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This seems to be a subject that crops up quite often, on the news, So, could a large cat survive in the wild and avoid human habitation long enough to establish a territory? Private collectors were thought to have released some big cats years ago when the rules were tightened up , but the...

As this is fairly local to me, and I don't see any previous posts, I thought i would start this post, Does anyone know why the current relaying work seems to be on isolated sites, rather than say starting at Junction Road, then relaying each section end on, until they reach Salehurst? I...

I haven't seen any other forum posts about this, So I thought I would ask, The Hawk T1 as used by the RAF red Arrows, is coming towards the end of its service life, in 2030, but so far, no replacement has been ordered, What's the alternatives? The Hawk t2, isn't reliable enough, and the...

With all Trump's threats, etc, I have begun to ask myself, can NATO survive if the US walks away? I think it could, but it will need major changes to its structure, and how to achieve it, The US administration, under Trump, would appear to be closer to Putin's Russia, than it is to NATO, going...

I Don't know if this has been asked before, but should there be a permanent fixed link between the mainland and Isle of Wight, and should it be for both train, and vehicle, or just one mode of transport Like many, I used to holiday on the Island, as a kid, Staying in Shanklin old town, and...

When the Hastings line was electrified, why were the rest of the unelectrified lines such as Ore to Ashford also done, to eliminate the few pockets left of unelectrified lines in the South east,

Longer term, what's the plan, is it to just prove the system works, and that its robust enough to become the basis for further development, with it trialed on other lines operated by GWR, Or just a one off, As GWR already own other 230 stock, might we see a couple of other demonstrators, that...

The sole BR standard 8 4-6-2 was built to replace an engine destroyed in a crash, but what if it was a prototype for a new class of BR standard loco, to replace the older designs of express passenger locos, what would a new class have replaced, and would the designers have stuck with the same...

How many of the UK airports can be directly accessed by rail travelling from Airport to airport, And could a service ever be run that joins up most of the main ones to each other by rail, There are heathrow, Stanstead, Gatwick trains, but no service linking each to each other could a route...

Lines such as the former Southern route to Plymouth, and some of the former "Withered Arm" routes, into Devon and Cornwall had they remained open, would they now be viable ? , Apart from the Salisbury to Exeter, which has needed a fair bit of redoubling,servived, but in much reduced form, but...

I'm sure everyone knows of and at some times have seen the Red Arrows displays, but what's not widely known, or realised is that the aircraft they fly, is now coming towards the end of its service life It was hoped that the newer, updated Hark T2 would become the standard advanced trainer...

With the NRM, having at least two of its engines being overhauled by 3rd party organisations, for possible further mainline use, and now the majority of the stock used by tour operators being air braked mk2's, this is going to create a problem, The NRM, are often very precise in what it will...

Much is being made of the GWR 230 battery train trails, and that has got me wondering, could the 387 classes, be adapted to include batteries, to enable them to be used on the Reading to Gatwick service? My Thinking is thus, Reading depot to the Southern platforms, could be done using a mixture...