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Only 78 of London Underground's 270 stations are wheelchair friendly. And still many main line stations are difficult to access.

The train operator has to provide a taxi from a non-accessible station to the nearest accessible station, however they usually demand 24 hours notice.

Station design and disabled access has changed dramatically over the years. When stations were first opened in Victorian times scant consideration was given to access by persons with disabilities. It was extremely difficult for anyone with a wheelchair to get on to a train without assistance. Crossi...

Great stuff Rob, I am sure there are a few of us on here would love to see some photos when you are on with it.

One good way to gauge the size of track and platforms is to obtain an Ordinance Survey 1:2500 map (you can get historic maps from old-maps.co.uk and a PDF print costs £16), modern maps from the OS can be a bit pricey. This allows the actual track layout to be measured. Google Earth does also allow u...

http://www.lner-pacifics.me.uk/

This website may be worth a look.

There are two other 'new kids on the block' which are sneaking up behind the big two (Hornby and Bachmann) and the not quite so big two (Dapol and Heljan) , namely Accurascale and Oxford Rail. Starting off fairly modestly they both have released some interesting items and I feel are well worth watch...

Second one is the Triang L1 4-4-0 (R350) from 1960. I have a few of these.

Part 4 London Midland and Scottish Railway used letter telegraph codes instead of names – Armour Plate – HAX, AZ, AE Gunset – GUNSET MB, GUNSET M Low Machine – U10, U1R Low Machine, Chemical Pan - U10 High Machine – TRK Deep Case Truck – DCK Glass Truck – GLK 4 wheel Flat Trolley – TYK, TYO, TYR Bog...

London and North Eastern Railway used telegraph codes as follows – Armour Plate Wagon – ARM Bell wagon – BELL for carrying cast church bells. Boiler – BOILER Flat wagon – FLAT Glass wagon – GLASS / WELL GLASS Gunset – GUNSET Machine wagon, high ramped – IMP (Hymac) Machine wagon, low ramped – MAC (L...

Part 2 Great Western Railway used the following telegraph codes for its Specials – POLLEN – Girder wagon TOTEM – Armour Plate SERPENT – Roll Wagon, Car Truck CROCODILE – Well Trolley, Flat Trolley, Boiler Trolley, Transformer RECTANK – Rectank MOREL – Propellor Trolley LORIOT – Lowmac, 4 wheel Flat ...