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Is CORRECT! Your turn!

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/26487159.transformer-units-travel-via-canal-barge-eggborough/ Transformers to Eggborough. My last post was in error, I'd misunderstood "National Highways' 'water preferred' policy" as them being the customer, but that was re. movement permits for oversize loads.

Casper's special cargo is some kind of large steel components for National Highways, transhipped at Goole off a larger coaster. A CRT crane barge has been borrowed to unload them somewhere.

Sorry, I got distracted! 1. This station has a traditional lattice footbridge. 2. This station is regularly called at by loco-hauled trains. 3. Specifically, by 67+Mk4 rakes.

Agreed re. 90s - but 86501 was actually regeared, and often worked trains on its own that were otherwise allocated to pairs of standard 86s.

Line closed between Stourbridge and Kidderminster due to a large fire which will have messed up the Snow Hill diagrams, so I presume it's covering for some of the fallout from that.

None of the above yet. 1. This station has a traditional lattice footbridge. 2. This station is regularly called at by loco-hauled trains.

1. This station has a traditional lattice footbridge.

I was on on the 84 Crewe-Chester and noticed it has quite a few strange stop names, including Peacock Hotel, Gingerbread Lane, Frog & Ferret, Oddfellow Arms, Snugbury's, Headless Woman, Steam Mill and The Bars I suspect, as here, the vast majority of strange bus stop names are inherited from...

Dover Priory?

Birkenhead Central?

I don't think that's the right thread - no mention of 221s there that I can see. It is discussed from here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stopgap-options-to-cover-for-delays-to-introduction-of-class-810-for-emr.281944/page-22#post-7883950

December 2023: RAIB - Collision between a passenger train and a fallen tree at Broughty Ferry A member of the public phoned Network Rail directly 12 minutes before the accident, but the signaller didn't answer their phone despite repeated attempts by the call handler. Phoning the police would...

Casper hinting at something... I don't even have a guess as to what! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/casper-river-canal-transport_inlandshipping-barging-goole-activity-7487943684324421632-8kSA 1786652504 300-tonner 'Heather Rose H' has started working on the Birkwood traffic. Not sure whether...

That was fixed during the 2012 resignalling.