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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Great British Railways - First Train in New Livery.Cirrect - just the end cars on 701060.
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Old London Underground trains.The first set of doors appear to be open on this A stock, although it may be posed.
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Great British Railways - First Train in New Livery.701006 hasn't been out for nearly a week, and the other specially-liveried 701 (701060, in lehgoland branding) for almost as long
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread TfW class 398 Stadler Citylink tram trains.How are they getting to and from Taffs Well depot if the line is closed beyond Radyr?
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.Coed y Bleddiau on the Festiniog. The platform only gives access to the station house, which is a rental holiday cottage. The only...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Old London Underground trains.Wouldn't be T stock, as they had slam doors. On the distruc, everyhthing up to L stock was built with hand-operated doors, many being...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.Some Tube stations only allow transfer and exit at certain times (Camden Town is one, I think) but if exit is not possible I think the...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.There are some termini on heritage lines where you may alight, but must return on the train. Totnes Riverside used to be an example but...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread 9th August 1976 - 50 years of production HSTs in passenger service..Not quite, but on 11th August I was returning from a coach tour of Europe with several drop off points in England, one of which was...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.Fifty were in use today. The other eight have all been used within the past week except 701010 which was last in passenger service on...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Consecutive pairs of units.701028 and 701029 are the only two still to enter service
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Railway water towers.Famously, Altnabreac's has survived. probably because the location is so remote the cost of removing it is more than the scrap value of...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Longest journey in the UK to run with stock that lacks toilet facilities.Point taken - I was actually going to Eton College to see my son. (No - we're not that posh - he wasn't a pupil there: he was just...
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Longest journey in the UK to run with stock that lacks toilet facilities.I was on a Paddington - Gt Malvern Class 166 once on which no toilet was available. Fortunately I was only going to Slough.
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Nnorbitonflyer replied to the thread Bluebell Railway NSE Diesel Gala 4-6 September 2026.Are you sure? Class 455 cars are 20metres long, compared with hauled stock or HST Mark 3s at 23 metres, so throwover will be less on curves