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66Gman replied to the thread Bus services you think are useless..Sunday cemetery (and special hospital) services used to be quite common. Though this is a rare survival. And 35 minutes seems about...
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66Gman replied to the thread Banking trains in the UK.Thousands of railway books have been published over the years but one huge gap is "Assistance Required: a history of banking and related...
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66Gman replied to the thread Lifting The Tracks - Cheetham's Anyone?.I have a theory. The L&Y/ Northern Lines/ Manchester Division offices were - were they not? - at Hunts Bank, opposite Victoria station...
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66Gman replied to the thread Lifting The Tracks - Cheetham's Anyone?.Only doubt - woiuld a "manufacturer of metal products" be interested in salvaging huge tonnages of scrap? Also the phrasing of...
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66Gman replied to the thread Euston Dining Club Menu 1963.A friend of mine worked for a major pharmaceutical company which had such an arrangement. As a manager he was supposed to use the...
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66Gman replied to the thread Summer staffing issues.More people will want to take leave in July than in February. On that basis if you have staffing high enough to cover everything in July...
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66Gman replied to the thread Meaning of terms such as Cancelled At Point of Entry (CAPE) etc.In the days when train planning documents were prepared on paper, then passed to a typing bureau, then passed back for checking before...
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66Gman replied to the thread South Western Railway prosecution help.A pretty good first draft, but a few observations: Insert their reference number. Do not refer to "reasonable" administrative costs...
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66Gman replied to the thread Advice on west midland railway fine.Almost certainly, yes. Just pay what you owe and don't do it again.
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66Gman replied to the thread South Western Railway prosecution help.There will be better experts along shortly, but to give some initial response based on past cases: Firstly, that it is SWR is good news...
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66Gman replied to the thread Meaning of terms such as Cancelled At Point of Entry (CAPE) etc.Isn't ADEX Advertised rather than Additional? As opposed to an unadvertised Charter? And HALFEX used to be widely used (Half Day...
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66Gman replied to the thread Padiham Power Station C More Details.I think this may have been an early scoping exercise and working in broad terms - 4m tons per annum, across - say - 312 days (ie. 52x6)...
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66Gman replied to the thread Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August.If true, that would be rather ... surprising!
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66Gman replied to the thread Non-Urgent TOPS Requests.Many thanks. Sounds like good luck that we were going the other way!
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66Gman replied to the thread Non-Urgent TOPS Requests.Does anyone know what loco worked today's (Monday 10th) 4F52 1658 Basford Hall - Ditton, and how/why it seems to have lost 2 hours...