Is There A Link? The model railway world was surprised to hear the news that Simon Kohler was “retiring” from Hornby, a departure that happened at the end of May. He shot to fame with a wider audience as a star of two TV series entitled “Hornby A Model World” broadcast on the “Yesterday” Channel. Then we heard that Simon…
A Treetise On Trees (?) Part 1 Joyce Kilmer was (a) a bloke, (b) an American, (c) a poet and (d) a bit of a one hit wonder! He is remembered for a poem about trees. The sentiment is slushy, typically Victorian (penned in about 1900) and not very well thought of in serious poetry-loving circles. But fbb agrees profoundly…
Topless In Derbyshire. As a bus spotter, armed with your camera and notebook, you might choose to stand somewhere along the A623 between Baslow and Calver. You may choose to lurk outside Hulleys depot … … and watch the comings and goings whilst waiting for FOUR open top bus movements, (three northbound and one southbound) performed by THREE different open…
Trainee Schedule Compiler / Experienced Schedule Compiler Go-Ahead London is the largest bus operator in London, running approximately a quarter of London’s red buses on behalf of Transport for London. We have garages across South West, South East and East London, operating many of London’s most high profile bus routes. We are looking to recruit Trainee and Experienced…
SSE is to be the first utility to trial a hydrogen-powered vehicle from First Hydrogen – and put it to the test in real-life fleet operations. The vehicle, based at an SSE site in Aberdeen located next to a hydrogen fuel station, will be deployed with SSE engineers, enabling the company to experience refuelling times of within seven minutes. As…
• The dark underbelly of Thomas the Tank Engine: Podcast (99%Invisible) • European Sleeper starts Berlin-Amsterdam-Brussels service (Politico) • The Dutch bid farewell to their Royal Train (RailTech) • The benefits of, & the reasons for, really short metro lines: Video (RMTransit) • Soul Train: an eight year gallery of the New York Subway at its worst (Guardian) • LA…
It Is Something Special Whilst, with Mrs fbb, you may think that the scenery on the Tarka line is mostly bushes – it certainly is at most stations – there are plenty of open vistas of our “green and pleasant land” to enjoy. Its ambiance of a branch line from the past, showing only the modernity of sprinter DMUs ……
Vertellus, the innovative commercial vehicle contract hire company, is exhibiting at this year’s Road Transport Expo, the free-to-attend one-stop industry tradeshow taking place at the NAEC Stoneleigh from 28th – 30th June. Visitors to stand G54 will be able to explore two of Vertellus’ fleet of 30 Renault Trucks E-Tech vehicles, which are available with box, curtainsider and fridge bodies, as well as gain an…
Spy balloons over the US and Canada, with some being shot down, have been a major news story in recent months. But what is not in the mainstream news is the spotting of what appears to be the world’s largest airship hangars in China – with an airship taxiing. Chinese giant airship hangar and airship. BlackSky The purpose of such…
Journey Delayed : Now Concluded There is something special about Portsmouth Arms. The station is, of cours, named after a pub. Both pub and station stand fairly isolated on the A377. Once upon a time the station looked quite sweet … … but now bus shelter and platform are all that is provided. There are, these days, plenty of notices…