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London Underground 1962ts Rail Adhesion Train (RAT) shunting at Hainault depot as seen out the window of a 1992ts train travelling from Grange Hill to Hainault stations Also seen is a 1992 tube stock train

It was announced that trial running of the Class 345 trains through the brand new tunnelled section of the London Crossrail (Elizabeth line) railway had began, so I went to Custom House station (which is wholly above ground) to see the trains in action. Exhaustive trials with moving trains are...

Out of curiosity I've gone and bought some 3D printed model railway things from Shapeways, this includes an LNER 1937 Tyneside Electrics coach (one half of an articulated pair), some London Underground signals with the 'pigs ear' - one with feather and one without - plus a few other items...

As part of an advertising promotion by internet giant Amazon, on 15th and 16th January 2020 Piccadilly Circus London Underground tube station was renamed Picardilly Circus. The promotion was for a new Star Trek series which it will be possible to watch on the Amazon Prime streaming television...

As part of an advertising promotion by internet giant Amazon, on 15th and 16th January 2020 Piccadilly Circus London Underground tube station was renamed Picardilly Circus. The promotion was for a new Star Trek series which it will be possible to watch on the Amazon Prime streaming television...

Greater Anglia now have the first of their Stadler Flirt Class 745 InterCity trains in service. These trains are being used on the London (Liverpool Street) - Norwich InterCity service. This film shows one of these trains passing Ilford Depot on the Great Eastern Main Line, on a sunny...

This film is about the introduction of automated computerised train control on the London Underground Subsurface Railway (SSR) network - the lines where most of the subterranean sections of railway were built as 'cut and cover' in the steam train era. Automation is part of the Four Lines...

Hello everyone, this might be of interest. Simon Silent Super 8 cinė film plus many still images (110 and 35mm film) showing LNER designed Class 306 trains, plus also some views of the near identical Class 506 trains which ran on a line in Manchester. Especially during the first four minutes...

This film contrasts some recently built trains which serve London and the South East that have a rather bland colour palette and a train which serves Paris and the Isle de France region which has brightly coloured seating, starlight effect ceiling lights and ceiling panels which change colour...

A brief look at and ride on one of the fully automated, driverless distinctive British-built trains on the Hong Kong MTR 'Disneyland Resort Line' which links Sunny Bay Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station with the Disneyland resort on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. These trains feature 'Mickey Mouse...

Many different trains at Canonbury railway station, as filmed between the mid 1980's and 2018. This was the time when diesel multiple units operated the Crosstown Linkline service Camden Road - Stratford - North Woolwich, Class 313 trains ran between Watford Junction and either Broad Street or...

A short film of British Rail Class 309 trains, mostly at London's Liverpool Street station but also in Ilford and Thorpe-Le-Soken. The 'most recent' footage from 1986, the rest is older - 1982 and possibly even the late 1970s! (just before the buffet cars were withdrawn) and I was still a...

London Overground's Class 378 trains are being 'refreshed' with a slightly different livery, internal colour palette and a few other changes.

Class 313 and 717 Trains @ Alexandra Palace 717 006 was out on a driver training trip and is seen passing through (and stopping at) Alexandra Palace station, London. Just by chance a northbound Class 313 train arrived at the same time! The Class 717 trains will replace the Class 313 trains on...

Because none of the Oyster card readers were working at London City Airport on Monday morning 15th October 2018, it proved impossible to 'touch-out' at the end of a journey to the airport on the DLR. This caused travel costs which had been expected to be £1.50 (or possibly a peak fare of £2.40)...

I've published on my Flickr photostream some winter 2017 / 2018 snow weather photos... most of these are based on the Central Line in the Newbury Park area. The most recent images date from Wednesday and Friday last week (28th Feb & 2nd March 2018) I think that over 20 is too many to show them...

I visited the Postal Museum and went for a ride on the Mail Rail tube train yesterday, Tuesday 19th September 2017. I thought that what the Post Office has done was fantastic and give it 9.9 / 10. My only reason for not giving it 10 / 10 was the brevity of the train ride. A longer ride would...

These films may be of interest: A simple film: the doors close, the train departs from Chesham station... eventually it arrives at Finchley Road station - which is where the journey ends. Filmed in 2010, edited highlights including passing other trains, 8:38 minutes of high speed action in SD...

I am curious, maybe someone knows the answers.. The recently restored GWR Auto coach No.92 which is at the Didcot Railway Centre has a corridor connection at one end (ie: the end without the driving controls). How come? Would the corridor connection have ever been used? I ask because...

Today, Friday 9th December 2016 the first of the Crossrail Line 1 (Elizabeth Line) trains arrived at Ilford depot. I filmed it whilst it passed through Stratford station. ZsIDjCImUBs The film has a surprise ending... Enjoy! Simon