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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.A 2010 discussion in this forum included ‘swans on the line’. This is not a new thing by any measure...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.They aren’t all used by XC, as a check of RTT for the Dec TT shows. But surely once they have the stock XC should apply to reinstate...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.I just read the description of On Track with Tim’s members only video, and it’s written as though it’s gone.
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.There’s no evidence of the regular Southampton extensions returning, they’ve not been mentioned in any XC track access proposals over...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Is there a name for this element commonly found on Victorian railway bridges?.As I understood it, a pillar is always a free standing column. A pilaster is a vertical feature (usually flat?), built ‘out of‘ a wall...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread 4 track railway: line pairings discussion.I suppose the very wide up platform at St Denys with the building and canopy set well back is also a feature of a potential future four...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread A scam phone calls and emails discussion..I had luckily followed up a forum member’s kind offer to insure my reactor back in 2024… :D
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread A scam phone calls and emails discussion..I tell them I‘m glad they called, because my under stairs personal nuclear reactor has sprung a leak.
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.Enough for it to be covered in some detail in a route study document not that long ago. Wessex Route study of 2015, basically a...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread 4 track railway: line pairings discussion.A 1949 OS map shows a fairly detailed track layout with only a slight, albeit significant difference to today’s layout. There was still...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.No longer a rule. That explicit requirement was removed from the group standards quite a while ago, ie well over 10 years. I’ll try and...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Caught short-faring from Brighton to Farringdon - Advice Needed.If it helps you get your facts in order, I’d say definitely yes. But you must not offer it to them, unless you’ve seen what they have...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread HS2 Old Oak Common.I don’t know the revised date, but originally it was going to be fairly soon. I believe though that when the track changes are made the...
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Nottingham to London train type.Although if there were any planned improvements the timetable wouldn’t be changed until after the 222s had left service anyway.
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Sswt_passenger replied to the thread Greenford and Bromley North branches.No, it really doesn’t make sense, I’m pretty sure there were discussions here a few years ago and TfL were quoted as ‘not interested’…