Recent content by arabianights

I saw a litter picker at my local station, and as well as the standard litter picking gear she was also using one of those wheels on a stick you use to measure distance, or at least I assume that's what it was. But of course correct me if I am wrong! I am assuming - but of course correct me...

Why was it important to be a 'non-penalty train'?

Tomorrow I'll be travelling on the Tyne Valley line; I made the decision to use it as part of my journey entirely because I've not been on it (apart from at its extremities). I expected that I'd be able to find a nice guide to it online but haven't found anything paticularly helpful apart...

Is there anywhere on the network (I'm thinking ECML around Thirsk maybe?) where a driver can be travelling at 125mph on green signals but still be able to see the train in front (on the same line)? If not, where could be the fastest a driver is safely going and be seeing the train in front? If...

When I lived on the Isle of Man there was a bus replacement service on the steam railway - and even a temporary station built for the school in Castletown. Roads weren't shut as such, but the bus drivers were on strike.

The Dartmoor Railway takes GWR services on Saturdays in Summer, I believe there are on/off freight trains on the Weardale line from Bishop Auckland too.

You *could* make the argument that red is um bongo therefore monkey. Indeed in the predicate calculus, a falsehood implies anything is true, so in that sense it is a valid argument (but sadly false). Or in plain English, it's irrelevant what argument you *could* make. When normal people who...

I don't lurk enough to know whether our own DaveNewcastle is one, or just happens to be a solicitor with an interest on railways, but in any case the general advice given out to miscreants here is that it's very rarely worth getting a specialist solicitor involved for fare evasion. This makes me...

Just posting to endorse your book as excellent.

No one's mentioned the Parry People Mover / Class 139? Took quite a diversion one time I was heading between norf and sarf to travel on it with a (normal) friend - most unbelievably terrible ride, far worse than a pacer even. I had been considering buying some Parry shares for a wee punt up...

For this reason, I'm not creating a new thread to ask this question which has always perplexed me (and while I don't post much, I'm quite a lurker) - what's actually special about 442s? That they got a speed record? That they used to have compartments? I don't geddit. Serious question btw and...

In large part this was because I thought the maximum charge on Oyster PAYG was equivilant to (a discount on) an all zones travelcard, not tehse £50 examples I am seeing on other threads Makes more sense now and shows what a 20-something year old dinosaur I am, just a couple of years away from...

Even better, cool, ta! That does seem a bit of a "loophole" with the maximum daily charge then.

I have just got a new job and it is at a cool company with lots of "perks", however I'm concerned (for them) that one of the perks they're offering might be against the rules, was looking for input here and if it is then I will decide whether I should tell them or not. Basically there are...

If the mods don't mind, based upon the first few posts I'd actually like to expand this thread to interesting/civilised rail journeys to do in scotland with decent (but doesn't have to be perfect) internet. Interest is mostly expected from secnery, but interesting stock will also be considrered...