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Climbing thru' the Simi Hills in the early 1950s on the 'Coast Starlight' behind a GS-4.

The very recent report of the body of a cyclist embedded to the front of a TGF no doubt shocked many. However, Huffington Post in their wisdom chose to include in the video reporting the incident images of a Deutsch Bahn ICE in a station in Germany. DB rightfully could raise a very serious...

As others have mentioned, it is the "Pines Express" for me. As a young apprentice I used it once from Birmingham to Bournemouth. Behind a Stanier "Black Five" to Green Park, then a Clayton/Fowler 7F 2-8-0 across the Mendips.

Were the SDJR Clayton/Fowler 2-8-0 freight locomotives ever operated in Prussian Blue livery WITHOUT tender cabs ? I.E. in the days before WW1.

In the period before 1910, before the ten tunnels were completed, were there any times when the Western Main Line was closed due to bush fires on and around the Zig-Zag, or was the main and secondary growth kept further back from the right of way in those days?

This thread is being "done to death" QUOTE=notadriver;1596033]Just as an aside - what about reports that certain low budget carriers pilots have had to declare an emergency due to low fuel levels. To lighten it up a little, see "Are ye right there Michael" by Percy French, third verse.

Thank you Fireftrm, I think that you have provided the answer. I still have my ticket which indicates coach J, seat 09. At my request it was a quiet coach, but that is not shown on the ticket. It was definitely a pantry or kitchen car with a short seating section towards the leading (Kings...

I flew BD 092 many times in the past. It took me from London to Belfast, a journey impossible by rail. It is time that this thread returned to the riding qualities of Mk 4 stock. This is not an aviation forum. Mentioning my personal preference was an aside which seems to have turned into a cause...

Comparing the relative safety of different forms of travel WITHIN mainland destinations is exactly that, so extending it to destinations outwith the mainland would represent an unfair comparison. I just happen to know what I prefer. Using a ten year period was because it could be supported by...

By the same token, Lac Megantic was also a domestic incident, but neither have any relevance to domestic rail journeys between destinations within the UK mainland. Edwin refers to EU statistics. These are non-sequiturs.

The doors were push button controlled. To other responders, after moving to the adjacent vehicle, the air conditioning and the ride quality were much better, but there were still very audibly noticeable flat spots on the wheels. These became in audible at speed. I'm intrigued about which...

Quote :- "everything else we have posted" was constructive or informative, not contentious and I thank responders for that. I was slightly disappointed that there were no replies specifically related to the initial testing performed when the vehicles were introduce, in particular to...

On a rail transport related forum, I anticipated some contrary views expressed concerning the comparison with UK domestic air travel safety. Here is a direct quotation from a Government document on the subject, issued 04 07 2011. "the latest 10 years fatality rate for UK air travel was 0.00...

I recently (2nd & 3rd October 2013) made a return journey between Higham and York. Between Higham and London I used the South-Eastern high speed service and found that the riding quality was perfectly good. It was vastly improved from the first time that I used the service when the horizontal...