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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.Back in the 1980's I stayed with a friend on the Upper West Side in NYC and explored the city and especially the Bronx - not a problem...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.From my experience as an operations manager , we slowed right down to about 3 miles per hour to avoid a dog - which then continued to...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Do routes need special certification to allow steam hauled railtours?.Back in the day - RT issued a list of "permitted routes" for steam - including oddly the Watford DC lines ! - I was advised not to even...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Oddball Journeys (Trivia).Overnight on business in Cardiff so I rose early and went to check on the 0600 Carmarthen - Waterloo at Central - maybe 60% loaded and...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Oddball Journeys (Trivia).They loaded very poorly - a waste of valuable resources !
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Strange/unusual/rare destinations programmed in the PIS.I have a class 117 DMU mounted blind box at home (gifted when I left North London Rlys) , so I can amuse myself by putting up various...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread WCML Accidents in the 1980s.47111 was the victim - the first main line loco I drove (up the headshunt at Canton as a student on a visit - the driver who showed us...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Oddball Journeys (Trivia).These were as a result of aspirations to connect into pre-HS1 services into services for the Channel Tunnel , though they developed some...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread WCML Accidents in the 1980s.From memory , the train was re-marshalled at Crewe , with a portion detached and a section from Liverpool to Glasgow attached...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.Fair to say that the riding quality of a standard brakevan on a main line could be diabolical , especially if there was a driver keen on...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.Even the Ipswich Yard to West Bank RCT was worked by a double manned 08 with a CAR brake van , some times a brake van which had strayed...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.Apologies - photo nicked from somewhere in my enthusiasm to illustrate a temporary fix for Freightliner - note they are old school...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Furthest a shunter locomotive has moved under its own power?.Colchester - Stratford light engine 08 (overnight) - was I am told , a very tedious job ...........from Ipswich , even more so. Well...
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.In "theory" in the back cab - often , in the front.
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CChiefPlanner replied to the thread Lineside vegetation - should we employ more sheep?.Goats surely - eat pretty much anything , subject to having someone to milk them though ! Niche marketing possibly .......