Website landmarks
My website passed two landmarks today - 50,000 visitors and 21,000 pix uploaded. Here's the latest gallery updates: http://paulbigland.zenfolio.com/recent.html
View ArticleWould this be OK?
Travelling tomorrow from A, change at B to get to C. Booked specific seats on specific trains. If I get to station A and see that my expected train is delayed so I couldn't make my connection, could I...
View ArticleTrainee drivers at DB schenker
Hi all, take at look at DB website TRAINEE DRIVERS WANTED but there is a pecking order, qualified first, DB employees, new entrants. :D
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A Perfect Winter (Steam) Day II (50 p., 1 v.)
Hi, Now my current video is online, covering the cool season September to December 2012, plus some scenes from November 2011. Featuring CD-"Day of the Railway" around Brno with lots of nostalgic steam...
View ArticleCourt date set...advice needed please help
Hello all, In September on a saturday morning my wife used my annual train pass, which is from Haslemere to Waterloo, to travel. She didnt know it was wrong to do so and hadnt asked my permission...
View ArticleCommuter slips under train at Bishops Stortford, loses both legs but survives
1824 Liv St - Stansted Wednesday 9 Jan - commuter slips beneath departing train, loses both legs but survives after other passenger administers first aid Sounds like he had a very lucky escape, and has...
View ArticleEast midlands trains ticket office advance
Hey guys colour, I just got back from mansfield train station ticket office, and checked my advance tickets from for a day in London next weekend, however upon checking the ticket from london to...
View ArticleYesterday's train data
I want to check the punctuality of some trains from yesterday. RealTimeTrains website isn't showing me the info for yesterday, is there any other site I can use? Thanks
View ArticleCan I use Rail Travel Vouchers online or by phone?
Hi - I'm new here, so apologies if this is frequently-asked, I couldn't find the answer in a brief search. Following a dispute with a TOC a while ago, I was issued with £90 worth of Rail Travel...
View Article[BVE] AWS UkSpt.dll plugin doesn't work on some routes
It's mainly a problem with this sprinter plugin on the Network West Midlands. The diesels and electrics work fine with the UKdt.dll plugin but the AWS and the DRA doesn't work with the DMU's. The AWS...
View ArticleSnow 'n' Steam : GCR This Morning
I managed to drag myself out of my nice warm bed to make the most of the lying snow...a pretty impressive show from GCR's steam diagram today. The bike ride was a bit hap-hazard but getting the N2 with...
View ArticleIcicles in the Kilsby Tunnel
I remember some years back when trains were diverted via Northampton due to icicles in the Kilsby Tunnel. I haven't heard of it being a problem since then. What did they do to eradicate the problem and...
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Fatality on Thursday at Barrow upon Soar
I noticed this report in the Leicester Mercury yesterday. Very sad news. Attached Images LM.jpg (119.8 KB)
View ArticleClass 67 on 1S04 and 1E05 today (Saturday 19th January)
Hello On the off-chance, does anyone know which 67 dragged 1S04 0615 KGX - EDB and 1E05 0730 EDB - KGX between Doncaster and York and vice-versa today please?
View ArticleShoreditch High Street
Why was the station built in a "box" but on a viaduct? It looks ugly.
View ArticleYork Teardrop/Triangle
Photographs of the final days of Leeman Road OTM/OTP Depot and demolition and the opening of the new turntable in York with the Hogwarts Express present.
View ArticleSwiss Pass question
Quick question as I have not had a Swiss pass before. If we buy 2 adult Swiss passes with a 15% discount do both adults need to travel together always? Not trying anything funny, but have a family...
View ArticleAbsurd argument trying to buy a ticket!
I've just had the most absurd experience at Sheffield station. I'm off to the football at Hillsborough this afternoon, and I get on at Chinley an unstaffed station approximately 40 mins from Sheffield....
View ArticleFebruary 1990, part 2.
The remaining shots from my Coasts & Peaks rover in February 1990 have now been scanned and uploaded.:D http://www.flickr.com/photos/4017267...detail/?page=2
View ArticleMexican railway
Just having a browse on Google maps (as you do) near Cordoba in Mexico and came across this. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en...335.6,,0,-1.61 Tbh I know little or nothing about the railways over...
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