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To agree with Peter Hendy on the codes not necessarily needing to be logical... Many, many years ago (about 1930, in fact) the London General Omnibus Company - which shortly thereafter became the heart of London Transport's buses - had a four-wheel type and, obviously a fair bit bigger, a...

I really wish there was a ‘like’ button on this forum.

In terms of the other part of the question, can anyone please advise where there might be operational AWS magnets on a heritage railway?

I can only answer question 1. Yes, all buses have a battery isolator switch and any preservationist worth their salt will both know what one looks like and will have it drummed into them to switch it off when leaving the vehicle unattended. That said, some more modern buses have a feed to...

From University you could get a train to Bromsgrove and back, so that you can say you’ve ‘done’ the Lickey Incline. However since it has been electrified it’s not a very dramatic ride, as the 323s make short work of it. Actually a ride on a 323 is quite interesting if you’re not familiar with...

… And Lancashire United Transport Limited?

The underground line wouldn't have surfaced at Victoria, it would have come up about a quarter mile to the east - presumably so it would go under the culvert that you mention. For a Brucie bonus, here's a photo in our collection of the shaft in the Fish Dock, with some distinctly nervous...

In my (voluntary) work at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, I have access to the museum’s archive including a lot of materials on Picc-Vic. It’s usually assumed that it never got beyond the drawing board but that’s not correct: the Market Street station box was built under the Arndale...

Huddersfield has barriers that I’ve never seen open even into the evening, how did you get onto the platform?

@Peterthegreat gets it - the easier one was Lincolnshire with the LYR’s share in the Isle of Axholme Railway, but the Cheshire reference is quite obscure - it was the mile or so on the approach to Stalybridge. Over to you.

Indeed I did! I remember taking the photo, it looks very different at that location now. Bus number 4 in the line is an almost-new ’Alloy Standard’, I can imagine the depot foreman would’ve held his breath waiting to see what state that one arrived back in. At the time I’d arrive by train to do...

Into which two counties did the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway’s network extend beyond Lancashire and Yorkshire? We’re talking pre-1974 counties, no Merseyside or Humberside etc; and we’re counting Yorkshire as one, no ‘North Riding’ tricksy stuff.

Corkickle Brake, Cumbria? I think it finished in 1986 as I started a job in 1985 that frequently took me to Sellafield and in those pre-internet days I didn’t know about it until it had already closed.

Ah, you have encountered the eccentricity of Edgley Cox, General Manager of Walsall Corporation Transport. Mr Cox had a number of ‘interesting’ ideas and one of them was to use these buses with a driver and conductor during the peak, with passengers entering and leaving via the large centre...

I'll give you that one! They were painted red oxide (a browny-red) but when war broke out, it was quickly realised that they created a lovely red trail leading enemy planes down Longdendale towards Manchester, so they were hurriedly painted a dull grey. Over to you.

No - but if you think about rust protection it might help.

No, @Spamcan81 was closer.

Nope! ☺️

On the right lines on the second point, but not quite... and no, they weren't originally painted white.

What colour did the LNER paint the first overhead structures on the Woodhead line, and why were they repainted in a different colour very shortly after?