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Has anyone else managed to register on the unofficial NYMR forum? I tried months ago and had no success. I tried again a few days ago and it recognised that my email address and username had already been used but I have not been able to reset my password. I sent a message to board admin but I am...

Has the National Railway Museum's balcony been permanently closed now following the conversion of the workshop to the Wonderlab? I have noticed on videos of York station that there appears to be two large air conditioning units on what appears to be the balcony. Someone also said the signalling...

A number of Mark 3 carriages have been fitted with Controlled Emission Toilets in recent years, namely CrossCountry, GWR and Scotrail's HST sets, and Greater Anglia's loco hauled sets during their final few years of service. However, following new requirements by Network Rail, it seems charter...

Forgive me if there is already a thread discussing this, but as I'm sure many are aware, the Station Hall is currently closed for redevolpment as they are installing a new roof and demolishing the wall at the end of it to be replaced with windows. The yard is also closed while they do this work...

I found the following photo of a split flap departure board at Edinburgh Waverley, dating to 1989: https://www.flickr.com/photos/66289212@N07/32762905665 It has made me curious as to how it dealt with all the calling patterns for all the different services. Clearly the time and platform number...

I was at Edinburgh Waverley station on Tuesday and while in the waiting room, I noticed the two travel centres. I didn't go in as I had an advance ticket but from what I could see, in the one that was open there was a counter with several positions as well as a number of LNER ticket machines...

I've just looked for the latest Working Timetable and have come across this message: Is this for those that work in the railway industry only or would they provide the WTT to rail enthusiasts as well? This information has been available to download for quite a few years now so it'd be a shame...

Does anyone know what is being scrapped at Booths in Rotherham, more specifically what was being scrapped last week? I shared a post on Facebook with photos of the Lets Go Round Again tour and a mate of mine messaged me saying that he drove past recently and thought he saw something being...

Sorry if this has already been mentioned elsewhere (I've done a quick search and not noticed anything obvious) but has anyone noticed that the Stations Made Easy maps on the ECML stations have been updated? They are now 3D and have different graphics to what was used before. Unfortunately, it...

I noticed a number of months ago that Zone letters had been applied to the platforms at Retford station, but nothing seemed to refer to them on the departure boards. LNER had altered the fixed coach letter boards to better suit the Azuma lettering upon there introduction, but it still wasn't...

It seems that there are quite a lot of taxi companies that are little more than a driver and perhaps his partner as the operator taking phone calls at home and passing the details to the driver over the radio. How does that actually work for a private hire company as it wouldn't be possible for...

When you hail a Hackney Carriage, you will pay the fare shown on the taximeter, a device that takes into account the distance travelled and time taken and it needs to be regularly inspected and calibrated. Vehicles that are used for private hire e.g. minicabs don't require meters. These fares...

From what I understand, many pre-booked taxis and private hire vehicles these days are dispatched using a compter system. The customer will typically use an app on their phone, or can call the taxi office, to book their vehicle. The computer system will then find the nearest available vehicle...

Has anyone got a current fleet list of Kettlewells of Retford? It'd be good to see which vehicles have left and joined the fleet over the years as well if anyone has such information? I went on many a Kettlewells vehicle as a child as the schools I attended used them for school trips, transport...

With the well documented Azuma (and other Class 800's across the network) shortages, there are a number of 5 car Azumas operating services that should have been formed of a 9 car set. One thing that I have seen recently on LNER's website is an odd coach lettering scheme where a 5 car set is used...

Does anyone know why bus transmissions seem so much noisier that automatic car transmissions? Take this video as an example: It whines loudly even when the bus is stationary. This whine seems typical of Voith gearboxes - I've certainly heard many buses making such a sound. The retarder can...

I recall seeing a video on YouTube the other week that showed a train accelerating (I don't think it was a UK train) and also had a diagram showing the wiring that showed the circuit changing as resistors switched in/ the circuit changed from Series to Parallel etc. I've gone to find it again...

Does anyone know the history of the toilet and luggage rack windows being removed on some HST trailers. These are just First or Standard class carriages here, not ones with accessible toilets etc. I thought that there were two small windows, one at each end of the coach, and on both sides of the...

Forgive me if this has been answered before, but I was watching a video of a walkthrough of an EMR HST the other day. It is an Angel Trains set and I believe ex Grand Central. It has an area for bicycles on the right hand side as you enter the first Standard Class carriage in the formation...

How are the coaches lettered on the EMR Class 180's? There doesn't seem to be any seating plans on their website of all EMR's stock. I think they are run as both 5 and 10 car sets so if someone can provide the lettering for both of these that would be great. I'm interested to see how they are...