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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread A scam phone calls and emails discussion..This morning another scam telephone caller (with an Asian voice) called to confirm my address but I said I had now moved to 24, Leinster...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Rother Valley Railway.The Rother Valley Railway is a heritage railway and not Network Rail property
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Heritage line with steepest gradient..As far as know railways use red diesel which is cheaper.
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Heritage line with steepest gradient..Foxfield Railway has a section with a gradient of 1 in 19 to the colliery
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Has the government ever consulted on closing a station and then NOT closed it?.There were many lines that were refused closure by the Minister for Transport. Settle- Carlisle (and Blackburn to Hellifield) were...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Lewes to Uckfield route....I agree with bramling. The route through the town centre, closed in 1969, has been lost to shops and housing development. The route...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Fords (shallow rivers and streams that cars drive through).Complete lising of all "fords" - https://www.wetroads.co.uk/
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.If we are going back into history then I suggest ..Bala Junction.. closed in 1965.
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.High Rocks station on the Spa Valley Railway is only accessible through the adjacent pub garden. The station is closed when the pub is...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Trivia: Most delayed train to ever complete its service.29 December 1962- last two trains on the Launceston- Tavistock- Plymouth line were delayed over 6 hours- stuck in snow drifts.
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Is 5mph the slowest speed limit possible?.Many, many years ago I travelled over the Weymouth Quay line where the railman walked in front of the train on the section through the...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Old signal boxes in southern UK.Both closed several years ago. Area controlled from Three Bridges ROC Bopeep Junction and Robertsbridge SB still in operation
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Which heritage lines do and don't have steam bans currently?.The Spa Valley Railway have rostered Caledonian Railway no. 828 for the next two weekends.
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Bus services that enter private property (except shopping centres/supermarkets/works only).Dungeness is legally private property owned by EDF Energy (according to Wikipedia) When I have travelled by car to Dungeness I have seen...
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Ssteamybrian replied to the thread Bus services that enter private property (except shopping centres/supermarkets/works only).A mention for the limited days bus service between Warminster to Imber that travels over MOD property to the abandoned village.