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Does the forum hive mind know where one might find a current asset register for all the Network Rail owned wagons, "departmental" wagons as I believe they may be known as?

I'm currently on an Avanti west coast service down to London and have just witnessed a scuffle between two blokes, who are both old enough to have known better, about a reserved seat. I'll call the protagonists "Nabber" and "Aggrieved". As best I can understand "Aggrieved" had a seat reserved...

I'm trying to understand and quantify an operational risk profile in the UK and in order to do so I need to compare the estimated number of fixed formation multiple unit trains in service (on NR rails) on any given week day with the number of trains that aren't fixed formation multiple units: so...

Would anyone happen to know where and what the longest and steepest gradient is on the Scotrail 7 cities routes? TIA

I'm trying to find out who the operator and maintainer of the Midland Pullman HST set is, TIA?

Strange request this, hoping someone can help. I've had an enquiry come in at work, through a 3rd party, allegedly from CAF for train equipment, the quantity of which suggests it's for 10 trains, for a fleet of possibly high speed trains supposedly operated by/to be operated by LNER. I'm...

8 Hitachi class 800 5 carriage trains have been withdrawn from service due to significant cracks found in the yaw damper bolsters. Not just CAF who appear to have problems with designing/manufacturing vehicles to cope with UK infrastructure.....

I'm applying for a position with Balfour Beatty Track Geometry department, on the OTM maintenance side, and would appreciate a chat with anyone who's working or has worked at Balfour's. Cheers.

I've worked on the railway, in rolling stock engineering for builders, maintainers, operators and consultants, for over 20 years now. I never worked for a part of British Rail, my work in the operational part of the business was post privatisation. I'm neither pro or anti public or private...