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Andrew Briddon Locos Home edit / delete

A collection of (mostly) commercial diesel shunters, with detailed articles about their mechanical restoration. I now feel less worried about the space my instruments and computers take up -- at least I don't have 17 railway locomotives to find homes for!

to diesel engineering history mechanica rail retrotech trains ... on 20 September 2014

Beamish Transport Online edit / delete

I managed to waste most of Saturday morning reading back in this blog. I must actually visit Beamish again at some point...

to bus history industry rail retrotech tram transport ... on 04 June 2014

Accident Investigations - NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board edit / delete

Rail accident investigations from the USA. An awful lot of these follow a common pattern: two trains collide head-on when operating on single track in "unsignalled territory". You would have thought that the cost of cleaning up a couple of these would outweight the cost of, like, installing some signalling. There's also not much in the way of detailed investigation of the root causes here.

to accidents america rail usa ... on 07 September 2013

Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Rail reports edit / delete

Much like the USA ones, although the same companies and operating practices tend to be involved.

to accidents canada rail ... on 07 September 2013

Website for Mike Horne author and researcher - Contents edit / delete

Railway history. The book on the history of London Underground's telecommunications is particularly interesting.

to history london rail retrotech telecom train underground ... on 28 May 2013

Realtime Trains edit / delete

Used to be less fancy. Now is considerably more fancy, with lots of detail on the "advanced" tab for individual trains.

to rail train travel uk ... on 11 February 2013

Open Train Times edit / delete

The live maps are pretty neat.

to rail train travel uk ... on 11 February 2013

Hastings Diesels Limited - Home edit / delete

A very small train maintenance and hire company, running DEMUs designed for the Hastings-Tonbridge Wells line.

to mechanica rail retrotech train transport ... on 28 September 2012

Passenger Services over Unusual Lines edit / delete

I can't imagine why I would ever need this, but it's sort of interesting that it exists.

to rail trains transport ... on 22 January 2012

Rail Industry Data | data.atoc.org edit / delete

Handy index of public data from the UK rail industry.

to data rail trains transport ... on 22 January 2012