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Lineside fire Stratford 10th July 26

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4M66 has been released from Ipswich towards London. Channelsea curve still showing shut so maybe there is a “cunning plan”…
Passenger trains are booked through P11/12 after 6pm so I suspect it will be open very shortly.
 

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4M66 has been released from Ipswich towards London. Channelsea curve still showing shut so maybe there is a “cunning plan”…
The line is being cleared of machinery to allow it to pass. Expected to be done by 1800.

It's been strange to not see any intermodals for a while on the GEML.

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The line is being cleared of machinery to allow it to pass. Expected to be done by 1800.

It's been strange to not see any intermodals for a while on the GEML.
Now open since 1752. Back to normal!

First pair of 90s has now started. 018 and 046 for anyone curious... I'm not normally one to write down loco numbers :D... and a 66 on the back.
 
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I was on a train from Stratford to Meridian Water yesterday, and the number of times I could hear (or see!) branches scraping the train was very high. It's certainly an issue.
I saw a 701 near Kingston station yesterday, and the angle of the sun shining on the carriage enabled me to see that there had been lots of vegetation scraping along the side. As it was in the new GB Railways livery, this could have occurred only in the last few weeks. The amount of vegetation along the railways and the continual hot weather make lineside fires a real hazard.
 

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