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https://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/network-rail-is-turning-rural-railway-lines-into-impenetrab-319149/ An article primarily on the closure of the foot crossing at Dalwhinnie:

Evening all, I was reading through this old thread earlier about the 100mph run by tornado a few years ago. I've since learnt that the A1 group failed to get tornado to pass certain NR requirements, even though they'd gone as far as thinking up MK.3 hauled sets to be used at 90 etc. Can anyone...

Hi all, At 1415 on an xc service we passed 37688 with a mk.1 and an HST trailer in Blue Pull man livery waiting in one of the centre roads. Can anyone share any insights as to why this was there? Some sort of work needed on that one trailer? Edit: was at Coventry at roughly 1505 as well...

On the 2nd November I travelled from OXF-BRI return with a 16-25 railcard discount. I'd bought the ticket via the GWR app and was surprised to find that, in the station, I couldn't collect paper tickets and had to use e-tickets. On my return leg, I used the e-ticket to get past the gate line at...

Hi all, Yesterday, while waiting for the 1T62, this 158 went by Dunblane on ecs to Stirling, which when pulling in later I saw had this significant damage done to it. Part of me is surprised they were allowed to move it in this condition. I took some photos there, as it had only just pulled in...

Hello all, I was having a read about Irish Mk.3 operations and the one thing that struck my eye was the control cars they used. Can someone tell me a little more about them, or point me somewhere that does? Were they akin to Mk.2 DBSOs? Was the only reason these were never made for use in...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/was-the-pendolino-worth-it.206487/ Sorry, but what was the Swallow initiative? electrifying the ECML?

I've been trying to do some reserach on this matter, and thus far the earliest I have come across has been Prussian State Railways which was created in 1880, though the operations continued to largely function as seperate railway systems with consolidation across the German Empire coming a...

Scotrail are planning on having a fleet of 26 HST sets, and the network is being electrified gradually, with Perth via Stirling meant to be done by 2030, by that point, I would suggest TPE standardise on a fleet of 802s (and maybe some 185s) and dispose of the Nova 2 and 3 fleet. Coincidentally...

Hi all, I was looking for a thread to ask a few questions on the stock First are going to use for their new Open Access Operator seemingly named East Coast Trains. Apologies if there already is one, if so, please point me to it. The stock will be essentially 5-car 801s with the gen set removed...

Hello, I was wondering why Japanese high speed trains tend to have shrouds/fencing next to the pantograph, whereas contemporaries in Europe do not. Wind? Interfering with active tilt? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Sorry if that isn't the technical term, I had trouble finding much at...

As we know there have been plans for from Virgin, Grand Union, Grand Central etc. to operate open access services along the WCML. Most of these proposals seem to be in favour of using non-tilting Mk4 stock. So why not as designed retrofit them with tilting equipment which would create trains...

Hello, I was having a look at some of the off topic Maglev discussions here, and that got me wondering. The main benefit cited for conventional HSR over the Maglev alternative (the likes of Transrapid etc) is the compatibility with the existing network, which is a reasonable trade off for some...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/more-disruption-due-to-scotrail-train-faults.193076/#post-4232438 How do you find the condition of those trains? I find the oldest of those are starting to suffer from lack of cleanliness/Maintenance ( the 385/1s with no exterior...

Hello all, I've ridden on the last train of the night from Edinburgh to Dunblane a few times now, and I've noticed after we pass Stirling ( 3rd to last stop, and were the train is stabled overnight) I've seen the guard walking down the train and counting passengers, once before stopping in...

I was thinking about a few recent developments in terms of the railways and a few things struck me. -At the moment, to my knowledge there is no Open Access Operator in the former Southern Region (possible exception of Eurostar) - At the same time we have all this southern compatible motive...

Hello, first thread here, so apologies for newbie mistakes. I was having a dig in to the class 390s given the new franchise and new talk of possible replacement, and the use of 9 and 11 carriage trains puzzled me. My understanding is that stock was additionally ordered around 2010, forming 4...