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Dr Hoo replied to the thread How can freight trains be made lighter without reducing the actual freight?.I seem to recall that Foster Yeoman (as was) bought or leased some aluminium-bodied aggregate wagons but they just didn’t last long... -
Dr Hoo replied to the thread Priority seats.I see zero social embarrassment to you or your good lady in asserting her needs. All of the social embarrassment will fall on the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Priority seats.Can the OP clarify which route and possibly even which type of stock was involved? It does make a difference to the situation. Putting...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Trivia - Most dangerous railway company..British Railways in its early years from 1948. It obviously inherited all the operating weaknesses from the Big Four and an ageing fleet...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Priority seats.The most effective solution I ever saw was on a Sheffield tram. A group of scholars had joined and sat in all the Priority Seats. At the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Clearing up Waste material after Maintenance and Renewals.There was a clear disposal policy and the offending piece of rail had been moved to a Road-Rail Access Point (RRAP) with the intention...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Does anyone have a real problem with Stratford station?.Welcome to the Forums. In line with my signature about ‘the best way to go fast is not to go slow’ my advice is to invest some time the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread WCML Accidents in the 1980s.There was no ‘ding-ding’ at Newton because the train was driver-only operated. For whatever reason the train just started at booked...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Car hit by train at level crossing in Leicestershire 14/10/26.Are you suggesting that the wig-wags were flashing when the vehicle was turned onto the railway?
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Class 309: East Coast v West Coast.Thanks for that summary @Magdalia . I’ve got the same publications as you quoted but my take is that concept talk from 1960 is all very...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Class 309: East Coast v West Coast.I’m not sure that the ECML electrification project was anywhere near as advanced as some people assume; at least beyond the London...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread 710112 collision with Buffers at Liverpool Street Station (15/10/2026).Yes, that was a very long time ago now. The statutory arrangements for accident investigation, standards setting and regulatory...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread BR ticket offices not at a station.That was Dilton Marsh (not on a line via Castle Cary). It was effectively a miniature 'Rail Agent' rather than a British Rail booking...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Delay repay compensation volume jumps 55% in a year.Quite! Which is why British Rail (anybody remember them?) invented Delay Attribution in the first place. How many times does this need...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Glasgow Queen Street workings 1980s.The most important role for the 1555 to Arbroath was providing an early evening all stations service between Gleneagles, Perth...