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  1. bladesman123

    New loco mileage

    When a brand new 66 or 70 arrives at the docks, roughly how many miles do they already have on the clock (if they do have a clock), in other words how many miles are driven for testing purposes in the US? Thanks
  2. bladesman123

    Irish Mk 3s for sale

    Replace some northern pacers with 1 or 2 mk3's hauled by an 08 :)
  3. bladesman123

    East Coast franchise

    DB gets my vote
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    Have you ever been the only passenger on a train?

    yes on a 142 from rotherham to meadowhall
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    Strangest Thing Seen on a Train

    On a Northern Pacer from Rotherham to Meadowhall i saw a man in a full suit of armour - complete with sword and shield.
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    Bad electrical problem

    What could cause this to happen, scary stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySTdz9t8Ubg
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    Arson attack on south yorkshire railway

    Mindless Idiots (i can think of other words for these people, however they probably are not suitable for on here) http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/89911/arsonists-attack-railway-line.aspx
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    Train sounds winding down

    The best sounding electric (stopping and starting) has to be the musical Taurus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1utpxU6gJQ&feature=related
  9. bladesman123

    What's your favourite song ...

    Daft Punk - Television rules the nation.
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    What are these pipes for ?

    The area is all woodland now so i dont think the metal thieves would have bothered looking, there is still some old track that i thought would have definitely been stolen by now. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll182/bladesman123/former%20orgreave%20colliery%20site/oldtrack3.jpg...
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    Five DBS 66 movement today

    Just seen five DBS 66s go through Treeton about half an hour ago, was too far away to get the numbers, the leading loco was in DBS red the other four were all EWS, does anyone know the details of this movement please?
  12. bladesman123

    What are these pipes for ?

    Just got back from walking the dogs, i was in a wood that used to be some railway sidings next to the Orgreave Colliery and Coke Ovens site in South Yorkshire, apart from all the usual railway evidence like sleepers and ballast there were also lots of these rubber pipes strewn around and i was...
  13. bladesman123

    What do you hate?

    capitalism, margaret thatcher.
  14. bladesman123

    Man decapitated after falling off Tube train

    Typical AOL, making out as if it had happend today, oh well, please remove mods
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    Man decapitated after falling off Tube train

    Couldnt see a thread on this yet, mods remove if it has already been covered - what a silly person, died just for a cigarette http://news.aol.co.uk/2011/06/28/man-decapitated-after-falling-off-tube-train-secretly-trying-to/
  16. bladesman123

    Songs with trains in them

    My favourite train related song = The Kinks - Last Of The Steam Powered Trains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBwTBlpo1U
  17. bladesman123

    "Well I Never Knew That"...

    Kiveton, South Yorkshire is the smallest place in Europe to have two seperate railway stations - Kiveton Park Station and Kiveton Bridge Station
  18. bladesman123

    The prototype HST power car

    Id like 67029
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    The prototype HST power car

    What other locos would people like to see on the rear ?
  20. bladesman123

    Class of a re-engined loco

    Wasnt Falcon classed as 53 ?

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