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    Why are 57s so loud?

    :D Not sure how much work is left to be done.
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    Why are 57s so loud?

    You might not have that long to wait...
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    Grange Hill

    Has OP got any comment on the Tucker Jenkins story arc? Was Tucker featured from the first series?
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    FGW 57/6 (and DRS 57/3)s Unreliability

    Maybe the 57 was just doing its but for fireworks night ?
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    Great Western Electrification Progress

    I thought I had seen a document that included how they would electrify the viaduct but haven't been able to re-find it yet.
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    Class 58s For Sale

    Well they were designed to be easily dismantled for maintenance. Looks like someone has mad a start on 58017.
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    GWML signalling problems between London & Reading

    There were delays this morning around Ealing Broadway but it looked like just a failed thames turbo that needed rescuing so signals were working fine this mornig.
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Is it possible to find out the location/workings of 59101-59104 this morning? (circa 9am). Thanks.
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    GWML signalling problems between London & Reading

    I was lucky - departed Paddington in the evening just before everything stopped out of Paddington.
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    How much to save a class 58

    Thats an impressive collection - looks like there are some TGV driving cars and some sybics.
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    Great Western Livery

    Are FGW changing there name to get away from image problems? I'm not entirely sure why the change, what the difference will be?
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    FGW HST reliability

    THe 17:49 to Worcester Shrub Hill was cancelled yesterday.... There was a delay and the train manager optimistically announced that they had a brake problem and a fitter was attending but he still sounded optomistic that we would still be departing. Then about 10+ minutes later he...
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    Strange Class 158 pic

    SOme of the picture links in that thread do not work now but the one of the 158 crash into 47343 is interesting as you can see how the 158's drivers cab has been 'protected' by the doorway space behind squashing up....
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    Strange Class 158 pic

    The front of the Thai '158' looks very busy! That would be fun for the scale-modeller!
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    37424

    Haven't DRS scrapped better condition class 37's in the past few years?
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    Route Distances

    yes I was able to use railmiles to get the distances.
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    FGW 57/6 (and DRS 57/3)s Unreliability

    Was 57602 running any services yesterday (Thursday) ?
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    Route Distances

    Where is the best way to find the distances (in miles) between stations/passing points on the way out of Paddington? i.e. London Paddington->Ladbroke Grove->Old Oak Common East......Reading.
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    Axle Counters

    For the uninitiated(me!), can someone discuss the benifits behind installing axle counters as part of the GWML upgrade. Do these replace the traditonal ways to detect trains or do they provide speed information etc? Are axle counters necessary for one of the forms of ECTMS? Are the counters...

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