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When I was reading about Newquay, a very small harbour that can only accommodate brigs and boats, but which once had a standard gauge harbour railway, I wondered if it was the smallest harbour in the UK to had a harbour railway? At least in standard gauge system.

It’s now been a long time since the tram was extended to Wolverhampton station, but the new section of tramway line is still not drawn on Google Maps, although the tram stops have been added. Considering this isn't some remote area this seems like an oversight...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/32745770/trams-collison-crash-france/ The number of injured suggests the tram must have been very full at the time. Initial reports said one person had died, but this was later proven to be untrue.

This shot is from the ending of the animation Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street released in 2002. There was a very short snippet show a slam door train arriving station - was a London Terminal? What means the "4" at the front? Can the identity of this train? I think when that lens was...

I was surprised that almost no detailed information and clear photos of the Snowdon Mountain Railway Railcars No. 21 to No. 23 can be find on Internet. There are some DVDs that have footage of these units but not many. All three railcars have been scrapped long time ago, it seems no fan interest...

Kyodo News https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/ef2df47080f1-bullet-train-in-northeastern-japan-stops-after-cars-disengage.html

Since started using light/tramway systems in UK, l found almost all tramway terminals have their own standard with huge variations - from heavy-rail style buffer to large flower bed to nothing, or a fragile plastic sign behind the track end what is obvious cannot stop anything. Are there any...

And which train (loco or stock?) through it before it was removed?

I discovered an interesting rule while reading some nineteenth-century articles: If the last carriage of a train is with a Red Board or Red Flag, it means that there is another extra or special train behind the train in the same direction. train. For single-track lines, this indicates that the...

For the past year I have been looking for heritage rail systems in the UK that offers a forward view through cab partitions. Now l have a incomplete list and l haven't visited any of small heritage lines such as Isle of Wight Steam Railway. I wonder if I missed other heritage railcar trip on...

From Google Maps and Railway Track Digrams Southern & TfL I noticed that both cruise terminals in Southampton - P&O Terminal and QEII Terminal have rail connections but l never hear any boat trains serviced to them in recent years. When were they last used (I can found the last boat train video...

English news from Focus Taiwan https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305110019 Cannot believe that "though Taichung Metro carriages do have emergency buttons...these only stop the train after it reaches the next station." "...the emergency door release handle does not work when the train is...

Last weekend l took the ELR DMU and recorded a cab ride video, and I'm curious what is the longest railway journey you can take the front seat behind the cab as a regular passenger in the UK - excluding any cab tours that require special application. Now l know ELR is 12 mi/20 km and it seems...

Nishi (West) Kyushu Shinkansen （西九州新幹線） partly opened between Nagasaki （長崎）and Takeo-Onsen（武雄温泉） on 23 September 2022. The currently completed section of the line is 66 km long, 5 stations and the top speed is 260 km/h. The travel time between Hakata (博多) and Nagasaki is 1 hour and 20 minutes...

Dailymail, published: 17:51, 23 April 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10746335/Two-taggers-killed-Brooklyn-subway-train-identified-known-French-graffiti-artists.html

I found a interesting video about firemen training in Japan, the new firemen needed to practice coal throwing in the simulated base where had model fireboxes and tenders, is there had something similar in the steam days? I think many heritage raillways in the UK also need one for save coal.

I think if UK railways really want to revive freight, many local goods yards need to be come back and rebuild sidings for make sure passenger trains can overtake goods train.

When l think what happened in Afghanistan this week is very crazy, until l found a guy who travels to Afghanistan for tourism on Friday..... There is clear evidence that he is not joking, who is a British, a Loughborough University student. I have nothing to say after read the news. I can only...

When CargoSprinter (in UK named MPV) came out in late 1990s many people (include me!) believe multiple units were the future of freight traffic, however over 20 years past only a few multiple units were used for parcel traffic and most freighters were never have really change. Today, in the...

Just a moment ago my friend sent me a YouTube link shows me a train accident happened at about 12:00 in Carnate, Italy. There are different videos can be found on YouTube show the scene of serious damage by the derailment. The local news has reported the accident by Italian...