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Does anyone know how the wheel arrangement of 2 steering axles at the front of a vehicle such as on the Bedford VAL got the name of Chinese Six?

Does anyone know how the Volvo B58 got its name? Was there a significance to 58?

Do any Willowbrook Warrior buses survive in preservation?

My question is in two parts. When a line was closed did that repeal the original act of Parliament authorising the lines construction or does the original act still stand? Also if the original act of Parliament is still active and the line is subsequently reopened by preservationists does it run...

Inspired by the Wright Streetlite thread, are there any parts of the country that have never seen a Dennis Dart or ADL Enviro 200?

The bus recovery grant has had another extension to March 2023 despite the authorities previously saying the extension to October 2022 would be the last. https://www.route-one.net/news/bus-recovery-grant-in-england-extended-into-2023/

My stepdaughter bought a non refundable ticket for a train from Cottingham to Brough yesterday evening, however the train never showed up although it wasn't officially cancelled. Could someone tell me how do we go about reclaiming the fare please?

Apart from the 1915 crash at Quintinshill are there any other railway accidents where it turned out signallers had falsified records?

Before 1892 how common was mixed gauge working on the GWR? Some sources say that it wasn't allowed at all but the Board of Trade report on the Norton Fitzwarren crash of 1890 specifically refers to the use of a broad gauge pilot engine without making any adverse comment about it, which suggests...

I was listening to the Signals to Danger podcast on the Quintinshill crash earlier on and it got me wondering, I know most local signal boxes are now gone but is there an equivalent to Rule 55 in the modern railway rulebook?

The old paper £20 and £50 notes won't be legal tender after September 30th 2022.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sunak-told-to-apologise-for-prematurely-withdrawing-furlough-scheme-b948156.html I started a new thread as I wasn't sure where this should go. Sunak has been told by the SNP to apologise for the withdrawal of furlough as the Scottish seem to think it is...

Which is the largest town or city in the UK that doesn't have a purpose built bus station. Roadside stops spread out round the centre do not count. I would say probably York but can anyone think of anywhere larger?

Just north of Newark there is a crossing on the ECML where 2 separate lines cross each other at 90 degrees to each other. Are there any other similar crossings on the UK rail network and were there any others that are not there now?

How much difference would there have been to GWR motive power policy if Stanier had got the CME job at Swindon instead of Collett?

One of the proposals in the early 1920s was to nationalise the railways. Of course this didn't happen then and we had the big 4 instead. What does everyone think would have happened had the railways been nationalised in 1923 instead of 1948? Would the cuts of the 1950s and 60s happened earlier?

When did the signal box at Lockington close? Also is the box still standing?

Which independent bus operators that were operating bus services pre 1930 are still running buses? For the purpose of this discussion they have to have always been independent and continously running registered bus services though not necessarily the same service. The only one I can think of is...

Which railway stations were closest to each other? For the purposes of this I am not including the London Underground. Winestead and Patrington stations on the old Hull to Withernsea line were about half a mile apart but were there any nearer? Edited to add the stations have to be on the same line.

National Express coaches are now all permanently set up in wheelchair mode, a memo came out the other day. It's to make like easier for drivers. Book time to rearrange the seats was 15 minutes but that was on a brand new coach with no siezed bolts or dirt etc.