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Most tracks are 00. If it's a bidirectional platform it's the platform number, crossovers count from 3701 upwards across the layout, sidings count from 3901 upwards across the site. There are many inconsistencies, such as Worcester Foregate Street where Platform 2 is 3101 and Platform 1 is 3102

Bodmin Council are subsidising free travel on an enhanced shuttle service to get fans to Stage 1 of the Tour of Britain https://bodminrailway.co.uk/all/cornish-railway-is-on-the-finishing-line-for-the-first-day-of-the-tour-of-britain/

https://sicut.co.uk/ Manufactured by Sicut, who have tested them at 60'C Approx 75kg for standard sleepers, or 90kg for the guard rail bearers at Sherrington, so fairly similar to timber sleepers The actual plastic is all recycled, with new glass fibre reinforcement

Already available to anyone working COSS or IWA. Must be pre planned, has to be by mobile phone and you have to stay on the phone line but keep the phone down by your side. Used by patrollers to cross red zone prohibited structures like bridges safely

The Great Western's view, the line that still has an ELR of MLN for Mainline is through Swindon, Chippenham, Bath, Bristol Temple Meads and then avoiding Weston and all the way through to Penzance

Somerton. The 30 miles between Castle Cary and Taunton leaves a huge section of Somerset - Glastonbury, Street, Wells and surrounding without a station

Short ended sleepers to help achieve clearances through the platform. The 6ft ends are all pre drilled and awaiting 3rd rail pots

CEN33 specific check rail, not bullhead on new renewals Seen at Portsmouth Harbour https://twitter.com/NetworkRailWssx/status/1352541539994644480 And more detail in this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/001e-concrete-bearers.186357/

For a full guide on sleeper profiles, Manchester Model Railway Society have a good guide. http://www.mmrs.co.uk/technical-articles/modern-permanent-way-3/ In brief there are full depth sleepers and shallow depth equivalents, which have stepped down shoulders for 3rd rail pots and are wider...

Cheltenham ‐ Swindon spends 35min at Cheltenham and 1h 15min at Swindon for a 1h journey. In the evening peak it does the journey ECS, so spends nearly 4h without carrying passengers

On most TOC walks the maintainer would prefer we leave usable materials ‐ sleepers, 60ft lengths of rail, ballast bags etc - than recover and remove them (TOC ‐ taking over control - the point where responsibility for the track returns from renewals to maintainence)

True. A study from networkrail a while back found teams more gender and ethnically balanced work harder, are more motivated, take less sick leave and are better value for money. From the BBCs Paul Clifton on twitter

1B96 and 1B97 Fishguard boat trains, only trains to use Swansea district line and only trains not to call at Carmarthen, Pembrey and Port Talbot

15 years old, older than the Coradias displaced from the North West, but yes, my apologies, you are quite correct