2015-04-21 08:57
Railways and Association Football in Britain have links going back to their 19th century origins. Some the clubs that play association football have close links to the railways.
Railways and… Read More
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2015-04-09 08:51
The Russian E 0-10-0 class consisted of around 11,000 locomotives, making it the most numerous steam locomotive class ever produced.
The Valdikavkazskaya Railway introduced the E class in… Read More
2015-03-30 11:11
Bishop Auckland trains still call at Darlington North Road, where some of the adjacent buildings now house the Darlington Railway Museum. The museum apparently has several ghosts, in additio… Read More
2015-03-03 10:20
Disputes between railway companies have occurred since the earliest days of railways. Modern disagreements usually get settled in the courtroom, but in days gone by some disputes resulted in… Read More
2015-02-28 08:53
Posting has been light here at Trainbits this February (alright non-existent until now Ed). So to ensure there is a post this month today we are going to look at railway related anniversarie… Read More
2015-01-27 11:30
Once the BR Class 47 could be found everywhere and many enthusiasts looked down on them. Now the last few operational survivors make many nostalgic for the past. Our survey of the Class 47 o… Read More
2015-01-14 10:01
Europe’s largest marshalling yard is Maschen Yard, located south of Hamburg in Germany.
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Maschen yard, on the Hanover to Hamburg line, covers 280 hectares… Read More
2014-12-15 07:00
We love multiple locos running together here at Trainbits. New locomotive deliveries often give rise to long loco formations. Here are a few such movements on Youtube from around the world… Read More
2014-12-12 09:36
Last Tuesday the first freight train arrived in Madrid from China. The longest freight service in the world covers over 8,000 miles and crosses eight countries.
The train left Yiwu, in Chi… Read More
2014-12-08 09:56
The British mainline locomotive fleet today consists of large numbers of foreign-built locos. Back in the early 1980s this would have seemed very unlikely, but in 1986 the first of the US-bu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Every railway enthusiast recognises the method of classifying locomotives by their number of wheels, e.g. 0-6-0. This notation, called Whyte Notation, got its name from the engineer who deve… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Some locomotives gain reputations for being jinxed, usually after being involved in one or more accidents. Given the history of some of these engines their bad reputations often seem well-de… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
British Rail, the former British nationalised railway company, once patented a design for a nuclear flying saucer. The 1970s patent design wasn’t for a run of the mill flying saucer, b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Toton is the largest UK traction depot of the modern era in terms of locomotives allocated. The location of Toton Depot lies between Derby and Nottingham on the Erewash Valley line. Toton St… Read More
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