When the M6 Toll opened in 2003, the charge for a car was £2.50. It is now £8.90.
In France, I believe a toll road can only be opened as an alternative to an existing trunk road.
Good point. Fowler's 'Modern English Usage' suggests it didn't enter British English until the 1930s, so your original point stands. Sorry for introducing confusion.
I believe that first class passengers were entitled to a higher level of compensation in the event of injury. Placing them in the safest part of the train makes a kind of grim economic sense.
Random locomotive parts on display seems to be a Stokie thing. I came across a crank axle by the roadside in Tunstall. I think it was from a class 08 diesel shunter.