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    BRX replied to the thread EPR (Europhoenix Rail) - Class 60s.
    I've lost track of what all these companies are. Does "Europheonix Rail" have anything to do with this Europheonix?
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    It's likely to be a swiss cheese type scenario isn't it? That section of track already subject to difficult ground conditions, as...
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    BRX replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.
    It's surprisingly difficult to pin down its ownership, by looking online! There is plenty of definitive stuff from some years ago saying...
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    BRX replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.
    I don't see Dollands Moor in there. Reason I ask is that I know it's been acknowledged in various government reports that it was a...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.
    Does DB still own Dollands Moor yard outright?
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    It's the one in the bottom left image on this page, I think...
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    They'll have to fetch it from the Lewes end surely, as the track is messed up in the other direction. And presumably put a 47 on each...
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    BRX replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.
    I guess this depends how hard they have been trying though, and what the motivations of any new operator are.
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    In this image you can see quite a bit of flattened/dragged vegetation where the carriages obviously went after going down the side of...
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    The scotrail I wonder if the trackside vegetation actually helped quite a lot in breaking the fall of the overturned carriages.
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    We also don't even know for sure if anything unusual was felt on the previous train.
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    BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.
    That's a shame - is Italy fairly much a desert now as far as non-AC trains are concerned? It looks like I'm also too late to catch these...
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    BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.
    Thank you. Electric hauled is still of interest to me if combined with drop windows. I assume I'm more likely to find that on Regionale...
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    BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.
    Thanks. The services you mention above, are these the only surviving loco-hauled ones at the moment, or are there others? I'm interested...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.
    It would have been rather earlier than 4.30 if they woke people up on arrival in Edinburgh.

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