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Recent content by Alanko

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    Storm Isha may affect your journey in parts of England, Scotland and Wales on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 January

    Nothing on the Edinburgh - Glasgow line yet, beyond a 385 on a proving run, heading towards Edinburgh.
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    The impact of the possible decommissioning of Port Talbot blast furnaces and supply of coal to heritage railways from foreign countries.

    Straight from the Daily Mail comments section. Your space bar also appears to be defective.
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    73951/952 purchased by HNRC (Harry Needle)

    It must be quite unusual to have such a heavily reworked and re-engined locomotive without a new classification (per Class 29, 31, 57, 69) and to have two quite different locomotive designs sharing the same subclass?
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    73951/952 purchased by HNRC (Harry Needle)

    Did the NR 73/9s retain their third-rail equipment?
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    Locomotive Services Fleet (LSL) updates

    Nameplates belong to DRS, who have retained them.
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    Locomotive Services Fleet (LSL) updates

    To be fair, and to my own surprise, both those 47s still exist in preservation and appear capable of turning a wheel.
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    Locomotive Services Fleet (LSL) updates

    Maybe one of them will go into Police livery, per 37093. Who really knows what LSL are capable of!
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    Locomotive Services Fleet (LSL) updates

    There are worse fates for 37s than being repainted in non-prototypical liveries.
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    Locomotive Services Fleet (LSL) updates

    Spencer Flack used to display a bright red Spitfire Mk XIV, G-FIRE, at air shows in the 1970s. When challenged on the red scheme, his alleged retort was when you own a Spitfire, you can paint it any colour you want. LSL are getting interesting trains 'out there' on mainline rail tours...
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    WCRC loses judicial review in High Court

    Are WCR the GB News of heritage TOCs or something?
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    HST cab protection

    Arguably far more than two. Like dangerous lineside trees, a rolling replacement programme for the existing ferries, starting twenty years ago, would have been a better approach than throwing everything (and the kitchen sink) at two large ferries. Interesting that enthusiasts feel so strongly...
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    HST cab protection

    I don't agree with this bit. In terms of tree cover we are far behind Finland, Sweden (which I expected), Portugal and Spain (which I didn't) when comparing European countries. People find all sorts of spurious reasons to remove mature trees, including supposedly sustainable urban regeneration...
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    HST cab protection

    But then the people employed to manage 'lessons learned' sessions would have nothing to do!
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    HST cab protection

    Shouldn't the thread be renamed something slightly more neutral, such as 'ScotRail HST sustains damage to cab after striking fallen tree near Broughty Ferry'?
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    Least popular Sleeper destinations

    Spean Bridge? Barely ten miles outside Fort William, but without the accommodation or attractions of the latter. I can't imagine many northbound passengers get off at Spean Bridge, and most heading south would presumably start at Fort William rather than drive ten miles into the hinterland to a...

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