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    Bluebell Railway Diesel Gala 2017

    Well if they are, they must have been phantom vacuum pipes I have used to couple 20227 and 47401 to vacuum brake only stock at the Midland Railway Centre - along with classes 03, 08, 31, 50 and 55. Similarly on the GC, trains operated by D8048, D8098 and D1705 must have run unbraked - as must...
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    Ireland and Northern Ireland unit and carriage numbers

    3000 series LUAS have been lengthened to 40m for some years at this stage.
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    Leicester Depot Open Day, 06-09-1992

    A few shots from the last in the lione of events staged at Coalville, and latterly Leicester. Enjoy! https://midlanddeltic.smugmug.com/Trip-Sets-UK-Rail/Leicester-Depot--06-09-1992
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    Telltale sìgns of newbie rail travellers

    Hmmm. Back in the old days, I remember having great hassle trying to get a booking clerk to arrange a Nottingham - Kidwelly journey for my wife with a child and a toddler to change at Cheltenham rather than the hell-hole, for rather obvious reasons; computer said no! In these days of journey...

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