The Rail Enthusiast thread

[simon the viking]

I'm slightly obsessed with the APT an heroic failure of epic proportions... so here's some photos of it (The APT-P) It's at Crewe Heritage centre which is closed at the moment but you can see it from the road (and stick your zoom lens through the fence) and then a week or so later as a family rode the Pendelino 390 (The APT spiritual successor) to get as close as you can to the 'tiltage' of the APT here's some photos.... The first 4 are APT the next 3 are 390 (390016 if you are really into the numbers) and the final is a screen shot of a GPS app to show the Pendolino's 125 MPH speed

 

[rogerzilla]

Sunday 6th


I was out for a drive round with daughte, & ended up here, as we were on Woodhead Pass

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Taken from above the tunnel, with the 'oddball' 1500DC(?) engines; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4138

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhead_line

Please note the excellent early 1900s station; http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/woodhead/index.shtml

https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/Model-Railways/woodhead-in-n-gauge

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3920453

https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/the-woodhead-route

The locos were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley (of Flying Scotsman and Mallard fame), although WWII got in the way of building them.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wife & I were up in Scotland last week (Sun 18 - Sat 24th)

This was out view on approaching our first 2 nights accomodation
North QueensFerry, by the way (not South)

Apologies for the quality, but light was fading quickly!

The view from our room

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

On the Monday morning, we caught the train to Waverley, from North QueensFerry Station

It's certainly close to the bridge!!!

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...-north-queensferry-inverkeithing#.X5bvDUdxfIV

There is the possibilty of something very interesting happening next year at the bridge!!
It reads as a Sydney Harbour Bridge style walk, at 360 feet
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/scotland/the-forth-bridge-experience/

Our accomodation was the house with the solar panels

Booking Hall (as was) at Waverley

 

[sheddy]

If you can find the my5 tv player, check out Britain’s Greatest Bridges.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 22nd

Whilst en-route from Inverness to Isle of Skye

Kyle of Lochalsh Station

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200338694-station-and-pier-kyle-of-lochalsh-lochalsh
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1553014

We had intended coming back from Skye, on the ferry to Mallaig, but it was fully booked (we did travel directly to Armadale, to try & organise passage, but both sailings the following morning were fully booked (so it was circa 100 miles further, to get to Oban)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

If you can find the my5 tv player, check out Britain’s Greatest Bridges.

If that's the Rob Bell (?) series, I've seen some of them
Ironbridge
Clifton Suspension
Tyne Bridge (oddly, it never mentioned that after opening, it carried The Great North Road/A1!!)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 23rd

And, a few miles north of Oban, as we approached it, for our last stay-over
Despite the use as a road-bridge, this was designed/initially built as a railway bridge


Connel Bridge
Connel
At the mouth of Loch Etive

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200344638-connel-ferry-bridge-kilmore-and-kilbride

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/580745

The longest level-crossing? https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6158992

Modelled exceedingly well in 'Model Rail' magazine; September 2020
(OO gauge)

 

[Andy in Germany]

On the way through Freiburg yesterday I indulged my inner nerd and went to find the "rolling road" loading station. trucks are taken on board here to go through Switzerland thus keeping them off the Autobahns, a very sensible idea that Germany could handily adopt. The truck companies are happy enough as the cost of driving on these Autobahns is pretty high and their drivers can rest during the crossing so they can drive further in the same time. the terminal is squeezed into a tiny space alongside the freight avoiding line on the west of the city: Unfortunately it's a long way from the nearest bridge, which is why the three Bern Lötschberg Simplon liveried class Re485 locos are far away in the distance...

A some cropping and editing shows the system a bit more clearly:

The trucks entering the terminal to the left will driver the full length of the train, then turn across some other industrial sidings and up a ramp onto the wagons. Carriages under the bridge are driver accommodation.

Bonus pic of passing container train headed for Basel...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Taken beside the Haymarket depot. It’s the first time I have ever seen HST power units end to end like this. View attachment 552933

When we were staying at North QueensFerry (Sun 18th/Mon 19th October), we went into Edinburgh on the train, & I noticed 3, maybe 4 power-cars coupled like that (see page 160)
Sadly, on the return journey, other formations were in the way, so I couldn't take any photos

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 7th

Scholes Station (as was)
Off Rakehill Road/Scholes Lane
(between Barwick-in-Elmet & Seacroft)
East of Leeds

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6268610

The adjacent bridge, on Scholes Lane.... Station Road is behind the photographer (names change at the bridge) https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4708431

Lots of information here; http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/scholes/index.shtml

 

[robjh]

I caught a Chiltern Railways train from Solihull to London Marylebone the other day, and was surprised when coming up the line I saw not the usual DMU, but one of these

with a rake of Mk 4 coaches, and propelled at the other end by one of these

I knew that Chiltern had a few of these train sets, but wasn't expecting my train to be one of them. Luckily the train manager/person was on hand to open the door in the driving trailer for me to put my bike in. The coach interiors have been refitted to a high standard, and it was one of the most comfortable trains I've been on for a while - and almost empty in our current circumstances.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This colour scheme looks so damned good!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o3jibRRdAo

 

[flake99please]

This colour scheme looks so damned good!

I agree. This is as good as the very first intercity livery the HST had imho.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Nah, 's gotta be a wind up!

View: https://youtu.be/kqoUFjIu8LU