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Plenty going on at Eastleigh works, as always. In particular, does anybody have any gen on - Tatty green Bubble Car. Green Class 73 fitted with vertical light clusters, looks as though it might have some sort of 'official' works/departmental function. Hovering outside the sheds looking as...

Following on from the units out of use thread, something I find equally interesting are those odd vehicles left after serious collisions, often parts of units left sitting in various works or depots when the rest was written off. They often seem to take on an almost mythical value, never being...

Afternoon all Hex appear to have a 332 dumped and slowly shedding components at the west end of Old Oak Common. Currently looks to be minus its pan and the light clusters on at least one end. Is this just the usual case of parts-robbing while something is off the road for a while, or have they...

Apologies, I know there are pages and pages of this elsewhere, but the GWR cascade is spread across umpteen threads, so... Could one of our informed members clarify the expected cascade timescale for the GWR 180s, I believe the first one has already, or is about to, depart? And the same...

A rather rare event this evening, if anybody is in the area and sufficiently interested! :D The 21.56 from Bristol TM down to Exeter is to be formed of 143617 & 143612. Generally all four cars on this working tend to be in use. Might be an interesting phot!

Hi all, I'm searching, on behalf of a friend, for photographs of the Taff Vale 150th event which took place in 1991. This involved Standard Tank 80080 hauling a series of specials in the Welsh Valleys, the first mainline steam there since 1965. I'm interested in the trip of 6th October, which...

As it doesn't appear to have popped up anywhere else, very heavy disruption out of Waterloo this evening (tues 21st), due 'Emergency services dealing with an incident', somewhere between Basing and Woking. 22.05 to Poole departed around midnight, various other services stacked up behind it on...

So, a genuine canvassing of thoughts here then, given recent events. During the GTR dispute Mick Whelan led his membership out on strike, backed similar action by RMT members, and of course made his, shortly to be infamous no doubt, "We will not undermine the RMT" statement. He then emerges...

T'was the day before Christmas (and pretty chilly) and all through the Desiro.... ....came relentless freezing cold air blasting from the aircon outlets. Nice. I do wish some German genius type would come and sort it out. And don't give me any of that 'blending' nonsense cos the floor...

Something that occurred to me recently about the above. Tube trains carry prominent notices stating you must show on demand a ticket or validated Oyster etc; what is the position with contactless payment? One would presume you cannot be compelled to hand over your bank card for examination, and...

An interesting conversation that came up recently, and nobody could be certain of the answer. Only one place to go to settle it! Tickets for cross London journeys, bearing the 'Maltese Cross'. My understanding has always been that they're simply encoded 'zone U1', and would theoretically...

Morning all Not the most important event to shake the industry this year admittedly, but for those travelling from Paddington and around the west today is the launch date for GWR's new corporate clothing. All staff should be duly dressed in it as of now; the long serving blue and pink of FGW...

Afernoon All... So I'm wanting to take my boy on his first flight, ideally just a short hop somewhere and back again rather than a holiday, although a one day stopover somewhere would be okay. Is there a 'clearing house' type website somewhere which lists cheap flights, as opposed to having...

According to Sky News, a new Jackie Chan film includes a scene on Lambeth Bridge of a London bus exploding ('plot' not mentioned). Locals complained that no warning was given and, perhaps understandably, some were rather concerned by what they suspected could have been a terrorist incident...

Having seen some coverage of the current soggy situation in Carlisle, I was curious as to whether Stagecoach were once again a victim of the floods? Last time around they lost some 84 buses I seem to recall (although some were subsequently returned to service elsewhere); are they still using the...

Mod Note: Split from this thread. Does being waved through the gateline not provide a degree of evidence regarding permission by an authorised person?

Sky News is reporting two serious collisions involving service buses today, one involving a Go Ahead vehicle hitting a tree in London, and another in the Midlands in which two buses reportedly collided head-on. Their item carries an image of the London incident, which shows an MCV bodied...

Sad news from Abus, Bristol, is that R222 AJP has today been written off by fire whilst in service. This is a DAF DB250LF with Optare Spectra bodywork, and was the first low floor double decker in the UK. Rather a shame.

Hi comrades... Just a spot of trivia, something which popped into my head earlier. What are some of the most difficult routes in the UK to work from a Guard's point of view? By difficult, I mean operationally taxing, as opposed to being a p*sshead express or assault alley. One that comes to...

So, chatting to a colleague recently who'd had a bigwig from the GWML wiring on his train. This chap had apparently mentioned that the project is many many £££'s overbudget, and that a sizeable part of the additional cost was from land owners taking the Michael regarding NR having access to...