Fame at last! Whilst your Nigel Harrises, Roger Fords and Christian Wolmars swan around the broadcast media the team behind Railway Eye have...

This extra-ordinary image of the Tay Bridge from Google Maps , with a bowler tip to Mercator... Mercator continues: The Road Bridge has an e...

The Fact Compiler has been wondering where the Thin Controller got his idea for a Y shaped HS2 route? No, it's not possible - is it? UPD...

So good news from the North Norfolk Railway! This from ITV Anglia Tonight ... An extraordinary thing happened on Thursday: hundreds and hund...

Telegrammed by Ithuriel This Written Answer from the Noble Lord given on the 10th March : In the latest year for which figures are available...

This from Moley in the House on the 9th March ... Recent improvements in the industry include the introduction of new train protection syste...

This just in from Claude Bottom... You Roast Beef are zo funny. In your Chilterns you have Messieurs Les Nimby complaining about the route o...

Telegrammed by Biggles Questions will no doubt be asked at the British Airport Authority’s (BAA) Heathrow bunker this weekend over how the H...

The Fact Compiler has received this blatant piece of self publicity from the IRRU... For those who missed me on Five Live tonight, where I s...

This from Transport Minister Sadiq Khan , via Twitter... Big big announcment today on High Speed Rail. Lord Adonis to make in Lords at 1130 ...

So farewell then High Speed Evangelist - you are no more! According to the Prime Minister's spokesman, in the Lobby today, Lord Adonis r...

This from Jamie... Saw this on Saturday parked by Gillingham Signalbox... Any vacancies for a box-boy?

This with a tip of the bowler to Mr Jones... If the Noble Lord and Department are so unhappy with East Coast's 58% average utilisation, ...

This from the Daily Telegraph ... British journalists and TV crews are to be banned from the Afghan front line once a date for the election ...

The Fact Compiler will mostly be at the IMechE lunch today. Blogging may be intermittent or distorted...

This from the Gruaniad ... No Heathrow direct link in high speed rail plans Looking good for Birmingham International then.

Good to see that Eurostar, and its suppliers, now have the hang of this Social Media thingy. This from @jamieburdett , via Twitter... Here...

This from the Commuter... They're making staff redundant... They're cutting back at 102 New Street... They can't afford to put s...

Exciting news from the world of publishing! Apparently the ad-sales team from a set up called Public Sector Information Limited (note NOT th...

This just in from Gordon Gecko ... According to Wolmar's blog the arch capitalist will only give talks if he can sell his books to an a...