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Last time I spoke with the NR helpline the operator told me he was in a call centre in Belfast.

That same source within Colwall tunnel was still supplying Malvern Wells Signalbox a few years ago, and maybe still is?

Network rail have used a RRV to get to the level crossing to maintain it, this character at Altnabrec is extremely unpleasant and comes out of his house immediately and threatens staff with violence. He claims the level crossing is on his land and will damage/remove associated equipment. Police...

I had the same, I just put the card straight back in again and it worked fine.

Locomotive Flying Scotsman has collided with the Royal Scotsman coaching stock in the Strathspey Railway platform.

Stroud footbridge has been like this for years, it’s a typical GWR design bridge with the addition of frosted glass panels, you can’t see anything in either direction.

I’ve just caught a train From Inverness Airport towards Aberdeen and all trains there showing delayed “Due to a nationwide system problem”, my train turned up on time.

Signaller reported a suspicious male hanging around the crossing. As the signaller lowered the barriers the male was stood in the middle of the road and took a step back to avoid being within the crossing barriers. Signaller was concerned by this behaviour enough to caution both the trains you...

Likewise with the ladder when I travel alone (frequenty). First thing I do is unclip it and place it on its edge on the floor against the wall, then, taking the mattress from the vacant upper bunk drop this on top of the lower one, you then have a very comfortable sleeping area. I always put...

I took this picture at Kidderminster in 1984. Some of the last traffic i recall was wagon loads of steel being unloaded as an overflow from Brierly Hill, this would be circa 1982. I realise this isn't Foley Park but maybe of interest?

The wagons were left stabled in Hungerford loop (Don't know why), not long afterwards the entrance and exit points failed a cyclical inspection which resulted in them being unable to be used until repairs made, thus preventing the return of a locomotive to pick up the wagons. These repairs have...

The whistle boards are still in place because the crossing is still open and available for use by the authorised user at any time. In the same video mentioned by 181 above there are private FP crossings at 34.30 with associated whistle board and no deck, very hard to spot and on a skew, never...

Great Bradford Wood is a private footpath crossing, usually provided for a land owner to access their land on the opposite side of the railway. In this instance it is technically open, hence the whistle boards, but has had no evidence of use for a considerable time.

Worcester Foregate Street, situated in the city centre, was closed on Sundays in the early 1980's, with trains between Worcester Shrub Hill and Malvern/Hereford passing through. Pre Sunday trading the city centre was largely deserted.

I understand the owner died about 12 months ago so this may have affected operations? Incidentally it was the same person who owned and restored Fencote (Bromyard - Leominster) station in the early 1980s.

In Railtrack days there was a campaign that designated certain points as 'golden assets' as mentioned above, this would have been around 1997/98. The infrastructure itself was not painted gold, just referred to as Golden so it flagged up to staff that it was critical to running the service and...

This situation existed more recently as well. From April 1992 the area was under Regional Railways Central (excluding the Birmingham/Gloucs line) then became Railtrack Midlands Zone from April 1994. Railtrack Great Western assumed responsibility from the boundary changes of June 1995, it...

I travelled on the branch in July 1998 and this was working it then, not sure how long they worked for but the destination blind is local and the Silverlink branding has Great Eastern stickers over it.

The Colwall end of Colwal tunnel seen here in 2008. The closed bore is on the left bricked up, the access door is for periodic examination and and bat study. Blast walls are still fitted through the old tunnel from its war time use as a munitions store.

Yes Colwall old tunnel was closed when the new bore opened in the 1920s (1926?). The old bore was taken over by the admiralty during the war for munitions storage. Ledbury remains as built, a tight single bore.