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Recent content by Meole

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    GWR two passengers left behind at Paddington

    The guard has a duty to safety and timely departure not to passengers.
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    Railway water towers

    Kirkby Stephen East has a NER style rebuild using parts from demolished structures.
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    “Buy before you board” - policy where ticket buying facilities are a long way away from the train

    Online purchase is always available, TVM will no doubt be maintained less and eventually withdrawn, they are also subject to vandalism in some locations, rather like airlines going digital and ceasing paper boarding passes, if you want to travel adapt to the future.
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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    Could the buckle be exacerbated by the train derailment though, this appears too extreme to have happened since the previous service .
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    mindthegates.uk - An Interesting Site on Level Crossings

    Interesting to see which manned level crossings have very little activity.
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    Which heritage lines do and don't have steam bans currently?

    Peak Rail running steam at weekends and mid week.
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    Is no toilets regular on Lumo ? From reports on this thread it appears so. Are there penalties for sub standard service ?
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    Surely Avanti and LNER should be required to honour Lumo tickets when there is a problem, if open access is to be encouraged as policy then the major operators should step up.
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    Long or high railway bridges you can walk over

    I met an old photographer in Scotland a couple of times, name forgotten , who used to walk onto the Forth Rail bridge at night in steam days, hide in a recess and leave the following evening, he had a lot of photos as evidence.
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    Cricket

    Problem is Root is in serious decline averaging 28.50 against NZ with a top score of 77, no longer a class bat, and surviving on sentiment and hope, he would have been dropped from the better international teams, and of course he has no successful track record as a captain.
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    Cricket

    Whereas Root is proven as a clueless captain, with his batting suffering as well.
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    Bluebell Railway - Operational Disel Locos

    Will use 33108 and E6040 during ban.
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    Wales plan to take over 10% of UK rail network

    This clearly sets out the consequence of failing to provide investment in Wales, a fair settlement would obviously uplift passenger journeys to comparative levels. 1785351199 Clearly Wales should control the Marches line as it is key national infrastructure, the English towns en route could...
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    TfW withdrawals (Now just 150/158s to go)

    Best wait until after the busy period as the 197 have lower capacity.

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