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I see that Mortons Media (publishers of The Railway Magazine, Rail Express and Heritage Railway) has acquired Silver Link Publishing. Certainly puts them towards the top of the league in the railway publishing world as Ian Allan once was. I do enjoy the 'Past and Present' series of books which...

Nine pictures to choose from this month (theme 'Electric Trains'). Apologies for being a few days late getting the voting going, due to both myself and Matt being away last week. Votes by the 31st May please. https://www.railforums.co.uk/media/albums/photo-of-the-month-may-2019-electric-trains.751/

Earlier this month, I had my first visit to sample the railways in Turkey. The report I've done is quite lengthy, so I'll put each day into an individual post with a photo. Enjoy... Day 1 – Sunday 10th March Following a day in East Anglia on the 37s and a stop and Cambridge for something to...

After our busiest and most successful year to date which has seen us generate an operating surplus again, the forum staff are delighted to announce that we have been in a position to make a donation £4,100.01 towards the 125 Group's HST Depot Appeal. The full press release, issued by the 125...

With the festive season almost upon us, and following on from a couple of other recent threads , we thought it an opportune time to start this new thread on railway book recommendations. So here's the place to post about any new books which you may have recently acquired, or perhaps are hoping...

According to the Daily Record website: Sad news. With other sites lagging well behind with their work, I'm surprised Springburn hasn't been in a position to take on some additional work if the order book is unhealthy. I've got some happy memories of visiting Glasgow Works, including getting...

The Routemaster Association is reporting that TfL is proposing to cut the days of operation of the 15H Routemaster service to just summer weekends and Bank Holidays from its current daily operation. According to a post on their Facebook page, TfL have said: This is a huge reduction from what I...

Earlier this week, the Department for Transport published a new report The Inclusive Transport Strategy: Achieving Equal Access for Disabled People which can be found at...

With Northern having introduced Penalty Fares on my local line, today I bought a return ticket online for a journey this evening and collected it from the ticket machine at my local station before travelling. It wasn't until on the return leg that I realised that, rather than print me an...

Today was the 40th anniversary of the introduction of services timed to run at 125 mph on the East Coast Main Line. To mark the occasion, VTEC has adorned one of its power cars, 43318 with some special branding, which I captured at King's Cross this lunchtime: 43318 was part of the original...

We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with our friends at Railtalk magazine to offer a photo competition in conjunction with their 2018 calendar which is being sponsored by the forum. Members are invited to submit a photo for use in the calendar, which should be sent to...

As most of you will have realised, we have had to suspend the POTW competitions for the time owing to compatibility problems with the new forum and the clunky old gallery software. In the meantime, we'll be running one or two special competitions - watch this space for more details!

It's time to vote for August's photo of the month.... a £15 gift card will be sent to the winner! http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=614 https://www.railforums.co.uk/vb/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=614 Votes by 23.00 next Monday please.

Time for another POTM competition to pick the winner fri July's competitions... http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=613 Votes by 15.00 on Tuesday 3 October please.

After earlier this week having a member of staff telling me, again, that I had an off-peak ticket and this was the peak, I am wondering if anyone on here - hopefully a member of staff - knows what training Northern staff have on ticketing restrictions? Have they been told that off-peak tickets...

Another Photo of the Month competition, vote for the best picture, the winner will receive a £15 giftcard in due course. (Remember, you may not vote for yourself!) http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=607 Votes by 15.00 next Thursday please.

This week's theme, as chosen by fishquinn, is 'No Trains' - however, entries must be railway related! Entries by 19:00 next Monday please. http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=605

A total of 8 pictures to choose from this week: http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=604 Votes by 19.00 next Monday please.

http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=602 Six to choose from this week. Votes by 19.00 next week please.

This week's theme, as chosen by curly42, is Named Locos. Entries by 19:00 next Monday please. http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=604