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Hello All, I am curious about the HS1 route and its signs. In particular, I am thinking about modelling a section of tunnel and wanted to print out some of the signs used. Does HS1 use the same signs like everywhere else on Network Rail? (I know HS1 is separate from Network Rail and obviously...

Hello everyone, I know there is lots of bullhead track on the London Underground - because I often see it when I take the tube and look down at the track. As I see so much of it on the London Underground I guess that it must be stressed because surely the London Underground wouldn't want to...

Hello, I am a bit confused about IBJs. I thought for a track circuit to work, you must have IBJs at either end of the track circuit and on both rails. Surely, if you don't do this then the track circuit would always be shorted? However, I have heard that on overhead electrification lines, you...

Signalling and Lock Out Devices I just want to ask how a signaller or track worker knows if an area has a Lock-out device installed? Is it shown somehow in the Sectional Appendix, in a 5-mile diagram or in a signal box on the signal panel (or equivalent)? I found this photo from UniPart rail of...

Does anyone know how to find the old British Railway's "Permanent Way Notes". I've been having a look online but can't find them - are they available in a library somewhere? In particular, following my posts on buffer stops which then led into a discussion of sand drags I was just trying to find...

Apologies for posting such a basic question on the forum - I usually limit myself to infrastructure and pway topics! Later, I'm travelling from Birmingham New Street to London Euston on an 11-carriage Class 390 Pendolino (here's the realitmestrains link...

Hi All, I wonder what is the UK's strongest buffer stop? (i.e. the one that would stop the fastest or heaviest train). I am thinking about this from a modelling perspective and if a long enough model train could be shown going into such a buffer stop. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi All, I wonder if anyone has ever seen one of these on the UK network. I have heard they are used to slow or stop freight trains and work by the train being directed onto a pair of tracks which sit just outside the main tracks (hence the name 'interlaced). The extra pair of tracks gradually...

Hi All, I have always been interested in the massive double decker heavy haul freight in North America but do we have it here? I know we don't have double stacked freight containers but what is the definition of a 'heavy haul' freight railway over a normal freight railway? Would any of our...

Hello All, I have sometimes heard the word 'flighting' of trains banded about but I don't know quite what it means. I have heard it said about the Channel Tunnel and have idea that it might be to do with putting all your fast trains (the Eurostars) through the tunnel really close to each other...

Hi All, Whilst visiting the heritage railway MHR, I was admiring the gentle(ish) curves of the heritage tracks out of Alton towards Four Marks. I could see the heritage tracks had to do lots of curving and 'weaving' through their points there. Subsequently, when down then line I overhead in the...

Hi All, I'm hoping to snap some nice locos at this point but I've been unable to find the WTT showing the freight trains coming in/out of the Lafarge Terminal near Gravesend, Kent. The freight trains from this terminal follow a single-track chord that joins the North Kent Line just to the west...

Hi All, I'm trying to find the freight trains that are timetabled to use the CTRL. I started by looking in the Working Timetable (WTT) at the trains leaving Eurotunnel, that is by looking at WA07, however, it doesn't seem to show any freight trains. I must be missing something/looking at the...