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I grabbed this image from a video of Clun Castle. I had never before seen the small extra hole in the chimney. I tried ChatGPT but beyond finding out that it was related to the double-blastpipe, I couldn't find a satisfactory explanation. Can someone explain how it works?

Two questions. 1. Why did the GWR use copper for chimneys and brass for safety valves? 2. Who introduced the Brunswick Green colour scheme?

A friend of mine, who is an inexperienced traveller, is arriving at Heathrow from Canada at 1205 on 24 October. She needs to travel by train to Edinburgh. Can she buy a through ticket for the whole route? Is there an advantage to buying online, in advance? If so, which website? Which of the...

I'm going to be visiting North Wales, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland for two weeks in April next year. Are there any Heritage Railways that offer footplate experiences?

I like watching videos of steam trains on Youtube - particularly GWR-hauled steam trains, but then I'm biased! Sometimes, I see a diesel engine idling along at the back and sometimes not. Yesterday I saw a Deltic-hauled train with a diesel bringing up the rear! What determines whether a...

Heads have rolled! https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2023/02/10/spanish-rail-s-costly-blunder-new-trains-too-large-for-tunnels_6015208_19.html

On Wednesday I flew into Kuala Lumpur after an absence of many years and I used the KLIA Express train for the first time for the 30 minute ride into the city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLIA_Ekspres During the trip, there were many short periods (10-15 S) of quite violent bogie-hunting...

Excuse an ignorant question from someone who lives thousands of miles away and rarely travels by train in the UK. Have the Virgin staff moved over to Avanti?

Hello all, I'm new here. I've signed up in order to ask for help in identifying the location of a photo that I just received from a friend. It was taken during a university geological field trip in the late 1960s. I don't remember seeing this train, so I might not have been on this trip. I'm...