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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Last named Waverley named train September 28th 1968.Gosh, it had already closed in 66*. Thanks. Well, that means the Waverley either missed Nottingham out, of went there and reversed - I...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Trains that became detached..Really? I thought it was one of my USPs. Spoil sports :) Still, I'm the only Britannia reliably logged at 100 mph :):) Ha ha! Now that...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Lines which should have a Sunday service – is the Joint twixt Peterboro' & Doncaster the most deserving?.Well, you may be right - but we are where we are - and the best way to change things, I would argue, is to focus on where change is most...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Prototype HST workings.Oh, right. Yes, I'd forgotten about the ASLEF troubles. Thanks for the reminder.
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Last named Waverley named train September 28th 1968.IIRC, the Waverley traditionally went via Melton to Nottingham (the 'back road') and would change locos at Leeds, on reversal, as you...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Lines which should have a Sunday service – is the Joint twixt Peterboro' & Doncaster the most deserving?.Hmmm. Interesting development. IS it likely to mean the Sleaford - Skeggy trains get even more cosy on Summer Sundays next year? Oh...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Prototype HST workings.I thought its first passenger workings were "The North Briton" working Leeds - (Somewhere like) Dundee - and back - or has my ageing...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Zagreb to Ljubljana by train - tickets..I have found the level of English competency is astonishing in most of former Yugoslavia, but Croatia seems outstanding. About 15 years...
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770014IronDuke posted the thread Lines which should have a Sunday service – is the Joint twixt Peterboro' & Doncaster the most deserving? in Speculative Discussion.I've just been looking over the ORR entry-exit figures for the Peterboro' – Doncaster joint and find them astonishing for the last data...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Yes. Fair reasons, I suppose. Much more 'bitty' than the end of steam on the SR. Thanks for the summary of 'The End" in Scotland.
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).i'm sure I read reports about the demise of Scottish express steam in Railway World at the time, but I can't remember much. Did this...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Films that feature the railways.Not quite correct. It is not a panning shot, it is a 3/4 frontal shot taken from the top of the tunnel looking roughly north. The...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Italians working on British Rail in the 1950s?.Well, I don't now for how long, but yes, I've seen at least one photo of and L1 on the GC joint, AIUI, they were not9iously rough riding.
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Perhaps some spoil-sport bean counter had noticed a few too many Gresley pacifics were going through works on expensive overhauls...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Films that feature the railways.I have, indeed, why they went to all the trouble (and cost) of bringing 103 all the way down from Glasgow(?) to shoot these scenes, when...