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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Where is this?.Definitely Troon x 2 Much altered by electrification and subsequently a huge fire since. -
Dr Hoo replied to the thread 1A31 1800 15/08/2026 Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington.The OP got off lightly. Services from Bristol to London later on were severely disrupted by a sad incident near Taunton and some other...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Meaning of terms such as Cancelled At Point of Entry (CAPE) etc.Making a valiant attempt to get this thread back onto railway telegraphic code: I was once with the Station Manager at Gravesend (a...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Padiham Power Station C More Details.With apologies for thread drift I can assure readers that the NCB were mere amateurs at overloading 16t Mineral wagons. Sheerness Steel...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Are the recent derailments indicative of poor performance from Network Rail?.I note that your profile shows you in Liverpool. Yesterday Sheffield was 35 degrees. Fair play to Kew Gardens that broke the record for...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August.Well, yes. But if “human error” can lead to emergency personnel with ladders potentially getting electrocuted it does emphasise the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August.This has been going on for a long time. A problem that was discovered at the Newton collision in the early 1990s where the overhead line...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Avoid travelling until further notice 13 Aug 2026 - Seen at Three Bridges.Why are stations ‘pulling the shutters down’? Presumably staff unable to get to work as their trains aren’t running. I.e. booking office...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread N.C.B. Landsale Facilities - What were these?.Very possibly. Having been extensively involved in ‘coal’ for a while there seemed to be endless variations of moves of Concessionary...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Global Warming - Time to Crack on with Electrification?.Whilst some extensions will obviously help I would give more urgent attention to strengthening power supplies on the existing routes. We...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Northern phone lines shut 12-2.Fair comment but for any consumer organisation the fact that a dissatisfied rail passenger who had quite possibly popped out of a...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Northern phone lines shut 12-2.It’s not exactly a new thing. When the Rail Users Consultative Committees were set up in 1994 (replacing the the former TUCCs) each area...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Preston Station - really poor and needs urgent improvement.The subway ramps at Preston are a long way from compliant with modern standards in terms of gradient, lack of break landings and...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Heat Related Disruption - 13 Aug 2026.Spot on. When I had to learn the Fahrenheit/Celsius conversion as a child there were three ‘benchmarks’ 32/0 (freezing), 50/10...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Heat Related Disruption - 13 Aug 2026.Well, here in the Hope Valley as I type it’s heading for 29 degrees soon and it’s already feeling baking hot in the sun. Tomorrow’s...