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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    All the main train makers in this country have plants in the EU and elsewhere. Why would they want to export from here? The only train exporters we have are very small specialists like Clayton.
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    XC Voyager Refurbishment

    Does that also apply to the Modern Railways Android app? Because it's not there either.
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    Cab rides by Creative Imagineers

    https://www.greatrailwayvideos.com/ Does anyone have experience with this line of DVDs/Blu-rays? They have a YouTube channel, but they have only uploaded some of their heritage railway cab rides, with no clips or trailers for their main line videos, and I've never seen any reviews. Are they...
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    Build Quality of New Models

    Were these on BYD running gear?
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    So the CEO is visiting the UK?
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    Voyagers /Meredians

    I wonder if tilt is going out of favour in this country for that reason?
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    One Question, is there a definite shortage of trains on the Elizabeth Line right now?
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    If production at Derby ends, could the design office remain? Local design could be useful.
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    Has any other country ever gone from building literally all its railway carriages to importing them all?
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    Why are people still fighting to save the Derby plant? Hasn't Alstom now confirmed complete closure? If so, why doesn't anyone believe them?
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    Clayton CBD90 - Battery+diesel shunter

    Did any of the exported '08s' have larger bodies/cabs?
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    XC Voyager Refurbishment

    No word on it that I know of, but I don't think XC would have any use for tilt.
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    Trains for the UK Market. We import trains, but we don't export them. It is not a level playing field.
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    Northern Tender for up to 450 units

    Are the touchscreens ever used for operationally critical functions?
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    29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?

    Is it clear if these new units would be bi/tri-mode, or all electric?
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    Very Light Rail stock ordered for passenger trials

    A new manufacturing facility? Is this the start of a new all-British manufacturer?
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    Class 222 refurbishment

    Genuine question; are the 222s any more spacious or more comfortable than the Voyagers? Asking as a tall man.
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    Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby

    If their purpose was to work in pairs, forming 10 car trains, why don't they have end gangways?

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