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Hello I hope this is the right place for this question. Does anyone know if the Locomotive in the title was named after the Fountains Hall on the Fountains Abbey Estate in North Yorkshire? I am a volunteer at Fountains Abbey and so interested in anything that relates to the estate Jez

Probably a dumb question, but why do some trains only have one headlight on the non-drivers side, and some a headlights in use on each side? Do newer trains have both headlights on?

I have been watching this video of trains in and out of New Street I'm curious as to the patterning on the red platform signals. Does anyone know why they are not a solid red and also seem very large? Forgive me if it's a dumb question! Jeremy

Was watching one of the many cab ride videos and wondered. Does replacement rail for curved track get shaped to the curve as it's laid, or does it come to site pre-curved?

I seem to recall an Silverlink Newsletter (I was a commuter/season ticket holder) mentioning the possibility of Northampton Line (as it was then) trains into Liverpool Street. With the up-coming work at Euston for HS2 I was wondering if this idea could be revived? I know that even if it was...

Not sure if this one has already been done, but I wondered what members' first recollection of railways and trains is? My earliest memory is meeting my father off the train at Berkhamsted when I was a child. Watching the 310s stop and being exited at the "fast" trains hurtling through. Driving...

Hi This is probably a dumb question, but I'm wondering why there always seems to be at least one diesel loco in the sidings at York Station (closest to the York Station Webcam)? There is one there at the moment (01/08/2020 18:15) but I've seen two before Jeremy