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So as the thread title suggests, what small tweaks to a livery would you do to a livery to make them look nicer? A couple of mine: (185 with a more 360-based front end) (Class 170 with no yellow above orange line) (also, excuse the poor painting)

I took myself for a spot of trainspotting this morning, and I couldn't see the unit numbers from my position. I asked the guard what units were on the service, and he said he "didn't know". Aren't drivers and staff onboard the train meant to know this - for example, what if there is a fault on a...

Another day, another tragedy it seems. This time, it's a Mexican fireworks market. Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38387239 Once again, thoughts to all involved in this accident.

Looking at an old NSE training video featuring 321303 has allowed me to consider just how many times its livery has changed. If memory serves, it has worn: -NSE livery - Original FGE - Modified FGE - NXEA stripes - GA white Have any trains surpassed five liveries? Promotional...

According to Realtimetrains (RTT), Southern services only head down the WCML on weekends now. However, Southern is supposedly running a full timetable, complete with these services. Have they been quietly dropped or is there a fault in RTT?

Another attack of boredom led me to hop on a bus and film out of the top window. Still bored, I got back home, sped it up from a 41 minute journey to about three and a half minutes and uploaded it to Minds, where I think I'm their first trainspotter. Cop a look, tell me what you think and...

A trainspotter enters his local station to watch/video the trains through the station. He explains this to the person on the ticket line who waves him through. A ticket inspector approaches the spotter and penalty fares him for being ticketless, despite not travelling. 1) Is the inspector...

This'll probably be dismissed as daft, but... The length of coaches on the network differ between classes - a 142 coach is 15m long whereas a 150 is 20m long. Both will be describes as having two coaches. However, there is a ten metre difference in their respective lengths. Therefore...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37537258 Another collision between train and object. Thoughts go out to the family of the boar.

Good evening. For a project of mine, I require a copy of the Summer 2003 WTT. Where, if at all, could I lay hands on one? Would Network Rail have old WTTs saved on a file somewhere or would I need to go to the NRM or the National Archives? Thanks in advance, DL

As frequently stated on threads, the usage of MkIII coaching stock will not be permitted post-2020. Chilternising stock is also very expensive, and can only be done at one or two depots in the country. Therefore, could powered hinges be installed which only open when the accessible buttons...

Imagine that the infamous Beeching Axe never happened, but electrification and dieselisation did as usual. You see on the news that Network Rail will be closing some lines across the UK during 2017/8, in what has been called the Grayling Axe. What would be different in this timeline as compared...

Good evening. It has transpired that I am being dragged up to the Midlands over the weekend (leaving Friday, returning Wednesday) to see family relations. I have managed to wrangle a day off for myself (most likely Saturday or Tuesday) , and I'd like to do some planespotting from Birmingham...

East Gates Junction has a limit of 10mph going towards Colchester Town, and the crossovers at Lowestoft are also restricted to 10mph. Is there anywhere on the network (except sidings) where the limit is lower...?

... and I need your opinion on it thus far. It's capitals, numbers and top-row symbols only at the minute, but once it's complete, it'll cover every character typable on a keyboard without using alt codes. It's in the attached .zip file. Install the font, refresh the page and tell me what you...

I've been pondering some scenarios recently, referring to PLUSBUS. 1) I buy a PLUSBUS ticket to X. Whilst I am on the bus, my ticket is pick-pocketed and I get caught on board a bus without a ticket. Am I subject to the bus operator's penalty system or the laws of the railway where I purchased...

I've had another silly idea: running through services from Hampton Court to Bromley North, using the 377/5s freed up by Thameslink, supplemented with 376s in the peaks. Firstly, are there the paths to allow this, especially around Clapham Junction, and is there the demand for such a service...

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Calling all budding scenario makers! I am proposing the start of a new competition on the forum; the creation of scenarios for Train Simulator 2016. The competition would start on April 1 and will be scored in a fashion similar to the Eurovision Song Contest; dependent on number of entrants...

I already know about HS1, but are there any other new lines that do not follow the path of ones that were Beechinged in the '60s? Mainline routes only, please.