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Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 8th January 2017, 17:43
Replies: 1
Views: 5,712
Posted By wyvern
Report by the transport committee of the National...

Report by the transport committee of the National Pensioners convention
Mystery traveller experiment reveals how driver only trains and unstaffed stations could be illegal under the Equality Act...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 5th January 2017, 14:55
Replies: 1
Views: 5,712
Posted By wyvern
Mobility information

http://www.rica.org.uk/content/mobility

For those with limited mobility, particularly wheelchair and scooter users this a most useful site.

It details the provisions by each TOC, tram and bus...
Forum: Railway Stations 28th September 2016, 09:22
Replies: 2
Views: 4,310
Posted By wyvern
Ah right. As you say, a replica.

Ah right. As you say, a replica.
Forum: Railway Stations 27th September 2016, 13:57
Replies: 2
Views: 4,310
Posted By wyvern
Haywards Heath

Does anyone know anything about Sophie?

A loco from, presumably, 1840 on display, again presumably for the 175th Anniversary.

It looks like a Bury bar frame, from before John Gray designed the...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 19th July 2015, 17:27
Replies: 2
Views: 2,130
Posted By wyvern
Happens so often now its beginning not to be...

Happens so often now its beginning not to be news. Mostly crude oil trains from fracking sites.
Forum: Railway Stations 7th June 2015, 12:37
Replies: 2
Views: 5,650
Posted By wyvern
Ive found these though they dont show very much...

Ive found these though they dont show very much :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/14063768479

http://www.routeyou.com/location/view/48027987/rillington-railway-station.en
Forum: Railway News from around the World 15th May 2015, 13:57
Replies: 4
Views: 2,770
Posted By wyvern
NEW YORK TIMES LINK: Wednesday morning, while the...

NEW YORK TIMES LINK: Wednesday morning, while the wreckage lay on the tracks, the Republican majority on the House Appropriations Committee voted to cut Amtrak’s budget by about $260 million....
Forum: Railway Stations 23rd April 2015, 10:18
Replies: 13
Views: 10,908
Posted By wyvern
On Derby station looking up at the roof with its...

On Derby station looking up at the roof with its glass all missing thanks to Hitler, the ring of the bells in the box on Platform 2-3 and the crash of the levers.

THe large round table in...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 7th April 2015, 12:48
Replies: 4
Views: 3,227
Posted By wyvern
Sorry Ros Stewart Having a senior...

Sorry

Ros Stewart

Having a senior moment

]Rod Stewart and other famous model train fans...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 7th April 2015, 12:39
Replies: 4
Views: 3,227
Posted By wyvern
I've seen a video with him in somewhere. ...

I've seen a video with him in somewhere.

EDIT: Ha Google:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9UABXzM0o

POSTSCRIPT:

Not this Joe Brown though :)
Forum: Railway Modelling 6th April 2015, 10:41
Replies: 3
Views: 4,374
Posted By wyvern
Pete Waterman auction for apprenticeships

There's some fantastic examples of model engineering here.

BBC NEWS: Pop mogul Pete Waterman's passion for a different track (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32194297)
Forum: Railway News from around the World 5th April 2015, 08:21
Replies: 0
Views: 1,680
Posted By wyvern
Steam in China

China's steam trains approaching final destination (http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2015/04/china-steam-trains-approaching-final-destination-150404092530882.html)

Al Jazeera: The country's...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 17th March 2015, 11:49
Replies: 4
Views: 2,791
Posted By wyvern
Know of many of those - most are in Wikipedia. ...

Know of many of those - most are in Wikipedia.

Brunton's Mechanical Traveller was intended for very steep inclines such as from Bullbridge to a quarry in Crich the hope being to eliminate the...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 3rd March 2015, 17:56
Replies: 10
Views: 6,840
Posted By wyvern
It should be possible for the developer to retain...

It should be possible for the developer to retain some of the history if his arm is twisted (since most of them are philistines).

Admittedly the Derby Roundhouse was taken on by the college...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 23rd December 2014, 12:09
Replies: 5
Views: 3,260
Posted By wyvern
It was an official railway crossing? He may...

It was an official railway crossing?

He may not have been treating it with proper care but he had every right to be using it.

(Also it was Australia where attitudes to being near railway lines...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 16th October 2014, 12:53
Replies: 2
Views: 1,853
Posted By wyvern
That will be why GBRF have bought back a Foster...

That will be why GBRF have bought back a Foster Yeomans 59 from the continent.

I have a photo of it being dragged through Belper on its way to Eastleigh
Forum: Railway News from around the World 15th October 2014, 12:03
Replies: 3
Views: 2,185
Posted By wyvern
Well. It's a big, big country.

Well. It's a big, big country.
Forum: Railway Modelling 20th September 2014, 20:52
Replies: 6
Views: 4,491
Posted By wyvern
Do they mean...

Do they mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqU9jfDyMns
Forum: Say Hello 19th September 2014, 13:13
Replies: 4
Views: 3,056
Posted By wyvern
I think they are probably worth more as preserved...

I think they are probably worth more as preserved relics than for their face value. I dont think they will have gained anything since nationalisation.

I remember my Dad redeemed his LMS shares...
Forum: Railway News from around the World 11th September 2014, 14:35
Replies: 2
Views: 1,994
Posted By wyvern
I hope its more reliable than it has been in my...

I hope its more reliable than it has been in my local shops.

I've given up using it - too much fuss compared to simple coinage.
Forum: Railway Stations 29th August 2014, 11:46
Replies: 3
Views: 4,760
Posted By wyvern
From the Man in Seat 61:...

From the Man in Seat 61: (http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm)
Forum: Railway Stations 29th August 2014, 11:20
Replies: 3
Views: 4,760
Posted By wyvern
Just to add some extra info to the enquiry: ...

Just to add some extra info to the enquiry:
Orient-Express_Historic_Routes_(en).svg.png...
Forum: Light Rail and Metros 3rd August 2014, 11:39
Replies: 6
Views: 7,802
Posted By wyvern
The Ripley Rattler eh? D H Lawrence wrote...

The Ripley Rattler eh?

D H Lawrence wrote about it; "There is in the North a single-line system of tramcars which boldly leaves the county town and plunges off into the black, industrial...
Forum: Passenger Operations and Observations 10th July 2014, 16:48
Replies: 5
Views: 4,863
Posted By wyvern
I remember a derailment on the GWML in the...

I remember a derailment on the GWML in the sixties due to track buckling. The buckeye couplers were credited with keeping the majority of coaches upright.
Forum: Say Hello 26th June 2014, 09:47
Replies: 3
Views: 2,442
Posted By wyvern
In those days regular expresses went from...

In those days regular expresses went from Nottingham Midland through Chesterfield and Sheffield (having come through Corby and Manton) to the Settle-Carlisle. It competed with the Great Central...
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