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Southend Central has the occasional eastbound train to Shoeburyness through platform 3. There's one this evening at 18:36 (according to Realtime Trains).
Unusual (and unofficial!) method of releasing loco at Cowes, Isle of Wight
http://www.semgonline.com/location/iow/cowes_02.html
Sorry, my way of making a link doesn't work. I've found this before. Where on the Forum can I see how to post links correctly?
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Could this be the Old Dalby test track? (Trick filming (for training purposes) with the moving train superimposed on footage of the "drunk" and track workers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeJq7kx4usI
The OP is referring to this timetable http://content.tfl.gov.uk/liverpool-street-to-shenfield-timetable-3-january-to-13-may-20....pdf which shows for Mon-FRi TfL trains from London terminating at Brentwood and a connecting bus service Brentwood to Shenfield.
A post in this forum http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=50057&start=50 mentions "... fast freight, such as fish trains, where a passenger brake - usually but not always a full brake - replaced the ordinary four wheeled version in order to give the guard a more comfortable ride at...
Thanks for all the replies, especially the complete line diagram. I thought the dive under was too useful to lose - particularly with the planned increased frequencies on all lines around Shenfield.
That's a part of my question really. With increased frequency (12 tph in the peaks) will Crossrail use three platforms (4, 5 and new 6) leaving just the other three (3,2 and 1) for Greater Anglia services?
Will the dive under to the Southend branch be retained with the changes made at Shenfield for Crossrail? At present, this runs from the Electric (Local) Down line (platforms 4 and 5) - will it in future be linked to the Main Down Line (platform 3)? (I have searched the internet for an answer but...
If such a claim were legally enforceable, it could only be made against the estate left by the deceased (before distribution to beneficiaries). Family / beneficiaries might therefore receive less they otherwise would have but will never be responsible for any debt.
The article consists largely of statistics from official sources and quotes from TOC, union and DfT spokespeople. The article is attributed to Justin Parkinson, not to Christian Woolmar who only comments that drivers tend to travel farther from home to work than they might have done in years...
Much earlier than Holmes I know but perhaps of interest. In his book "Red for Danger", LTC Rolt describes how the Great Western Company gave Doctor Dionysius Lardner the use of an experimental train and the liberty of their tracks. Scroll down here...
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