Given that the B&H^▸ (Berks and Hants - railway line from Reading to Taunton via Westbury) / Athelney route appears to be signalled with a 'feather' should the previous signal not have been displaying a flashing yellow aspect?

5. I think it would be nigh on impossible to identify the exact location of this image but I am reasonably confident that this is one of the preserved Fiat Littorina railcars in service on the  Ferrovia Circumetnea line in Sicily.

2. Castlebar Railway Station

The images above would surely come under the heading of Impressionism. I don't think anybody would try and argue that the output of such as Monet & Renoir is not art. That doesn't mean you have to like it.

18/09-05/10/2023 : Singapore For A Family Wedding & West Malaysia By Train

18/09/23
DIG 1314 (On Time) > EXD^» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) 1324 (1326) (2T19 EXM>PGN) : 158/7 (2 Cars)
EXD 1342 (1346) > PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) 1616 (1629) (1A85 EXD>PAD) : 802/0 (5 Cars)
PAD 1640 (On Time) > HXX 1655 (On Time) (1T70 PAD>HWV) : 2 x 387/1 (8 Cars)

1A85 was effectively a 4 car train because Coach B was locked OOU^▸ (out of use) due to an unspecified safety issue. This may have been the cause of the late arrival at EXD of the incoming service from PAD.

(18-19/09/23 Swiss International Airlines to SIN via ZRH.
19-25/09/23 In Singapore
25/09/23 Air Asia from SIN to LGK
25-28/09/23 In Langkawi
28/09/23 Ferry from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah, Taxi to Alor Setar Railway Station)

28/09/23
Alor Setar 1419 > Ipoh 1640 (Train 9277 Padang Besar>KL Sentral) : Class 93 EMU^▸ (Electric Multiple Unit) (6 Cars)
We chose to travel in the Platinum Business Class coach which had 2+1 seating and complimentary food & drink. Our tickets cost RM118 (£20.33) each.

(28-30/09/23 In Ipoh)

30/09/23
Ipoh 0936 > Pulau Sebang/Tampin 1418 (Train 9321 Butterworth>Gemas) : Class 93 EMU (6 Cars)
ETS^▸ (Electric Train Supply) (Electric Train Service) Gold Class. Tickets RM50 (£8.62) each

(30/09-02/10/23 In Melaka (Malacca). Melaka used to have a rail connection but the tracks were dismantled by the Japanese (using POW's) during WWII^▸ (World War 2 - 1939 to 1945) to be used on the infamous "Death Railway" from Thailand to Burma so a bus or taxi to/from Pulau Sebang/Tampin is necessary. The Grab App works very well in this context.)

02/10/23
Pulau Sebang/Tampin 1419 > Gemas 1452 (Train 9321 Butterworth > Gemas) : Class 93 EMU (6 Cars)
ETS Gold Class. Tickets RM15 (£2.58) each.
+
Gemas 1520 > JB Sentral 1945 (Train ES 45) : Diesel Loco + 3 Cars + Buffet Car)
Express Class. Tickets RM21 (£3.62) each
+
JB Sentral 2130 > Singapore Woodlands 2135 (Shuttle Tebrau Train 93) : Class 25 Diesel (Top & Tail) with 4 Cars & Generator Van)
Tickets RM5 (£0.86)

All the KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) services we used ran to time.

The ETS (Electric Train Service) & Express services are all reservation only.
If your journey involves a change of trains the purchase of 2 or more tickets is required as KTM only sell tickets for E2E journeys which can be completed without changing. One advantage of this is that the train manager is provided with a detailed passenger list which shows all the ticket start & end points. Alighting passengers are reminded that their stop is coming up and joining passengers have their tickets checked almost before they have taken their seats! Fare evasion is rendered well nigh impossible.
The tickets are encoded to prevent access through the platform gatelines more than 1 hour before departure of the service on which they are valid. In practice, at least in our experience, station staff implement their own variable platform access rules; this can be as little as 10 minutes prior to departure.
On these trains the air conditioning is invariably set to a ridiculously low temperature so If travelling with KTM make sure you carry a light jacket or pullover!
I have previously mentioned on this forum the complete rebuild that is being progressed between Gemas and JB (Johor Bahru) to allow the ETS to run over the entire route between Padang Besar & JB. This project is running significantly behind schedule - Covid lockdown is being blamed -  and from what I saw I doubt it will be finished much before 2025. What I didn’t know was that almost the entire ‘KL Down’ line between just south of UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) and Seremban is being ripped up and relaid, presumably to allow higher line speeds. The existing signalling and OHLE is not being touched. Not surprisingly the train service south of KL is presently pretty thin.

(02-04/10/23 In Singapore
04-05/10/23 Swiss international Airlines to LCY via ZRH. Unfortunately our checked bags were treated to a short stopover at Zurich Airport, not a great surprise given the theoretical maximum 40 minute connection time between our two flights.)

05/10/23
Having reported our missing suitcases to the baggage desk at LCY we began the final part of our journey home; the intention was to take the DLR^▸ (Docklands Light Railway) from London City Airport to Woolwich Arsenal and then walk to Woolwich Elizabeth Line station for the trip to Paddington. Our arrival at Woolwich was met by a huge crowd of p*ssed-off London commuters who were being advised by TfL^» (Transport for London - about) staff that the EL was not operating westbound due to a broken down eastbound service preventing trains getting to the Abbey Wood turnback. So we turned back ourselves, along with hundreds of others, to the aforementioned DLR terminus and took a sardine-like service to Bank. From there it was a crush loaded Central Line train to Lancaster Gate followed by a very pleasant stroll in the sunshine to Paddington where utter chaos was evident, presumably the fallout from the previous day's ASLEF^» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) strike.
RTT^» (Real Time Trains - website) showed our booked service (1C77) as being in P8 but if that was true it had been fitted with an invisibility cloak! Eventually a 9 Car IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) (1C77 is booked as a 5 Car unit) rolled into P2 from OOC^▸ (Old Oak Common (depot)) and off we went. A 13 minute late departure was compounded by being stuck behind a stopper between RDG^‡(resolve) & NBY^» (Newbury - next trains) and our EXD connection was missed.

PAD 1035 (1048) > EXD 1307 (1331)
EXD 1351 (On Time) > DIG 1400 (On Time) (2F19 PGN>EXM) : 2 x 150/2 (4 Cars)
Should have been on the 1313 service (2F18). Got the automated DelayRepay notification early the following morning so well done GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway)!

And as every story needs a happy ending: Our suitcases were delivered to our front door at 2345 on the same day (05/10). Excellent work by Swiss and their courier.

Correct, but really not that difficult for anybody with an interest in rail transport outside the UK^▸ (United Kingdom).

It really is the most wonderful piece of architecture.

No takers for the first picture so I'll make it easier!

Is the ridiculous plastic barrier at the north end of Sidmouth Street - as in a Google Maps Street View image from November 2022 and visible on the 'latest' aerial shot - still there? That certainly wouldn't have encouraged cyclists to go anywhere near it.

Yes it is (obviously) Malaysia - I would defy anybody to take a photograph of virtually anything in Malaysia that didn't have their national flag in it, they are very proud of their homeland - but I was rather hoping for a few attempts to identify a more precise location.

28th September 2023

I may be wrong, because I have only ever used a Devon Day Ranger ticket, but I would have thought that the fairly extensive catalogue of Rover & Ranger tickets, together with monthly Season tickets, has this part of the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) rail market pretty well covered already.

And I would suggest the last thing that is needed just now would be a further complication of the UK rail ticket portfolio.

Which pre-supposes that blind individuals with assistance dogs only ever use railway stations with traditional ticket offices, something that I highly doubt is the case.

If these new customer support arrangements are ever implemented I would hope that the service agents will be instructed to approach clearly disabled passengers and enquire if they need any assistance rather than waiting to be asked. Again I have no confidence that the DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) / RDG^‡(resolve) will do their job properly.

But if the proposed new arrangements - mobile customer service agents on the concourses, at the gatelines, and on the platforms - are implemented properly (this is a DfT^» (Department for Transport - about) / RDG^‡(resolve) project so fat chance?) it would potentially be easier for disabled passengers to get the help they need when compared to having a more disconnected conversation with an individual stuck behind a glass screen.

More good work from 'Devon Live'; to illustrate their story concerning today's rail strike their 'journalists' thought it appropriate to use an image of a Scotrail Class 385 EMU^▸ (Electric Multiple Unit).

Which, if true, renders this a complete non-story.