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The bridge over the M1 is single track width. The railway between Summer Lane and Dodworth was singled in 1967 when it was diverted to allow the roundabout at Junction 37 of the M1 to be built. It's worth noting too that when the track was relaid a few years ago, it took the "racing line"...

I'm acessing the service via the Libby app on either my mobile or a tablet, both running Android. PressReader is shown as an "extra" within Libby, and selecting it produces the following link...

Although my library gives me access to Presreader via Libby, I find that the majority of publications listed above appear as just the cover page only. The remaining pages are obscured and bear a key symbol, indicating that a subscription is required. That seems to indicate that there are...

I've not been able to find RAIL in Pressreader, and that's after using the search facility. Does the choice of magazines depend on the subscriptions taken up by your registered local library, I wonder?

Thanks! Presumably the Darton services are crossing back at Woolley as running through to Horbury would require using the defective crossing?

Can anyone in the know elaborate on this please? Clearly it is more than just a broken rail in plain line, and is most likely a component of switches & crossings that has failed. It would be interesting to know a bit more, especially which points are affected in order to understand why the...

NYMR's New Bridge box (north of Pickering station) has a pair of gates operated by a wheel on a long skew crossing over the road to Newton on Rawcliffe. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickering_MMB_02_North_Yorkshire_Moors_Railway_(Newbridge_level_crossing).jpg

Thanks for that.

Does anyone know why "NOGO" is currently posted in the train describer at HJ74 signal on the Up Slow line? It has been like that for a few weeks, and Up trains are currently using the Up Fast instead.

In my neck of the woods, Northern have decided to terminate the Nottingham to Leeds and Lincoln to Leeds via Sheffield and Barnsley services at Sheffield "because of the forecasted severe weather", which is due this afternoon. However, the hourly Leeds and Huddersfield stopping services are...

You may find the following two links of interest: https://www.orr.gov.uk/about/who-we-work-with/railway-networks/minor-heritage-railways...

The latest version of the Kent Sussex Wessex Sectional Appendix shows that it is still Tokenless Block between Wilton South and Tisbury Loop, worked by Salisbury box. So the reliance on brake continuity in lieu of the signalman observing the tail lamp would still seem to apply in that section.

There's one on the Up & Down Westgate Curve between Wakefield Westgate and Kirkgate stations, located on the approach to Wakefield West Junction.

There's lots of stuff on all types of codes here, with some explanation too: http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/index.shtml If you aren't already aware, there's a fewf live signalling maps around, such as Opentraintimes maps (http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/index.shtml), Traksy...

Have a look at this. You can just make out the street names.

Old hands like me can remember it of course, but here is a link to an online sectional appendix which proves it:http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk/NERS53.html There is information available from the Signalling Record Society, specifically Volume 49 of the Swift Collection...

I think you will find that this will provide you with details of the signal location and route information: https://www.giocondarail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Stourbridge.pdf I can't help you with questions 3 & 4 though. Good luck and keep posting details of your progress. I have a mate...

The dive-under was built as part of the scheme between 1900 - 1905 to increase track capacity in the Sheffield area. The original double track between Sheffield and Dore & Totley was increased to four, with new lines being built on the east side of the originals. At the same time, Sheffield...

Why is Sheffield platform 2c numbered as such? It wasn't always a passenger platform, being originally a siding or "Dock" as it was shown on mechanical-era box diagrams that I have seen. It was provided with trap points and a shunting signal controlling the exit. It remained a dock when...

See the definitions in post #4 above and it should be clear.