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Mmike57 replied to the thread Repurposed railway wagon. Is this of any interest?.Old coaching stock was often converted into living accomodation. In the 1930s my grandfather bought a smallholding near Kings Lynn and...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread WCR/RTC Railtour locomotives, fleet updates and movements.Although I have seen Class 66's on engineering trains. Fire risk problem has receeded with recent rain, locally everywhere has greened...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread WCR/RTC Railtour locomotives, fleet updates and movements.Steam engines have been up the Yorkshire Coast line before (2014 and 2016), so if it was weight restrictions around here has something...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Repurposed railway wagon. Is this of any interest?.That was my assessment of it. Problem is I know very little about goods wagon, beyond recognising them, its not an area of interest for...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Repurposed railway wagon. Is this of any interest?.Yes, I just didn't want to condemn something that turned out to be historically important.
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Mmike57 posted the thread Repurposed railway wagon. Is this of any interest? in Railtours & Preservation.On our local selling site this has popped up free. To be honest it looks like scrap, but I have no idea how old it is or if it is of any...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.I had relatives in the Ripon area, and arrived by train just before it closed travelling up from London as a 7 yo with my parents...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread The mighty Class 74 (some questions!).A major application of Ward Leonard sets was lift control. We covered the theory when I was in college over 50 years ago.
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Mmike57 replied to the thread The mighty Class 74 (some questions!).The booster wasn't just about energy storage, To add to what @Tony73E wrote... (And correct me if I am wrong) The booster (thinking...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Cambridge South : no parking (and local CCTV is dissuade anyone from stopping near by...).But if you want to reduce congestion and car use you have to provide new options. The question is by not providing parking are...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Cambridge South : no parking (and local CCTV is dissuade anyone from stopping near by...).I am not familiar with the area, but would ask the following questions: Will the lack of parking mean that some people will decide that...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.I assume that in the event of a national emergency powers would be taken to ensure that rail freight is available to support what ever...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper to mainland Europe?.And would you want tilting on a sleeper? As long as you can get from start to end in maybe 10 hours you dont need to save any more time...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper to mainland Europe?.As someone based south of the border, this is how I see it. The current sleeper is a loss maker supported by Holyrood. I can see good...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.Over the years I have been on a couple of services where 'toilet stops' were required. In both cases there was one working toilet when I...
