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In the current edition of Rail, there is an article on 'The Beeching Legacy' that says. 'In the run up to the publication of the 1947 Transport Act, the LNER (backed to a lesser extent by the LMS) advanced and argument that we would recognise today. In the paper titled The State and The...

Did the suggestion to replace Hungerford Bridge with a double deck road / rail bridge, and a new Charing Cross station built to the east of the old one result in any drawings/plans or did it just stop at a suggestion?

James Holden introduced oil-burning to some of the locos that GER used, which utilised residues that were a by-product of the company gas works. What was the calorific value of the residues vs coal vs oil fuel? How easy to handle were the residues compared to oil fuel, did they require any...

Are there many stations that have bay platforms that would be more useful now had they been built as through platforms?

When Nationalisation was suggested by Gladstone and again post WW1 were any plans developed or was it a case of suggestions that this would be a good idea?

How busy was this service and what was the average time taken to load up, transport the cars and unload?

When was the first computer system for managing locos and rolling stock introduced?

The ASB's allow you to give advice on how Britain's railways develop. They ensure that your advice is heeded but to avoid awkward questions make sure all your bouncing around time is hidden by a Somebody Else's Problem field. What advice do you give?

How did the introduction of the Common Carrier Obligation and Government regulated charges in the Rail and Canal Traffic Act 1854 affect the development and maintainability of the railways in the UK?

This probably falls into the realms of ASB but if there had been a controlled building of a network rather than an uncontrolled building frenzy, what routes wouldn’t have seen the light of day and what routes might we have got?

In 1946 GWR fitted Laidlaw-Drew oil-burners in the fireboxes of 19 coal firing freight locos in South Wales and the trials were successful leading to further trials and eventually 93 locos were converted before the Treasury became concerned at the dollar expenditure in buying oil rather than...

How was the loading gauge decided on during the building of the UK's railways?