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Hi guys! I have searched the internet for an answer to this with no result so I come to you learned chaps for advice. I have built a route for Rail Simulator that covers the old NCB branch from the Walsall - Cannock line at Essington Wood Junction to Hilton Main Colliery with a separate branch...

To those of you advocating isolated 3rd rail schemes to eliminate what you perceive to be unsightly OLE in the West Country for example, you should be aware that one advantage of 25kV ac OLE to 700v dc third rail is that the former only required substations about 25 miles apart (that is with...

I would think there is enough paper there to give each great crested newt in Cambridgeshire a ream of A4!!!

The development plans and studies etc are all to be found here: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/cemex-cement-works-barrington

Railnerd, I suspect you may be mistaken - I heard that that they would not be running trains during the rush hours to avoid snarling up the crossings but would run them during the rest of the day. I believe it was three trains a day Monday to Friday. Foxton is on the commuter line between...

Not sure there's much interest here but anyway, passed over the crossings yesterday and the new pway is down along much of the route but not top ballasted. The new points into the sidings at Foxton are also installed. Still no sign of the crossing equipment or any work beyond the crossing at...

Hi - I am new to this forum, so this is my first post. I drove through Barrington in Cambridgeshire on Tuesday this week (14th April) to find that the work restoring the light railway from Foxton to the Quarry is proceeding apace. I crossed all level crossings and there were construction...