Crossword

Win Directory of British Railways.

Clues Across

7 BR Class 76, 26054 that was a favourite of Mickey! (5)

8 Element used in battery technology being tested for powering trains (7)

10 I make NR use a ceramic baking dish (7)

11 _ _ _ _ _ Digital - provider of wireless broadband connections for trains, metros and trams (5)

12 Restrictions for railway vehicle during leisure periods (10) 16 Station on the line to London Victoria used by Southeastern and Thameslink trains (10)

20 Meet her during Cilmeri-Cardiff Central journey (5) 21 and 3 Down What you might be if your morning train is delayed (4, 3, 4) 23 and 24 Across and 5 Down Railway carriage - aka TGS (7, 5, 8)

24 See 23 Across

Clues Down

1 Electrical discharge you might observe on catenary (5)

2 Country where a wartime railway was constructed to complete a link between Bangkok and Rangoon (5)

3 See 21 Across

4 Early steam locomotive - or one of eight that used to be nine (6) 5 See 23 Across

6 Substance that can add texture to matt effects used by modellers (7)

9 Stony-faced when looking at BR 45110, as named unofficially (6)

13 Insides appear when rail is consumed by Middle Earth characters (8)

14 Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway station that closed in 1964 (6)

15 Semi-_ _ _ _ _ -- taper to help steer tram wheels around curves (7)

17 Attraction of All Line Rover including London Underground and then heading east (6)

18 Haggis, for example, consumed during Crossmyloof-Falkirk

High journey (5)

19 Dutch railway station with links to Rotterdam and Eindhoven (5) 22 1980s children’s TV series about boats, created by the producers

of Thomas theTank Engine and Friends (4)