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As the Monsoon Clouds Hit The Vindhyachal Ranges of Madhya Pradesh , A Sleeper Replacement Machine Swiftly Moves towards Budni in order to replace a Damaged Sleeper , Due to the work many trains were Held up at Hoshangabad and Train services were Hit for 2 hours. Monsoons have this time around Hit Madhya Pradesh violently triggering Flood Like Situations in all parts as all the rivers are in Spate , Narmada River Not far from this place was flowing almost 5-6 meters above danger levels. Madhya Pradesh is the most drenched State Of India this year receiving rains almost everyday.
Bear Buses VN36140 is pictured on Garratt Lane, Earlsfield whilst heading for Surbiton on South Western Railway Rail Replacement
Swansea-based Cymru Coaches is a regular rail replacement contractor for GWR. Since PSVAR has been a requirement for coaches used on regular services, potentially affecting rail replacement operations, the company has been building up a PSVAR-compliant fleet of single-deck buses to complement its coach fleet.
Amongst the latest arrivals are a pair of Scania OmniLinks from Brighton & Hove, whose livery they retain.
Carrying a very apt registration mark for Swansea, YN58 BCY is seen in March 2020 laying over in the Dyfatty area, awaiting her next trip to Bridgend for GWR.
Bringing up the rear is one of a pair of Van Hool Altanos that the company has recently acquired from Eavesway Travel of Wigan.
Well, the long anticipated "Woking Weekender" finally arrived and delivered a magnificent array of vehicles operating rail replacement services out to Weybridge, Guildford, Aldershot and Basingstoke throughout both days. No less than 34 different operators provided in excess of 70 buses, coaches and minibuses across both days including three 75-plates. And Burrows Coaches had "both" their East Lancs Darts out - EDIT - STOP PRESS! On Saturday it was LK55ADX and on Sunday it was J8UFX - first with the news!!
Now then, Woking is not the photographer's friend at this time of year due to high-rise office blocks surrounding the station area. Saturday started wet, eased off but remained rather gloomy all day, and Sunday was almost a write-off with clear blue skies and low sun. The one sunny spot we found came with a time limit as a ruddy great big lamppost shadow edged its way into shot therefore limiting use of that corner. All in all though, it proved to be a belter!! Maybe have it in the Spring next time please Network Rail?
I grabbed a shot of the James Creek diversion at South St. Vrain to show the layout from above on the south side hill. Below is the second, more serious dam cut into the banks of the South fork of the South St. Vrain River. The original diversion is just beyond the original. You can see the course of the South Fork of the original St. Vrain cut off on the left and the highly built up ditch, right. Boy, does the early light suck down in this hole. It is at least two hours early especially on a blazing blue sky day. Oh well, I was there right then and it looked interesting for the story even if it is another tough shot to edit while using multiple layers. It's a pretty crummy diversion for which all of western water law hinged, rightly or wrongly. I just as well edit these descriptive shots for the series. Maybe I could find them a beaver to work for Lefthand Ripped Water District.
Here we now at the "headwaters" of James Creek on that blue bird autumn day. Al and I trekked up to the meadow - really the original source of James. It's always worth some serious slackage after the trek. In fact, we are now above the original source of the James. It surely looks like an irrigation ditch diversion in the mountains. Who dug this ditch and why? I figured I'd fully document the landmark in this series. Now you know!
Could the beavers alone, the far and away the best engineers at preserving the Rockies watered riparian habitat, have accomplished this much pretty easily? Assuming they thought it would be a good idea and. assuming they wanted a dam right here. Phil and I sat quietly watching a young beaver working in the meadows for period of time on an earlier trek.
Maintenance was required after the big flood that nearly wiped out Jamestown. Boy did the water diversion ever pay Jamestown back bigly during the big flood a few years back! After looking over the "flaccid" ditch, I wonder where ALL the rest of the flood waters came from.
Al claimed that he intended to do an article for the Longmont Observer about the James Creek water diversion that figured most mightily into Western, Colorado and regional water law. Phil and I knew that this all had to do with the diversion at the top of James Creek a spot we visited previously and knew well. The story is well woven into our history. This is my reveal of the geography behind the story.
Here's another colorful shot up the James that fall. The trail was a mix of foliage in fallage lush color. This screams high Rockies palette while in deepest shade. It needed extra layers because of the range. Oh well, we are set for a now 90s in August record before we can escape this summer and get a few 50s for the nights. Pretty please, deniers.
RedRoutemaster.com ex Go Ahead London General PVL281 PJ02RBZ working the SWR rail replacement service to Epsom
Yorkshire Tiger are running the 800 Dalesbus this year from Leeds to Hawes and hence a re-route via Draughton and Skipton By Pass onto the Grassington road. I've never known deckers go north of Grassington so this is somewhat interesting. First day Dennis Trident V313GLB was in use, although I have been told the usual bus maybe a Scania decker. Here it makes a right onto Valley Drive, Ben Rhydding near Ilkley.
Rail Replacement between Eastbourne and Hastings attracted Worthing Garage's Enviro 400 MMC 10962, SN 18 KOE, passing Westham Church on route to Hastings.
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".......between the red and blue pill."
Wonder how it might have turned out in the movie, if they casted "the Oracle" as a gifted child., instead of the granny.
Note: constructive critiques accepted, i'd love to know my mistakes and ways to make better images in the future.
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Yokohama, Japan
July, 2009
Go Ahead London Enviro 400 E257 (YX12 FPP) in Crawley on rail replacement duties on 22nd February, 2022.
A new pier under construction in the waters of the Roanoke Sound near Duck, North Carolina in the Outer Banks
ex Stagecoach London, Hallmarks Scania N230UD OmniCity serving a Railway Replacement between Wimbledon and Epsom Stations
Playing around with some parts I found this way to get a quite good result for connecting a dome while still continuing the curve of the boiler. This is easier to implement when the engine has some sort of details like side tanks to hide the bottom. This only works with some of the newer parts...
UP 7805 leads a stack train south over the Kankakee River bridge in Wilmington, IL which is currently being replaced.
Just got a new left ear in the mail and, boy oh boy, it’s a beauty. Can’t wait to staple it on and take it out for a spin. Goodbye to Closed Captioning! I’ll be able to hear Wheel of Fish and all my favorite shows again. And at night I’ll turn it off and sleep soundly. Ain’t technology grand!
The LSRC's predecessor Detroit & Mackinac was historically home to a fleet of Alco diesels. The LSRC carried on that tradition into the 2000s until the fleet (minus the 469) was scrapped in 2011. All that remains of the once proud Alco fleet are the trucks in the foreground. Now, the 4300 series GP40-3 Alco killers sit stored, having proved themselves unreliable, alongside the Saginaw roundhouse, much like the retired Alco fleet did. Photo taken with the permission of the Lake State Railway.
Kicking off 2026 was a trip to Basingstoke on Sunday 4th January to witness the rail replacement buses running to Andover, Farnborough, Reading, Winchester and Woking. With 11 departures every hour, something interesting was bound to turn up sooner or later. Being sufficiently west of London, Basingstoke is predominantly 'coach country' rather than say, east of Woking where it's almost all buses running the rail replacement services.
Today's delights were a pair VDL Futuras from Star Tours of Wembley, a JKT International Irizar, a pair of former Excelsior Plaxton Elites now sporting Damory branding, the Barnes '100 Years' coach which has now been repainted into full fleet livery, and a pair of Mayflower Scania deckers. It was good to see the Mayflower pair back on the road again after the devastating vandal attack that crippled the fleet back in November 2025.
In total, 36 buses and coaches from 20 different operators passed our cameras in our 3 hour visit with Aldermaston Coach Lines and Barnes providing 5 each.
Well, the long anticipated "Woking Weekender" finally arrived and delivered a magnificent array of vehicles operating rail replacement services out to Weybridge, Guildford, Aldershot and Basingstoke throughout both days. No less than 34 different operators provided in excess of 70 buses, coaches and minibuses across both days including three 75-plates. And Burrows Coaches had "both" their East Lancs Darts out - EDIT - STOP PRESS! On Saturday it was LK55ADX and on Sunday it was J8UFX - first with the news!!
Now then, Woking is not the photographer's friend at this time of year due to high-rise office blocks surrounding the station area. Saturday started wet, eased off but remained rather gloomy all day, and Sunday was almost a write-off with clear blue skies and low sun. The one sunny spot we found came with a time limit as a ruddy great big lamppost shadow edged its way into shot therefore limiting use of that corner. All in all though, it proved to be a belter!! Maybe have it in the Spring next time please Network Rail?
The Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 have influenced the type of vehicles now able to be used on Rail Replacement services. Once very much the domain of high floor coaches, low-floor buses and coaches fitted with wheelchair lifts have now become the norm.
South Wales Transport is a regular contractor for Transport for Wales Rail and occasionally undertakes contracts away from its Swansea base. This was the case in early August 2020 when over a weekend, the line between Aberdare, Pontypridd and Cardiff was closed.
The company has a pair of Alexander Dennis Pointer-bodied Darts that were new to Manchester Airport and were acquired from Yellow Buses of Bournemouth when a Transdev subsidiary. SN55 DVL represents these as she sets off from Aberdare for Cardiff, a journey that takes less than an hour by rail but up to double that time by Rail Replacement bus.
The Alexander Dennis E20D in the background acting as a stand-by vehicle is 44554, which was new to First Cymru, but transferred to First West of England's Bath depot in 2018.
Portsmouth & Southsea today (09/02/2025) to watch the rail replacement movements. Over 20 buses and coaches were utilised to run services between Portsmouth Harbour and Fareham (GWR), Havant (SWR) and Barnham (Southern). A lot of variety out today!
This Scotrail train from Glasgow Central on route to Ayr photographed travelling at high speed passed the Irvine Bogside.
The Class 380 Desiro is a type of electric multiple-unit train that operates on the national railway network in Scotland.
The Siemens "Desiro UK" family also includes units of 185, 350, 360, 444 and 450.
The trains operate Abellio ScotRail services in the Ayrshire and Inverclyde region of Scotland and had originally been intended for the cancelled Glasgow Airport Rail Link. The construction was awarded to Siemens and announced by Transport Scotland on 11 July 2008.
A total of 38 sets were ordered, comprising 22 three-car and 16 four-car units. Stations along the Ayrshire Coast Line and Inverclyde Line underwent platform extension works to allow the use of the longer trains. The trains were specified to have full access for disabled people and to have streamlined end corridor connections. On the unveiling of the first completed vehicle, it was announced that the fleet would be divided into two sub-groups, with the 3-car units Class 380/0 and the 4-car as Class 380/1.
In September 2010, commissioning of the fleet was suspended by ScotRail due to technical issues with the trains. The reliability issues and extended commissioning period resulted in an initially reduced service on parts of the ScotRail network, including the newly re-opened Airdrie-Bathgate line.
The fleet is based at Glasgow Shields Road TMD. Introduction of the fleet resulted in the cascading of the Class 334 "Juniper" and Class 318 fleet which previously operated the Ayrshire Coast Line and Inverclyde Line. The North Berwick Line operations was a Class 322 fleet replacement. The Class 334 "Juniper" stock were cascaded onto the North Clyde Line to Edinburgh Waverley, the Class 318s were cascaded onto the Argyle Line, and Class 322 cascaded onto the Wakefield Line with Northern Rail.
The fleet was introduced into public service on 8 December 2010 with 380111 operated the 16:26 from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr, followed on 9 December 2010 by 380102 and 380001 which worked the 15:30 Glasgow Central to Ayr service.
The North Berwick Line has been using these trains since 2011.
From 21 November 2012, the Class 380 are also seen operating the Paisley Canal Line. Electrification of the section of line from Corkerhill to Paisley Canal, to a plan devised by a ScotRail and Network Rail alliance, began in July 2012 and was completed in November 2012. The electrification works were undertaken during night time and weekend possessions, resulting in the route closing after 8pm on Monday to Thursday evenings, all day on Saturdays, and for an eight-day period in October, with work starting on 29 September 2012 and intending to be completed by 8 November 2012. Class 314 and Class 380 "Desiro" electric multiple units supplemented the existing Class 156 "Super Sprinter" diesel multiple units from energisation of the wires in November 2012. From the timetable change in December 2012, the Class 156 "Super Sprinter" were moved to other routes.
Following the December 2014 timetable change, with the electrification of the Whifflet Line, services to Lanark were re-routed into Glasgow Central High Level. Alongside the usual Class 318's and Class 320's, the Class 380s have often been used on the route.
Class 380s were due to operate some services on the newly electrified line between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley via Falkirk, but this has yet to commence amid suggestions that the electrification of the line was running 6 months late.
67801 showing "Abellio Rail Replacement" in the display although 69123 was showing "Scotrail Rail Replacement" and 62149 just "Not in service".
Don't recognise the driver, assume this one of the many drafted in from elsewhere in First.
Seen at Birkenhead North Railway Station is a lineup of Arriva Merseyside's Volvo B5LH / Wright Gemini 3s on Rail Replacement duties. 3/1/17
Brighton & Hove 'Margaret Powell' Volvo B9TL Gemini 2 on Railway Replacement: Dartford Station to Gravesend Station