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John Webb's latest activity
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread How does a fibre optic signal work?.The 'OFF' and 'CD/RA' (Close Doors/Right Away) platform indicators used to help dispatch trains were also fibre-optic before the...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Railway Museums.They were not on the HRA list, only the Spa cliff lift!
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fords (shallow rivers and streams that cars drive through).This reminds me of a ford I came across on the edge of Clee St Margaret in Shropshire (not my picture): Ford at Clee St Margaret ©...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Railway Museums.A comprehensive list of heritage railways and museums can be found at https://www.heritage-railways.com/index.php This website is run by...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Paddington-Reading blocked due to OLE isolation and lineside fire (5/9).While the London Underground has used cables with low smoke emission and more resistant to ignition for some while, I suspect this is...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Track Signals.West Hampstead Power Signalling Box completely took over signalling on the Midland Main Line in December 1979 as a precursor to the...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread A scam phone calls and emails discussion..I haven't written here for a while; I used to regularly comment on the number of unwanted calls I got, particularly on my landline. I...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fords (shallow rivers and streams that cars drive through).John Walton, the 'englishfords' originator, also posts his photos on the Geograph website. Indeed, the first photo in my post #44 above...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread What is the strange yellowish track-facing glow emitted from underneath the coach engines of a Class 185?!.As you saw it through the gap between train and platform, perhaps it was to draw your attention to the said gap while boarding the...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fords (shallow rivers and streams that cars drive through).I certainly never drove along it with water that deep! And I would not have done it at night either. That run was from the north end...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Fords (shallow rivers and streams that cars drive through).Reputedly the longest ford in the UK; it is called "Violet's Lane" and runs from Furneux Pelham northwards along the bed of the River...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread `Load banks` for the Hydraulic locos?.'Mobile Load Banks' were introduced by the LMS in 1947 using motor coaches whose motors acted as generators and could thus imposed a...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Footbridge at Leominster station query.Photos on the Geograph website indicate the bridge was removed sometime after July last year.
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Euston to Welling with a bike.Bit of an uphill climb from Woolwich/Plumstead/Abbey Wood to Welling! (I speak as a former resident of Plumstead and a frequent cyclist...
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JJohn Webb replied to the thread Euston to Welling with a bike.Haywain's suggestion involves the least cycling 'on road' but needs a lift down to the Thameslink platforms. You might cycle to Charing...
