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    preserved slam door in Clap Junc sidings today

    dozens .... hundreds .... thousands .... the most common being that passengers used to try and board the train as it was pulling away .... or opening the door and jumping out while the train was still slowing down to stop .... sometimes they fell .... i've seen passengers on the platform...
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    preserved slam door in Clap Junc sidings today

    As Monty said, any units will need CDL, OTMR, GSM-R etc - these things cost tens of thousands of pounds to fit. I believe that Cigs 1497/1498 (formerly used on the Lymington branch) have CDL, not sure on the other bits. If you want to see (as we do) the old slammers running on the juice...
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    preserved slam door in Clap Junc sidings today

    3417 was moved out of the shed yesterday and onto the juice. As previously mentioned it'll move to the Mid Hants soon. There are other slam door units (Cigs) you can ride on - 1498 on the Epping Ongar Railway was running this weekend - and the "daddy" of the Cigs and Veps, 4Cor 3142 will be...
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