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    Older cars you have seen

    Higher-spec Austin Montegos had headlamp wipers... and they were a popular extra in Scandinavia in the 70s and 80s (based on the number of imported Fords so fitted, which were in a big auction that took place over the weekend). Used to get very jealous of the kids that got to sit in the...
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    Is Open Access abstractive or does it genuinely plug gaps?

    They're also not exactly "cherry-picking the most profitable bits" (as an MP was quoted as saying a couple of months back on this thread) either though. On the Bradford side of things, would LNER have increased their Bradford services without Grand Central demonstrating that there was untapped...
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    Last use of non-bogie passenger carrying stock on scheduled services

    If we look beyond our shores, Talgo sets don't use conventional bogies...
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    "X for Y" - stations that should perhaps have another name added to them but don't have at present

    If Burley Park was to be renamed, Hyde Park would be the obvious alternative (though it could confuse a few very uninformed tourists!) as that's what the area on the uphill side of the station is called. As for assisting people going to events, I'm sure the mayor's Weaver Network changes could...
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    "X for Y" - stations that should perhaps have another name added to them but don't have at present

    If it wasn't for having to negotiate the treacherous (whether on foot, bike, bus or even car) Chain Bar interchange, Low Moor could become Low Moor for Cleckheaton. A bit more of a stretch would be adding "for Holmfirth" to Denby Dale. You'd want to guarantee connections to the buses though...
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    Should car accidents have more prominent reporting?

    That's actually workable too, unlike the earlier suggestion that would require a complete reworking of the legal system and probably also the invention of time travel. 1787063156 Just for clarity, are you suggesting that we have different speed limits depending on how "qualified" a driver is...
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    Worst/best preservation liveries?

    The first time it wore that livery (1990s) it was also renumbered 40445... another layer of "what if" if they'd fitted Electric Train Supply!
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    Should car accidents have more prominent reporting?

    Lots of pedestrians are also oblivious to that one. Several times I've stopped to allow pedestrians across at junctions and roundabouts (when it's safe to do so), gestured clearly, and been met with a blank stare!
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    West Yorkshire bus franchising

    I've seen a few dotted about. Star Garage in Shelley (towards Huddersfield) on the B6116 (served by what is currently the Team Pennine Denby Darts D1 service from Huddersfield to Denby Dale) has had a green Weaver Network flag for a few weeks now. AIUI Huddersfield area is among the first to be...
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    Loconundrum

    A very odd routing the other day, had me travelling past the target station and doubling back... and as there was a direct service between my starting station and the target, I'm pretty sure the route suggested is not a permitted one!
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    Should car accidents have more prominent reporting?

    That sort of information usually comes out later, and Police can't release that information if criminal proceedings are likely to follow.
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    Older cars you have seen

    I'll blame the silly fancy writing! When it initially drove past I thought "that looks French" but couldn't read the badging as anything other than Packard. Once my brain decided that's what it said, that was it! Looking again it's quite obviously Panhard on the front, so I was clearly just...
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    Older cars you have seen

    Huddersfield Sainsbury's was graced with the presence of this Packard on Monday afternoon (10th August): : Which rather overshadowed this Benz:
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    How would Selby (Great Heck accident) be different in 2026?

    Modern safety features such as lane-keeping assist and driver-facing cameras almost certainly make an accident like Great Heck less likely to happen, and it's possible that had such a system existed at the time it may have alerted the driver that he was going off the road, prompting him to...

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