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Recent content by L. B. & SNCB

  1. L

    Trivia: Stations which had a Woolworths store very close to them.

    Swanage - about 200m away.
  2. L

    Vague moments for line-bashing devotees?

    You're not alone. This has always been my main interest, and still is. And, like you, there are a few elements of vagueness in my memory, record-keeping having often perished over c.30 house moves, plus information never kept because, for various personal reasons, I wasn't paying attention. Some...
  3. L

    Openable windows on VEPs

    Yes, perhaps when the orange curtains were removed? The latter made quite good flags if tempted towards those windows.
  4. L

    Motive power in Wessex area in the 1980s

    The Brighton - Exeter Hastings demus were brought in from (iirc) the summer timetable change. I think at that time there had been no Brighton - West Country service since the end of steam to Plymouth - certainly the train was trumpeted as a novelty at the time. The formation was 2 x 6B, I think...
  5. L

    Waterloo station 1940s short film

    Fabulous, thank you for posting.
  6. L

    Southern Thumper

    Here's my pic from 2004 with both: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyrooke/2699067120/in/photolist-57vqRA-57vqA5-57vqC1-byuRTj-57vqGj-byuRpq
  7. L

    TRIVIA: Reopened lines and stations that were shut for the shortest length of time

    Sidmouth Junction/Feniton, closed 1967-72.
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