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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Experiences of travel on the Heart of Wales line..Doesn't appear so - same units worked back from Shrewsbury, leaving 25 min late...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Very-trivial trivia item: Stations on a Monopoly board.Alright, thanks! But how did this come about, do you know? Did the Midland and GN or GE buy our the LTSR jointly, the Midland taking...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Experiences of travel on the Heart of Wales line..I see on RTT that 2M37, the 11.10 ex-Swansea this morning, is formed of four cars - 2 x 153s and two unspecified (but I assume 153s...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Very-trivial trivia item: Stations on a Monopoly board.By coincidence, earlier today I got an email from a foreign friend who said she was at Marylebone station - and I responded that it was...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Thanks for correcting me on this - I don't think I've actually been that way ever (certainly not by rail and almost certainly not by...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.Funny, you may be surprised, but I doubt it too. However, once WW1 began, I would posit that the WCML, S&C and ECML were all very much...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Agreed. Does this mean 60019 was the last A4 to receive major works attention (at least paid for by BR)? How much longer did it take...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Italians working on British Rail in the 1950s?.Surprised nobody's mentioned Carnforth shed. Not really helpful for @Mauro directly (but there might be personal connections), AIUI -...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Normanton - platform extensions?.Wasn't Normanton originally humongous because in the ancient of days, pre-Dining Cars, the Midland stopped Scottish expresses there for...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.Following up - this is a good subject for a separate, speculative thread. Would the Ingleton route actually have been suitable as a...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Thanks for this and all responses - fascinating stuff. So, hexagon789, are you saying you think all the steam-hauled trains I saw...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.Ah. OK. I'd better google for that. New one on me. Thanks. Ah, was the direct service possible? Funny not running it on to Cambridge...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Most expensive loco nameplates.Pedant mode on: Wasn't "Wolf of Badenoch" an A2 (after conversion from a P2)?
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770014IronDuke posted the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long) in Railway History & Nostalgia.I went on a Scottish shed bash with the South Beds Loco Club (run by the indomitable Brian Lockey) over Easter in 1965, must have been...
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770014IronDuke replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.Oh, thanks for rapid response! This, though, begs the question: why so? I admit, not an area I know well, but I'd hardly link either...