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Could have just stuck to GTA Online

It will likely mean “creek to creek” or “creek to creek with crossing”. It is a regularly requested shunt move at the South terminal.

Good summary from zwk500. Where I am it used to be the loading terminal would have their list of containers to load and would load at random using their own knowledge and experience unless given verbal instructions from the train preparer. These days its much more controlled and aligned and...

There is also the possibility of the train being a contract train where the haulier gets paid the same whether there is one container or 60.

Screw couplings are not an issue. We still use them on the majority of freight today. The benefit (if you can call it that) with screw couplings is they can absorb more twisting motions than knuckle couplers. That's why we don't see many derailments where wagons flip each other over in sequence.

When was the crossing upgraded?

RTT will only show the loco allocation when the freight company consists the train on the internal railway system (TOPS). *I don't believe TOPS can be consisted more than 12 hours before the departure time but of course can be consisted any time from then right up to departure time (sometimes...

Should have been on a service ex Felixstowe Monday. That remains to be seen following yesterdays issue.

99011 is definitely at Felixstowe South and arrived on last nights (this morning) 4L04.

There is a lot of assumptions there.

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Flake also has another meaning which may or may not be a happy coincidence depending on their reliability when up to full strength.

I agree, nothing online (google or otherwise) suggests they have power to arrest.

How do you know the train entered service like that and didn't develop the problem somewhere else? How do you know the "spare" units were actually spare and not defective or diagrammed to other services? If you didn't advise the driver then how are they supposed to know there was a problem and...

Passenger trains are booked through P11/12 after 6pm so I suspect it will be open very shortly.