much of the day yesterday and the announcements were saying a train fault for the first half of the day and then damage to the electric rail in the afternoon. Trains were eventually turned around at Worthing on the Eastern side Anyone know...

I'm looking for a bit of history of the electrical control room at Canterbury West. Presumably it came into use for Phase 2 of the Kent Coast Electrification and the only info I can find is on the Southern Electric Group website in that current was taken from the National Grid at 33kV 50Hz AC at...

Were the formations of the Class 370 fairly fixed in their latter days or were carriages swapped around frequently? Is there a list of actual unit formations in the final 2-3 years of passenger operation?

I know 5759 is based at Southall but when did it move there, and is it there currently?

I've received an invoice from Accurascale, payable by 13th July 2024 but no notification of dispatch. This is the first time ever I've ordered from them. Am I expected to pay before they dispatch my order or will they just dispatch and send me a notification?

Not sure if this belongs in this section or modelling... Given that Heljan have just released a new batch of these models, got me wondering - does anyone know what number range were built by Vulcan Foundry and Doncaster during the 1960s? I've read that there was a 40/60 split - reversed to...