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We went to Doncaster today and I was a bit surprised, to put it mildly, to see the information on the trains route information displays in sign language (it was a Northern class 150). Then at the station most of the departure boards also had the same sign language on the dsiplays. Basically it...

I was shocked to hear in the Railway Magazine that the new Cambridge South station not only has no parking, but even has CCTV to monitor local roads for "unauthorised stopping with penalties for those who fail to comply". Shades of airports ripping off people by charging them for the "privilege"...

Just been doing a bit of research for myself which I thought others might find interesting. Basically I was looking through the latest update of the Railway Performance Society's Fastest Times booklet and seeing what the fastest times are for each of the main lines. More lines are in the booklet...

Just read a fascinating article in my back volume of Railway Magazines (1977), April p180. It shows the 1970s weren't as free as we appear to think, though they came to the right decision in the end.... The potted version was that a Mr C.H. Hewison (Chief Employment Inspector at the Railway...

Bit of a niche question this ! When the Bluebell Railway cleared the Imberhome cutting tip (i.e. waste material that was already landfilled....) why did they have to pay landfill tax on it ? ! ?

I was reading a past article in the Railway Performance Society fastest times supplements that dealt with fastest times with early BR diesel locos, including 10000 and 10001. And it set me wondering what the maximum speed of 10000 and 10001 was, though the less obvious question was did they have...

I can remember them building the Joan Croft Flyover (North Doncaster Chord) back in 2013 and could understand how it would be very useful for all the coal trains to the Aire power stations, but since two out of the three power stations have now shut the question is how many trains use the...

How much cheaper would HS2 have been to build had it been designed for - say - 185mph (or even 150mph), and how much difference in the end to end journey time would it have made ?

I believe theft of signalling cabling etc is still an issue, so my question is why ? How are the thieves getting rid of the scrap "no questions asked" since the 2013 Scrap Metal Dealers Act meant that all scrap must be paid for by a traceable method and in addition ID must be taken for all scrap...

I was musing on the performance differential between a Class 309 EMU and a class 47 hauling 8 coaches. The class 47's rail horse power would be about 80% of it's rated power (i.e. 2064 hp) and total train weight about 400 tons : 5.2hp/ton Interestingly O S Nock would probably have described 8...

Does anyone know how to "return to search results" (i.e. not having to restart with a new search) from a search result ? Thanks

Can anyone confirm what the HP of Falcon's two Maybach engines were ? They are widely quoted as 1440hp each I always thought she had the same engines as the Westerns (which were set at 1350hp each) ? As a supplementary question, I understand Falcon had a lower max tractive effort but what was...

Can anyone please identify what the white structure is on the left of the 1977 picture ? It is not on the 1971 picture and I had assumed it was the new shed opened to service HSTs (on the south east side of the original 1962 diesel depot) but Wiki says that did not open till 1980 ?!? The...

The picture below is out of 70s Spotting Days North West (p17) of a Class 50 in Chester. It is labelled as being on diversion from the WCML due to engineering works. I thought the depot (now the present day DMU depot, ex 6A steam depot ?) is on the left, but that makes no sense as wouldn't that...

Could anyone confirm the opening date of the Donnington Telford railfreight terminal ? I have 2008 but that could be just the branch line ? And how busy is it ? Lastly when was Stafford Junction renamed Donnington junction ? Was it when the branch was reopened ?

As far as I understand it (please correct me if I am wrong ! ) there used to be a wagon way over the Causey Arch from when it was opened in 1725 but this fell out of use when the railway (the present Tanfield railway) was opened in about 1840 which stayed on the east side of Causey Burn to get...

Baker's rail atlases keep telling me the line from Soham to Ely is due to be redoubled, but the last mention I can find was from about 2015, and then it wasn't too positive ! What's the latest ?

Does anyone know from what date the HST exhaust deflectors were fitted to production HSTs ? I have a picture* of W43132 (253 031) at Litchurch Lane open day on the 11 Aug 1979 and it looks brand new and has the deflector fitted. * "Seventies Spotting days : Around the Midlands" p37

I have been using an AGW double controller for my rebuilt 1970s N gauge layout, but have now ordered a Hammant & Morgan Duette off EBay. I did this partly because I find the speed separate control and Forward/Reverse switches to be "unnatural" in their operation and also because I used to have...

I have been a subscriber to the Railway Magazine for many many years and in fact have a (more or less) complete collection of bound copies stretching back to 1941, however I am losing enthusiasm for that particular publication. Latest ? No calendar ! Even worse they never gave any notice they...