Trains, Trains & more Trains
A rather ugly diesel pulls a train over the spectacular Nine Arches Bridge, Ella, Sri Lanka. Commissioned by the British in 1921 this stone block bridge sits between Ella and Demodara stations.
coolonespa wrote:
Apparently nobody ever touches it. Can you imaging that over here. 10 mins before some wag thinks its funny to mess the board up.
A nice ‘blast from the past’ there Steve! Mind you ‘wag’ isn’t the word I’d have used!!!!!
Whilst Sri Lanka operate some relatively modern trains
Some aspects are more dated. A lot of the signalling is done using the old manual signal boxes, with the guy pulling levers etc.
The board indicating the next train is also very manual:
Apparently nobody ever touches it. Can you imaging that over here. 10 mins before some wag thinks its funny to mess the board up.
“£500m fund to restore Beeching rail cuts goes ahead”
Be interesting to see how this develops, full story at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51272817
Also…..
Here’s the Flying Scotsman schedule for 2020. Opportunities for people to see FS in Hants in Feb/Mar
https://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/events/scotsman-on-the-tracks/
coolonespa wrote:
“Llangollen steam rail line nears opening as 45-year track work ends”
Read the full story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50716927
That should be an interesting attraction, Steve!
“Llangollen steam rail line nears opening as 45-year track work ends”
Read the full story at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50716927
Nice festive video about the Norfolk Lights Express
Fossil wrote:
Fossil
16:36 19-Oct-19
108Something smaller and nearer home.
Cute!
Something smaller and nearer home.
coolonespa wrote:
coolonespa
06:50 18-Sep-19
106Cruzeroqueen1 wrote:
BART stands for Bay Area Rapid Transport.Glad you clarified that Gill. I thought it was named after Homer Simpson’s son
As the kids would say, ‘like yeah’!