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Quite a close call. The PICOPs were working from home. https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-01-2020-serious-operational-irregularity-at-balham

As well as Storm Dylan Switzerland has also been hit by a severe storm. This has caused severe disruption on the Swiss railways, the worst being the stretch between Lenk and Zweisimmen on the metre gauge Montreux Oberland Bahn. There a 3 car set was caught by a crosswind which caused the...

im on 1A95 from Harwich to Liverpool Street and we came to a stand just outside Witham. According to the driver the pantograph has come off the back unit. He reckons we can’t proceed like that! They’re waiting for a NR guy to come along and assess whether we can move - if we can we’ll be...

Breaking news just coming in that German police are reporting that 50 people have been injured in a collision between a passenger train and a goods train in Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen. The train involved is a RE7 operated by National Express Germany and is a Bombardier Talent 2 EMU...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/19/trainy-mctrainface-boaty-mcboatface-legacy-lives-on-in-swedish-train Trainy McTrainface :roll:

http://www.fm1today.ch/suedostbahn-betreibt-ab-2020-zwei-linien-fuer-die-sbb/532884 (in German, sorry) It's not clear whether the direct trains will go to Lugano or reinstate the connection to Locarno - they have to negotiate with Kanton Ticino. They also want to operate Bern - Langenthal -...

https://www.postauto.ch/en/news/first-postbuses-united-kingdom Obviously congrats to Alexander Dennis. Switzerland tends to buy Citaro and MAN with a few Scanias. It looks like this is the same configuration as the Berlin deckers. With MAN's decision to relocate bus manufacture to Turkey...

An ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) train has derailed and overturned after hitting a tree. There are injuries, 4 serious, but no life threatening ones. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/injuries-reported-as-passenger-train-derails-in-california

The Vossloh Rail Vehicles plant in Valencia, Spain which produces the Class 68 and the South Yorkshire Tram-Train has been sold by Vossloh to the Swiss train manufacturer Stadler. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/vossloh-rail-vehicles-sold-to-stadler.html...

The old Kings Cross Thameslink platforms also have signs saying do not alight here.

For the 100th anniversary of the Rhatische Bahn line from Chur to Arosa Allessandro Della Bella of the Helvetia by Night website has done a time-lapse of the full journey. https://vimeo.com/103839439 By the way the knitting, including the street running section through Chur is energised...

By Rail Replacement Bus http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/07/roof-sliced-off-doubledecker-bus-crash-liverpool Oops