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Recent content by Tamperkid

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    Towns not cities with 3 or more stations

    Luton has Leagrave,Luton and Luton airport parkway
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    Whoopsie at Reading?

    It was being towed by a ballast regulator (the two machines always tow each other as both follow the high output ballast cleaner) apparently caused alot of damage to the machine.
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    Plasser units in Brockenhurst sidings.

    They need to run to boil the kettle and keep the heater on:D
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    Golf Courses

    West Ruislip.
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    Derby-Belper concrete slab trackbed

    The channel tunnel is concrete.
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    why do people moan so much

    They wouldn't be happy if we tamped during the day because they wouldn't be able to enjoy the peace and quiet of their garden. We once had a naked man chasing the machine down the track venting his frustration at about 11am on a Sunday morning. Normally a couple of gun shots at the tamper will...
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    Network Rail in strange places Competition

    I am sure not all Network Rail Vans are allowed for private use but some definately are.The emplyee would have to pay for not only the fuel they use but also the road tax because it is no longer a pool vehicle, in which case they are probably saving the company a few hundred quid a year on road tax.
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    Volker Rail in Leeds

    It's a Plasser and Theurer tamper maybe 73946 http://www.ontrackplant.com/photo/73946
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    Inspector SAMs ?

    If a fire alarm is pushed it announces inspector sands message, if not aknowledged within a set time or if two fire alarms are pushed it will go into evacuation procedure.

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