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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Will Steam Locos Be Able to Flip Around When Cardiff West Junction is Modified?.Yes. A steam loco might flip around if it hit some buffers very, very hard, but normally the process of getting it pointing back the way...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread 373/e300 diagrams.Does the Class 373 ETCS include an ATB (dutch system) Module? I expect not, but you never know.
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread The loading of container trains.There are several designs of twistlocks, some of which can operate semi-automatically (they lock on contact, but then need somebody to...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Will Steam Locos Be Able to Flip Around When Cardiff West Junction is Modified?.I'm impressed they found the gap for that!
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service.And indeed yesterday (Monday 24th), with the fire around Canley which stopped anything running beyond Rugby for several hours. Ticket...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread All cross country services suspended 23/08/26.It would be the same effect.
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread HS2 TBM Progress.It's quite possible that the comms people did have some level of talk with the engineers but it's quite easy when you're on a big...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread HS2 TBM Progress.Could perhaps have been better phrased as 'breaking out the temporary support wall for the final configuration'
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Will Steam Locos Be Able to Flip Around When Cardiff West Junction is Modified?.AFAIK the work at Cardiff West junction is not changing anything at the other 2 ends of the triangle, and (assuming OpenTrainTimes isn't...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread The loading of container trains.It can be a bit of these, depending on the exact flows. It's definitely not random. Several things will impact it: - Terminal...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Coventry Fire.In this instance, LnWR were very quick and proactive to advertise acceptance via 2 reasonable routes - XC to Leamington or local service...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Railway water towers.Whereas I can confirm that as of this morning, the tower at the north end of King's Heath Depot (near Mill Lane Jn)...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread All cross country services suspended 23/08/26.Worth pointing out that in Birmingham there is already a Network Rail Control Centre where XC would not need to do more than agree for a...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Newton Abbot to Heathfield Railway Revival Group propose reopening Heathfield line (Update thread).There is no longer any such thing as a LRO, you'd need to submit a TWAO order now. 25mph is not going to show you whether there is...
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Zzwk500 replied to the thread Riviera Line improvements.The terminal bay layout does solve that issue but if trains are wanting to regularly work in and out of Goodrington you'd really rather...