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brad465 replied to the thread Sites for Labour's New Towns that already have rail connections.Yes I hope so too. For example, Highbridge & Burnham station has a large green space immediately south of the station, but the reason... -
brad465 replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.I suspect there are some in Reform, including especially Farage, who would just use a short spell in government to trouser as much as...
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brad465 replied to the thread Is 5mph the slowest speed limit possible?.Video125's Cornish Branches video covering the Fowey branch revealed that locos are fitted with the ability to maintain this speed to...
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brad465 replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.Next up in "why the US cannot be trusted anymore": https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lll7zvn0o
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brad465 replied to the thread Charing Cross area closed for 22 days this summer (26th July to 16th August 2026).Tomorrow this area will reopen, here are the pictures Network Rail have released of the completed work...
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brad465 replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.Thank you for this, are there equivalent slides/diagrams for west of Leeds, as this only shows Leeds-York?
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brad465 replied to the thread Should we learn from countries like Italy who often put white paint on rails as white paint cools the rails?.Passing through Exeter St Davids, several sets of points appear to have been freshly painted white.
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brad465 replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.Is there a link to the document that contains all the planned line speed increases along the route? I remember one existing but can't...
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brad465 replied to the thread BBC - are they worried?!.My top lesson for the BBC is this quote: "If someone says it's raining, but another person says it's dry, the job of a journalist is...
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brad465 replied to the thread Are buckled rails purely a British problem?.Pretty much, this is also why the hottest areas are deserts at the edge of the tropics, as dry air descends, heating up rapidly...
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brad465 replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.Without meaning to condone idiots, perfection is impossible and certain events only need one or two "bad eggs" in a population of ~70...
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brad465 replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.I think the alert was sent with good intentions, but was not the best way to communicate the issue.
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brad465 replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.The contents of this article would under any other US President and Defence sorry War Secretary be a career-defining scandal...
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brad465 replied to the thread Might the Whitehaven tunnel issues result in closure? Could Whitehaven be brought back into use? And other speculation on this issue....Surely someone must have made an FOI request to either or both agencies at this point looking for this?
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brad465 replied to the thread Impact of Lewes derailment on Southern fleet availability.Has any unit in the UK been involved in an accident of comparable or higher severity been returned to service? If this unit did return...