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    Railway General Knowledge.

    When the IC125 was introduced in late 1976.what was the fastest scheduled time for the journey from Paddington to Reading. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Clue - it's faster than it is today.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Rats _ 4468!
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    4498.
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    Derby RTC - Hull - Derby on 3/4/14 - likely power

    I recall a similar run a few weeks ago to London St Pancras and back which, if my fuzzy headed ageing memory serves me, was a yellow 37.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Aye, over to you.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    The Glenfinnan viaduct and Monument overlook the end of which Loch?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Ruddy h**l! I'm in the wrong line of work. Back in a bit with another.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    A simpleton's answer; load on wagon with the left side meeting the 8' requirement and an extra 1' 6" overhang on the right in conjunction with a route possession.
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    Euston - Milton Keynes, London Midland, first class

    For a same day return you may use London to Bedford 1st off peak day return at £33.50 (finishing and starting short at Bletchley) and Anytime singles between Bletchley and Milton Keynes at £4.20 each way for a total of £41.90. This would not be valid on the hourly non stop LM service, as this...
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    London to Edinburgh via Glasgow

    This is permitted arriving at Central, walk to Queen Street for onward to Edinburgh. Although a straight change at Central is not permitted due to doubling back NRE also shows that is valid too. Just take a printed itinerary from NRE.
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    Birmingham International to Glasgow - Ticket availability 19/05/2014

    Nope. I gave up and booked from Sandy with EC instead of Milton Keynes WC.
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    Lowland Sleeper Route Sunday 30th March

    Sounds just about the right amount of time to partake of haggis and neeps with a double shot of scotch before settling down for the night!
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    Lowland Sleeper Route Sunday 30th March

    Reverse at Wembley, on to the North London line then on to ECML south of Finsbury Park.
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    87002

    Ah, 87002 - with 7 Mk3s on the down Royal Scot, 5th April 1985 - 67m 36s from Carlisle to Glasgow. I won't report any of the speeds but I was informed that it had just had new tyres fitted and that the speedometer was, therefore, likely to be slightly inaccurate. Good to see it still going.
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    Zone 2 to London terminals

    Bear in mind that if you get the Clapham Junction to Lewisham ticket you won't have to move as it's a 1st class one.
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Baschurch
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    Zone 2 to London terminals

    As long as you like on the day. You can exit from Waterloo and don't need to set foot on another station until departure from London Bridge if you don't want to!
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    Break of outward journey - Norwich -> Ipswich

    The bit that I based my comment on was "Off-Peak Singles and the outward portion of Off-Peak Returns are valid for travel on the date shown on the ticket and until 04:29 the following morning. If the journey cannot be completed in this time, the ticket may be used to continue the...
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    Closed Stations Journey quiz

    Balderton

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