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    Unexpected trains as substitute traction.

    Sometime around 1998 I used to commute Mancs - Birchwood. One evening we were warned at Birchwood the next train wouldn't stop and stand back. It did. 57 pulling a Virgin rake (not diesels but I don'#t know if Pendo or not), four cars opened to BWD -> Manc commuters. Best commute I ever had.
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    Coldest UK railway station

    Altnabreac or Courour. Been at Altnabreac when it was -18C. Cross country skied from Thurso to get here and got the train hiome. Winter 1989 I think.
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    Could Fiddlers ferry line be put to possible reuse as part of HS3? Or perhaps some other use?

    Warrington is a Unitary Borough. The old county lines still exist. My daughter born North of the Mersy has county of birth as Lancashire. My son, born 2 miles South of the Mersey has Cheshire as the county of birth. Both since 2000. So I''l rephrase the bet. By 2026 will a Rolls Royce SMR...
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    Could Fiddlers ferry line be put to possible reuse as part of HS3? Or perhaps some other use?

    Apart from the fact that the Manchester University Nuclear reactor that was there. Apart from Amec having radio-chemical analysis laboratories (NIRAS) there that hold radio-chemical materials under the REPPIER regulations. Apart from the bomb lorries from Aldermaston to Faslane that used to...
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    Could Fiddlers ferry line be put to possible reuse as part of HS3? Or perhaps some other use?

    Fiddlers Ferry due to be decommissioned over the two years post 2020 shutdown. Then demolition thro' 2023. Then a new SMR reactor to be built there as the first or second demo unit in the UK (Trawsffyndd in Wales is the other lead site). Warrington has a big nuclear industry population...
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