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Sorry to butt in but there's a press photo on the Alamy site which includes the artist's impression of the 458s. For comparison, you can just about make out the artist impression of the GEC Alstom Juniper stock defined for Gatwick Express. Again these ended up looking very different - and not...

Did only one first class carriage receive the secondary yellow stripe at waistband level in place of the white stripe or was it applied to several? I know only one 73 in IC executive livery received the full yellow wrap around ends and wondered if similarly only one Mark II received the yellow...

The Thames News edition from that day is available on YouTube with in-depth coverage of the crash, references to Moorgate and even an interview with the editor of Railway Gazette.

It might well have been. I guess at the time it all felt so fresh and modern. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I couldn't tell you if the 319 version was any faster etc. Just recalling how things felt to me as an individual.

Connex really was dire. I started my commuting career under the pre-privatisation shadow Southeastern and Network Southcentral businesses and remember the launch of Connex South Central and Connex South Eastern (some weeks apart.) Memories fade but hopefully some of this will be of help. It...

This picture appeared on Twitter earlier of the set at St Pancras.(Not mine) https://twitter.com/mattjuler/status/613613723035533312

Mid-life refurbishment. It feels only yesterday since they were introduced. Albeit introduced much later than planned.

These are great pictures. I'd love to visit. French cities are very good at ordering customised trams that represent them. They tend to think about the tram stops, centenary poles, interiors etc rather than simply buying off the shelf. I believe the Reims design is meant to represent a champagne...

Neither of these are my pics but I think they illustrate the original and revised yellow front ends of the 332s. http://www.railwaymedia.co.uk/EMU/332/i-QNDhBHt https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/stuart166axe/8648437948/ --- old post above --- --- new post below --- CJmillsnun: I know the 442s...

As alluded to earlier the Heathrow Express 332 EMUs were designed without a yellow warning panel to resemble a crash helmet. I believe the units were already built when word came that the rules weren't going to be changed. Warning panels were added but never quite looked like a smooth part of...

Lots of Virgin branded worldwide businesses are minority owned by Virgin. The name gives gravitas to those companies while, in theory, ensuring the standard lives up to the reputation. Examples include Virgin Media, Virgin America, Virgin Books and Virgin Australia.

Will it be branded Virgin from the outset of will they wait to make improvements and introduce new trains? I remember how badly the Virgin name was tainted upon privatisation with old stock, the WCML upgrade and speed restrictions post-Hatfield that admittedly they couldn't have predicted. I...

Interesting that the Arriva 'wheel' logo doesn't preceed the wording.

Looking at Fincra5's pic of the Southern livery and the 700 base livery made me realise Southern could easily lend itself to Thameslink and WAGN albeit substituting the two shades of green for blue and pink. (Or a better colour than pink). The result: three distinct route brands with three...

Certainly the interiors suffer from poor care and attention by Southeastern. The units are often dirty, the new seat coverings are loose and it's quite usual to find cushions missing. Sure much of this is down to passenger behaviour but I get the impression that Southeastern doesn't much care...