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I have a set of windows 95 discs in my computer desk cupboard. Also I have a set of windows 3.11 disks in there to.

Ex Ais Gill signal box is in operational use at Butterley station. The demonstration box at Swanwick is ex Linby Station.

It actually was nothing to do with the MRB. It was a totally separate group that came up with the idea.

Here it is lol https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/proposed-new-passenger-line-will-link-in-with-midland-railway-centre.39879/

I've still got one of those in my cars rear window. "gem 106"

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If you go onto Google maps and scroll in it is showing as Gaddesby Brook. Link to Google Maps https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.7000253,-0.9552461,17z/data=!5m1!1e1

Yes some of the old mess coaches and vans used with cranes tracklayers ballast cleaners etc had gas lighting fitted in some of them. We had a preserved LMS engineers coach which had working gas lighting. This became impractical after a change to the gas regulations (I think in the 1990's) for...

At Midland Railway Butterley the Up and Down are the "wrong" way round. The junction at Codnor is mile post 133 measured from London and Hammersmith is mile post 136 from London, but the Up line direction is from Codnor to Hammersmith ie mileage increasing in the Up direction.

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Only ever seen one electric car using it all the times I've been along there.

I drove along there this afternoon and yes there are electric vehicle only lanes. They are combined with the bus lanes. Google street view(if link works) at...

They already have done in Nottingham https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-37541752 Work on the first electric vehicle-only road lane in England has begun. The Eco-Expressway is planned to be a 6 mile (10km) adaptation of an existing route into Nottingham. As well the lane in...

Yes it is possible to have a higher line speed, but you would then have to have all the modern equipment fitted to do so such as AWS, TPWS, have central door locking, upgraded infrastucture, signalling for higher speeds, level crossing sightings etc. All the exemptions for running at 25MPH would...