Fred, a railway is the parallel ( we hope ) set of steel rails that an engine and its associated train of carriages ride on. It is technically a railway station as it will be that whether or not there is a train in it or not. If it was a train station it would cease to be that once the train has left the station. Huh, you've got to teach these fuddy-duddies sometimes.
The tracks are fine it's just a video on loop so the track maintenance workers can justify their overtime. Interesting fact. My wife has a great-great-great grandfather who worked on track maintenance. He was a Supervisor, was mainly deaf and as he was supervising some repairs got knocked over and killed by a steam engine that he didn't hear coming. To not hear a steam engine ....
Tom is right in identifying The Minister with its two towers shining bright. He's also right in that I I haven't been to the top because:
a) it's local and therefore is completely ignored by virtue of being local and thus in the category of "Yeah, I'll get there and do it sometime when I have a free day, sometime."
b) There will undoubtedly be a charge for going up there, extra over the admittance fee. Naturally this is contrary to the character of any Yorkie who normally has short arms and deep pockets so can't reach the resident coinage residing there.
c) The air is rather thin up there so need oxygen, it's cold, being subject to the Jet Stream or the icy arctic blasts as at the moment when the air freezes as it exits one's mouth or nose. And besides I haven't got the necessary arctic gear one needs.
d) Whilst I am not afraid of heights the sway of the building up there is a bit disconcerting. And I do suffer awfully of sea sickness.
e) I will meet my Maker far too soon for me whenever it happens and having an intimate conversation with Him ( as opposed to Trump who is also a He but not the same person ) is not what I really
need want at the moment.
f) I need to get fit to negotiate the 40,000 steps up to the top of the tower. There's no lift ( elevator to some ) so you need a certificate validating that you are able to do a mile ( running ) in under 15 minutes and I'm not capable of that at the moment although Tom should be since he often rows his yacht across the Irish Sea for practice. Note that it's called the Irish Sea since we already have the English Channel so we thought that we'd let them have something since the Atlantic was already taken.
{I hope the cold weather doesn't kill off the satsuma trees in Lord Mayor's Walk.}
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.