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  1. bishdunster

    KWVR NEWS AND UPDATES

    Another meaning of "earth fault" is some of the wheels are in it ! :oops:
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    Examples of unique level crossings?

    Poole High Street, a barriered l/c on a very busy pedestrianised High Street.
  3. bishdunster

    Trivia: Stations with numbers in their name and route?

    HersTON Halt @ Swanage Railway.
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    Trivia: Stations with numbers in their name and route?

    Four Marks
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    The nearest station is 5,000 miles away

    Estate agents advertising properties in Minehead give the nearest station as Rhoose !
  6. bishdunster

    Calculations Check Please

    Where uses 21ft rails? normally 60ft or 45 ft, at 24 sleepers/60ft =2112 /mile.
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    Trivia: major destination pairs with only one route between them

    Ok, how about Exeter and Truro ?
  8. bishdunster

    Trivia: Bleakest Terminal Stations

    Weymouth, not even a toilet available due to misuse by the local ne'r do wells :'(
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    Trivia: major destination pairs with only one route between them

    Winchester to Southampton?????
  10. bishdunster

    Same bridge struck three times in under a week

    Err, but ultimately it's the individual driver who causes the bridge strike, ergo, what more can the operators do??????
  11. bishdunster

    Independent businesses on stations?

    Is the cafe on Axminster down platform still there ?
  12. bishdunster

    Clapham rail crash

    Please pause from whatever you are doing at 08.10 this morning in rememberance of those killed and injured on this day in 1988.
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    Southern Railway Van C (and other SR 4-wheel vans)

    The BY at Swanage also had a heavy steel safe fitted !
  14. bishdunster

    Stations with "platforms" which could in principle be used but (almost) never are

    Is platform 4 at Bournemouth used these days?
  15. bishdunster

    Why do some passengers not get how annoying it is to play music and videos out loud?

    What other things can a speaker be used for?????
  16. bishdunster

    Why do some passengers not get how annoying it is to play music and videos out loud?

    Tech solutions is simple, dont put speakers in phones etc !
  17. bishdunster

    Why do some passengers not get how annoying it is to play music and videos out loud?

  18. bishdunster

    What is the largest size of road vehicle that can be carried on GB rail?

    How about the "Road Railer " concept of the 1960s where artic lorry trailers were fitted with retractable rail wheels?
  19. bishdunster

    What's the point of barriers without security

    Old enough to know you wouldnt even think of trying to dodge past the gentleman in his little wooden booth with his clippers, i wonder how much these barrierrs cost over their lifetime compared to a man in the ticket inspecting box, besides which there is now no personal face to face welcome...
  20. bishdunster

    Interlaced or Trap Retarder?

    there are two different examples in the middle sidings at Bournemouth.

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