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| Re: 3rd and final (for now) "Rail related but no trains" In "The Lighter Side" [378946/32437/30] Posted by eightonedee at 07:44, 31st August 2026 |      |
C4 Beauly
| Re: 3rd and final (for now) "Rail related but no trains" In "The Lighter Side" [378945/32437/30] Posted by bradshaw at 07:15, 31st August 2026 | |
C5 Corfe Castle
| Re: Flying Scotsman - passing thru Westbury to Swindon - 17th & 18th October 2026 In "TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Salisbury" [378944/32411/18] Posted by CyclingSid at 06:28, 31st August 2026 | |
And only 10min break at Newbury in the afternoon?!
Presumably at Newbury Racecourse to take on water.
| 3rd and final (for now) "Rail related but no trains" In "The Lighter Side" [378943/32437/30] Posted by grahame at 06:22, 31st August 2026 | |
Encouraged by the very busy responses yesterday to quiz no. 2 in this series, here are the final 15 pictures in the group. Yes, I have taken a lot of pictures of late, and tend to build a library of things that others don't photograph.
C0.
C1.
C2.
C3.
C4.
C5.
C6.
C7.
C8.
C9.
C10.
C11.
C12.
C13.
C14.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378942/32435/30] Posted by grahame at 06:04, 31st August 2026 | |
Well - that's an incredibly rapid set of responses, and correct ones.
B0 Reading - ChrisB
B1 Arnhem - stuving
B2 Wuppertal - PrestburyRoad
B3 Cattewater (Plymouth) - Chris from Nailsea
B6 Taunton - Chris from Nailsea
B7 Inverness - eightonedee
B8 (London) St Pancras - TonyN
B11 Leven - brooklea
B12 Melksham - Phil
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378941/32435/30] Posted by grahame at 05:38, 31st August 2026 | |
What or where is the Sham? 
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
(Melk)sham - fond local name for the town. Got me thinking - how common are nicknames like this? In my youth we always used to say we were going to "into Town" for trips to London which was about half an hour by train. Is that saying still commonly used?
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378940/32435/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 00:05, 31st August 2026 | |
B1: Arnhem.
Yes, I rather thought you would bag that one, stuving.
Posting after midnight, so I'm now going to make a bid for B3. Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
| Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) In "Across the West" [378939/28982/26] Posted by Fourbee at 23:41, 30th August 2026 | |
This class 180 video will probably be useful. Once you've attempted to restart engines locally on your way to the front, don't forget the WD40 for the cab door: https://youtu.be/86oqnk--X_A?t=244
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378938/32425/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:12, 30th August 2026 Already liked by grahame | |
You would be amazed at the number of pictures grahame takes, stuving.
I was, when I met up with grahame at the Imberbus event a couple of weeks ago. I took just a few pictures, for my personal interest - but grahame must have taken
I kept an eye on him, while he did so, by the way, just in case he posted one of them here in a 'where was I?' quiz topic.CfN.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378937/32435/30] Posted by stuving at 23:00, 30th August 2026 | |
B1: Arnhem.
| Re: Compendium of strange or funny messages about train delays and cancellations In "The Lighter Side" [378936/32436/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:49, 30th August 2026 Already liked by johnneyw | |
They've let some 'schoolchildren on work experience' loose without supervision in the control room for a few minutes, possibly?
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378935/32425/30] Posted by stuving at 22:47, 30th August 2026 | |
I am so embarrassed at my abject failure to identify my home town. I have visited Plymouth, relatively recently, but not by train, so I can only claim mitigation in not recognizing the pedestrian stairway there. 
I suspect your trouble is you've been looking at the picture. Whereas the clue here -
13. Surbiton station, UK. 
Nope - not an easy one, but with so many members claiming roots in the place, I thought it would be identified quite quickly!
- once again suggested an immediate possible answer. And that was Plymouth, though at a low confidence level.
So I tried to find an image on line to confirm it, with no success. Even Geograph, which has well over 100 images of Plymouth station, has only a handful of the subway and none of any stairs. There's a very distant background view of some stairs, but too indistinct to be of any evidential use.
So basically no-one, but no-one, apart from Graham takes (and posts on line) pictures of stars in railway station subways.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378934/32425/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:44, 30th August 2026 | |
I rather think you are referring to image 12 in grahame's list - in which case, I could suggest that is the artwork at Amsterdam Zuid station.
Meanwhile, I'm just sitting here in the corner of the classroom with a 'dunce' hat on.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378933/32435/30] Posted by TonyN at 22:44, 30th August 2026 | |
B8 St Pancras
| Re: TfW proposed services into Bristol In "Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA)" [378932/32031/21] Posted by anthony215 at 22:27, 30th August 2026 | |
15th September a tfw class 197 will venture to Bristol TM overnight
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378931/32435/30] Posted by eightonedee at 22:15, 30th August 2026 | |
B7 - Inverness
| Re: Compendium of strange or funny messages about train delays and cancellations In "The Lighter Side" [378930/32436/30] Posted by Trowres at 22:11, 30th August 2026 | |
And from Scotrail:
Facilities on the 20:40 Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central due 22:46.
This is due to a fire next to the track earlier today.
This train will now be formed of the usual number of coaches.
This is due to a fire next to the track earlier today.
This train will now be formed of the usual number of coaches.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378929/32435/30] Posted by brooklea at 22:08, 30th August 2026 | |
B11. Leven
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378928/32425/30] Posted by eightonedee at 22:06, 30th August 2026 | |
9 is bugging me! I can identify the bird (it's a Tree Sparrow!), and I am certain I have seen it, but I'm not sure if that's "in the flesh" or in one of Grahame's travelogue photos.
The yellowish timetable display looks like Germany. Is this Aachen (which would cover all of the above)?
| Compendium of strange or funny messages about train delays and cancellations In "The Lighter Side" [378927/32436/30] Posted by Trowres at 22:06, 30th August 2026 | |
A thread for funny, unintelligible or weird messages coming out of railway information systems.
To start off, here is one from Transpennine today:
An additional train service has been planned to operate as shown 22:30 Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street due 23:11.
Further Information
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused to your journey today.
Further Information
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused to your journey today.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378926/32425/30] Posted by Mark A at 21:54, 30th August 2026 | |
Aaaaarrrrggghhh.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378925/32435/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:18, 30th August 2026 | |
B6. Taunton.
Thanks for the hint / prod, ChrisB.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378924/32435/30] Posted by PrestburyRoad at 20:53, 30th August 2026 | |
B2 is Wuppertaler Schwebebahn - very neatly built above the river
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378923/32435/30] Posted by ChrisB at 20:51, 30th August 2026 Already liked by Chris from Nailsea | |
What or where is the Sham?
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378922/32435/30] Posted by Phil at 20:46, 30th August 2026 | |
b12 is the Sham
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378921/32435/30] Posted by ChrisB at 20:43, 30th August 2026 Already liked by eightonedee | |
B0 is Reading
| 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains In "The Lighter Side" [378920/32435/30] Posted by grahame at 20:40, 30th August 2026 | |
More pictures taken by ... myself on my travels .. showing the great variety that are railways. The first section remains open with a handful still to identify. How about these?
B0. Reading - ChrisB
B1. Arnhem - stuving
B2. Wuppertal - PrestburyRoad
B3. Cattewater (Plymouth) - Chris from Nailsea
B4.
B5.
B6. Taunton - Chris from Nailsea
B7. Inverness - eightonedee
B8. (London) St Pancras - TonyN
B9.
B10.
B11. Leven - brooklea
B12. Melksham - Phil
B13.
B14.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378919/32425/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:38, 30th August 2026 | |
I am so embarrassed at my abject failure to identify my home town. I have visited Plymouth, relatively recently, but not by train, so I can only claim mitigation in not recognizing the pedestrian stairway there.
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378918/32425/30] Posted by grahame at 20:23, 30th August 2026 Already liked by Chris from Nailsea | |
| Re: Railways but no trains - 1 of 3 In "The Lighter Side" [378917/32425/30] Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:01, 30th August 2026 Already liked by Mark A | |
13. Damn: it's Plymouth, innit?
