Damn wtf are we supposed to do

This thread is for talking about railways, and things related to railways, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - that means we're all about big intercity trains, modest rural trains, long freight trains, trips, tracks, (deep breath) trams, subways, stations, and a partridge in a pear tree~.

If you're unfamiliar with train travel, take a look at National Rail's journey planner, at nationalrail.co.uk/ - tell it where you're travelling from and to, and it'll show you a few options before handing you over to a train company so you can buy a ticket. For the same journey, they'll all charge the same price, so it doesn't matter who you buy one from. The best option for overseas visitors would be to use thetrainline.com/ - it'll support your language and payment card.

Here's a few links:
~The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com/) - easily the best rail travel resource out there.
~A Visual History of Railway Rolling Stock in Great Britain (gaelan.me/br-stock/)
~Geoff Marshall (youtube.com/@geofftech2) - likes trains. Mostly harmless.
~Jago Hazzard (youtube.com/@jagohazzard) - London train history. Ditto.

...and some cool 'open data' stuff:
~Realtimetrains (realtimetrains.co.uk/) - live train timetables: ideal for keeping on top of ETAs and platforms.
~Openrailwaymap (openrailwaymap.org/) - not quite 'Google Maps for railway infrastructure', but close.
~TIGER (tiger.worldline.global/home/) - live station departure boards.
~Traksy (traksy.uk/live/) - live signalling information.

What's happening?
~Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3732/ - (mostly) renationalising the railway.
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London): hs2.org.uk/
~Belfast Grand Central: weaverscross.co.uk/belfast-transport-hub/
~The Transpennine Route Upgrade (electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline): thetrupgrade.co.uk/
~The Midland Main Line electrification (still no website!)
~The East Coast Digital Programme: nextgenerationrailway.co.uk/

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Pro: the price is just 2.5 million dollars.
Con: the metro consists of just one station.
Would you, /n/?

Why is it so hard to find physical copies of Christopher Awdry's Railway Series books? No publisher has re-released any of his work on The Railway Series in recent years. A good example of this is book #42: Thomas and His Friends, the finale to The Railway Series and published in 2011. It was released not long ago and getting a copy of this book can cost you hundreds of dollars, it's mind boggling to me.

This is my imaginary island country of Regalia.

What kind of transportation would be feasible on this island? I imagined the country as a British colony settled in the early 18th century and gaining its independence after WWII. The population is around 1.8 million, though the overwhelming majority live in the twin cities of Kingsport and Arkham. The interior of the main island is sparsely populated and mountainous, with a few dormant volcanoes.

I'm trying to imagine the rail lines connecting all the cities on the south coast, and the ferry system between Kingsport and Arkham.

Any of you guys live in New York and ride the train? What was your experience?

If shimomo and fookin sram and campy and rotor all stepped up and offered, tomorrow, a 14 speed wireless groupset at the red/DA/super record level, with top tier everything including power meter finishing, weight, materials, variable length LOOK Zed style cranks 165-172.5mm, and also offered a 13 speed where literally the only difference was that it was about $1000 cheaper and also the 11 cog was locked out by DRM in the firmware but you could upgrade at any time by forking out the upgrade fee, would you? I would, and I wouldn't even be mad. Stallman is a funny guy but really it's just a tool. Fight me.

Does anyone here like Baldwin/Lima-Hamilton diesels?

>anno domini MCMXCIV+XXX
>there are still two (II) streetcar lines with PCC cars doing regular service

Dare I say unfathomably based and trolleypilled
Imagine getting to ride a glorious PCC every day as part of your commute.

Also post more ancient rolling stock in regular operation