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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.What's the Liberty Line, please? Manea has risen from 'orrible service with 'orrible passenger numbers to respectability in the past...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Four weekly pay - Impacts and origins.This is fascinating. I too started in '69, effectively as a 'Technical Assistant' - later 'Technical Officer' - so in that respect, your...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Remote controlled drones for BTP.Trespass is one aspect - but what about security and anti-cable theft? Sounds awfully useful with an infra-red camera fitted.
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.Thank you, I stand corrected. I never worked on them and this was what I was told at the time. I took that as being true.
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.One of the problems that quickly appeared after the juice was turned on north of Preston was with double-headed freightliner trains at...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.Yes, apologies - that was sloppy of me. Deltics, of course, were 100 mph max, but that didn't mean any of the route was ok for 100 mph...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Films that feature the railways.A second in two consecutive days! A friend sent me this footie link today, celebrating Swindon Town in 1963. In the first minute I...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.OK, my very vague memory was out - but were those curves any impediment to 90 mph running, if the will and money had been there for...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Films that feature the railways.I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I have to report this: Today for some reason I searched for and found the first...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Something seldom (if ever) seen at Derby Station, services to Liverpool Lime Street, 22/08..I don't know when BR stopped the workings, but in Midland and LMS days I believe there were through carriages to Liverpool (not sure...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread All cross country services suspended 23/08/26.Indeed. Any foreign military intelligence services with bad intent - I suspect there are one or two around - will surely be taking note...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.Thank you for the clarifications. It seems pretty amazing that the Caledonian main line was still 75 mph as late as 1970. I can't say I...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread 1970-1974 WCML Weaver Jct -Glasgow electrification.Yes, of course. But these were MML trains (and the daily Leeds - Glasgow and vv) and were usually Cl 45 diagrams from about 1962. I...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Ivanhoe line (via Coalville) - potential reopening?.Clearly opening at new, terminal platform near or at King Power is far from ideal. My feeling - and I think this is speculated up thread...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread MiddSex & Leicestershire in Metro Bank final - can EMR run earlier trains to Nottingham?.Thanks. So not easy, but doable if NR do not need the possession time. What about running a stopper from Leicester, serving the...