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A friend of mine here in the US of A had some questions about rail service in the UK. I would appreciate someone in the know over there answering them briefly for us. 1) Am I correct in presuming that when a franchise is awarded to a given bidder for a particular route package, the winning...

On another thread I read a term that is not used where I am and I couldn't find a suitable answer on a web search. Here is the quote: "I could give the trolley steward my Bardic and we're away!" Help me expand my vocabulary! :)

I am buying a cab ride DVD about a train going from Hornsey Depot to Cricklewood sidings. The route described is very circuitous - almost a loop - crossing the Thames twice. Basically via Finsbury Park, the NLL, the WLL, passing Elephant and Castle, Blackfriars, Kings Cross Thameslink, St...

If you have seven minutes watch this. [Found it courtesy of RailNetChannel.tv] Marty Feldman and John Cleese - need I say more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcntOrHTeBA&feature=player_embedded

I see from all the threads about jobs, testing, and long waits that there are a lot of forum members "in the process" of attempting to find work in the rail industry. I was just wondering how many of you who have posted in the past about waiting to hear have actually finally landed...

Several of us far away are in need of some info. Is the Richmond Signal Box along the NLL and District line out of use? When was it's closure date? Was it ever brought back into service, especially in the last 10 years? Several driver's eye view DVDs give conflicting info. One says it is...

[If this is answered somewhere else, please advise.] Several of us in the USA were wondering about something we have seen. As the HS1 line comes out of its tunnel before St. Pancras International, it goes over a viaduct that is still inside a "tube" structure. Quail/TrackMaps refer to...

Recently I purchased a cab ride about a return journey for Uckfield. They professed to have both 171 and 377 stock on the DVD - in the catalogue and on the DVD wrapper. Well, I only saw (and heard) a 171. This is what one would expect on a non-electrified service (Croyden East to Uckfield...

I watched an older DVD that had a cab ride for a class 101 in Wales. Mention was made that in the '80s Sprinters were tried on the line (Cowry Valley) but were withdrawn due to "excessive noise on the curves." Can someone give a technical explanation for this statement? Thanks!

[I am new on the forum - I hope I have posted in the correct area. Move this if not.] I was watching a video with a section of the UP West London Line south of Kensington Olympia and past West Brompton. There appear to be single lens signals that can show at least two colours. Are these...