Recent content by Ken H

One has to remember that OS staff probably would not know the difference between a signal box, a gate box or a structure containing a shunting or ground frame. So 'SB' would probably be used for all these buildings.

New st is a bit different. Through platforms only have a and b sections. 4c is a bay at the end of 4. I suppose they didnt want to renumber 5 - 12 to 6 -13. And would they want a plat 13? I remember when they renumbered Leeds years ago. The suffixes before the change were E and W for east and...

I knew one of the Crossleys in the 70's. He worked in shipley but didnt look like he got his hands dirty. Nice bloke tho.

I assume they mean Bootle(Cumbria). Then why not say so?

Much of the London Underground was built by americans. And the electrification system was US technology. Not sure if European systems has US influence or whether they copied London.

Going back to track - which has a bearing on vehicle suspension - didnt UU railroads make track by using a tree trunk cut in half longtudinally and then nailing the flat bottomed rails to that. In the UK we did it differently, often using longditudinal timbers with bracing to maintain gague...

so if there is no mobile signal at your joining station, but there is on the train. What do you do?

Higher paid workers can organise their affairs to reduce tax liability, or even not undertake an activity at all. Which is why many tax raising measures to 'hit the rich' fail to get much extra funds into the treasury. This affect is known as the Laffer Curve, named for a US economist. When I...

Rotherham Station was the red square in the middle of the map images. It became Rotherham Masborough when Central opened. It was an important station used by NE-SW trains until it closed in 1987. I assume your FLT train used sidings near that. Masborough is a suburb of Rotherham.

The 144's were a class above the 142's. I used to travel Gigg - Bingley or Gigg -Leeds back then. Seeing a 142 coming made my heart sink, but

'We' as in the UK.

Maybe the 22X trains could go abroad. If we can flog HST to Mexico I am sure we can flog these somewhere.

The ticket the OP posted an image of doesnt mention Chester. He had a ticket to Manchester. How was he supposed to know he should get a train to a different place. The ticket should say the trains destination so he would know to get a Chester train and get off at Manchester. 1713694062 The...

I would do the same but have a diesel/electric option. There are many routes where there is simply not enough opportunity charging to make BEMU work (Leeds - Carlisle, South Trans Pennine, N Wales for example). Not convinced Leeds-Harrogate-York would work reliably with BEMUs BEMU Battery -...

I rarely use either. I say 'Settle Station', 'Gigg Station', 'Hellifield Station' 'Leeds Station' etc. I usually say which bus station too. Maybe growing up in Leeds with 2 railway stations and 3 city centre bus stations ingrained the habit.