Some Southern Trains drivers and guards would probably quite like to earn a few quid from a second job, not working for Southern Trains, just on match days. After all, it's only Southern Trains that they have a dispute with over overtime - working for a different employer something quite...
Tongue in cheek ? .......or silly answer?
The answer to your first question is Coventry City in the 1960s.
The Bluebell stock (mostly) is not up to mainline safety standards, so no more practical than extending Volk's Railway. TOC's are continuously replacing trains with more modern, smother...
Not so. Railtrack 'own' the track, and any train operating company (TOC) can apply to them to run a train on it. If - and I agree it's a big if - the Albion decided to buy a couple of second hand trains to shuttle between Lewes and Brighton on match days, we wouldn't be the first football club...