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Hi there, I don't know if this is in the right section of the forum to ask. (Please feel free to move if necessary moderators) One of my hobbies is looking into local history of my surrounding area. My local station is Grove Park, and I was wondering if there are any members of the forum that...

Quite an odd subject but none the less interesting... So recently I saw 2 translator vehicles on a Facebook group I'm on that had been recently overhauled and refurbished. The ones I saw looked like they were originally Mk1 type coaches. This triggered a question... How many translator...

Hello there, I'm rather new to the bus scene and quite an amateur so please forgive my lack of knowledge Here's my anorak question of the month: I'm aware that a few years back that TfL changed the destination blind fonts and colours from a foloresent yellow on black, to a white font on a...

Hello there, A rather odd topic, but none the less intriguing for myself... I've been watching a few 'anorak' type videos on YouTube recently, and to my surprise I came across EMUs in BR Blue & Grey livery as late as 1996, freshly into the privatisation era. The units were Class 304s on the...

My first post on here in a very long while, so please forgive me! :) I have recently purchased the latest issue of Locomotives Illustrated (Scottish & Tyneside EMUs) which is very thorough and is a bible for information and technicalities. But on reading about the chapter on the Class 303s...

Hi all! :) I've been away from the railway scene for about just over a year now, as I've had a lot going on job wise, and a lot of stuff in my personal life. Now I've got some time to myself, I want to get back in to the scene and get updated on everything that's gone on 2013 up until now...

Over the last couple of months me and a couple of others from the site have been working with the Met Polices Sapphire Command in court after we raised to their attention the suspicious behaviour of resident member of RailUK member Bighat. With help from the mods, the following resulted after...

I turned 16 on 10th January, and was wondering can I still use/buy a child rate travelcard? I always thought once you were 16 that you'd have to pay for a adult rate travelcard but since I have a Zip Oystercard (11 - 15) and its still valid until September this am I still allowed to use child...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNbwpuC06uk&feature=related How stupid are people getting? These two looked as if they were just walking down the line and using it as a footpath. You can also see the driver isn't happy either. :|

http://www.nrm.org.uk/scotsmangift This is not a Railworks add-on but is very similar to the one they launched, it comes under the name 'Engine Driver' but is very similar and is free to those who don't have Railworks. :)

http://www.justtrains.net/developProduct.asp?pid=501# Looks quite good. I also notice Just Trains and Steam are releasing some brilliant add-ons latley giving the game more variety. Very well done to them. :)

We all know that wikipedias not always strictly correct but I have come across somthing that I found quite interesting, although don't know if its true concerning the Class 376 units: "Also, no air conditioning is provided, with hopper style windows available for ventilation. In order to...

For the past couple of months when traveling over the SE Network I have noticed in a couple of areas where both parts of the rails (Track) are painted white for quite a distance and I just wondered what it is there for and is there any reason for it? If anyone could explain I would be happy! :)

I have been looking on wikipedia at departmental units and it appears that Ex-4-SUB now Class 930 (977364) is still one of the rare ones in service and I know wikipedia is not 100% accurate and wonder if anyone can confirm if it is still in use and were is it based? Any infomation will be...

I will be traveling to Lymington Pier tommorow and just wondering will my journey be affected by the poor weather conditions? I will board the 09:36am SouthEastern service from Grove Park station and will alight at Waterloo East from there I will travel the main Waterloo station and board a...

Virgin trains has shown the other TOCs how to stop the ever-lasting battle between the railway enthusiasts and train operators according to this months RM (Decemeber 2009) with this wrote at some stations: _____________________________________________________________________ FILMING AND...

The one I am selling is the 2008 "contendo" bus simulator for £7.00. its in brilliant condotion runs fine,game case is in good condition everythings fine on it. If there is any interest I also wonder if anyone would want to swap it for a newish MSTS add-on? So as I said price is £7.00 PM...

I was just wondering what is the best and worst things people have won like off of lottery tickets,raffles,anything really. The Best thing I won was on the lottery (family member got me ticket) and I won £100 which aint bad considering I only paid £1.00 but that was just luck! Worse ever...

I was wondering if you could ever choose to change your accent what would you change it too and why? You are allowed three choices. If I could ever change mine my choices would be. 1) Australian. I love the australian accent and think it's one of the best around in my opinion. 2)...

I was on the jubilee line the other day and when I when I boarded the tube train(96 stock) and it started to pull away the first motor sounded like the traction motor of a un-enginered Class 465 "Networker" has anyone else noticed this aswell?